Youtube Link in Profile Issue

[Shinigami41395]

I keep trying to post a link to my Youtube channel on my profile but it says "The field “YouTube” has invalid characters" and refuses to let me post the link.
What can I do to fix this?

[Kireblue]

I keep trying to post a link to my Youtube channel on my profile but it says "The field “YouTube” has invalid characters" and refuses to let me post the link.
What can I do to fix this?

Sorry about that. In order to link your YouTube channel, you don't actually paste the URL. Instead, you simply type in your Youtube user ID.

For example

[Shinigami41395]

I tried both my channel ID and my user ID but neither links are working. What am I doing wrong?

[Kireblue]

I tried both my channel ID and my user ID but neither links are working. What am I doing wrong?

You didn't do anything wrong. The problem happened due to YouTube recently changing the way that usernames are presented. I just updated the forums to accommodate for that and so now there are 2 separate YouTube fields (one for the old format, and one for the new one).

I also updated your profile and added your YouTube link, so everything should work now. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[Shinigami41395]

Thank you!