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Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone?

I would like to put the videos on my HOME page again also. But the
arrows go off the right side on my iPhone. My HOME page is somewhat
centered.

I don't have the videos anymore on the HOME page but here is the link ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/
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Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone?

As is often the case Stackoverflow has the answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71545595/video-tag-not-showing-preview-on-iphone-all-browsers-and-also-not-working-contr#78092946

Or, instead of the above hack, you could specify a static image using the poster attribute of the <video> tag: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_poster.asp

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On 3/14/2026 8:29 PM, Chris wrote:

Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone?

As is often the case Stackoverflow has the answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71545595/video-tag-not-showing-preview-on-iphone-all-browsers-and-also-not-working-contr#78092946

Or, instead of the above hack, you could specify a static image using the poster attribute of the <video> tag: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_poster.asp

Thank You !

Looks like I can do it !

W3 Schools is good for me to work with too !
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On 3/14/2026 8:29 PM, Chris wrote:

Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone?

As is often the case Stackoverflow has the answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71545595/video-tag-not-showing-preview-on-iphone-all-browsers-and-also-not-working-contr#78092946

Or, instead of the above hack, you could specify a static image using the poster attribute of the <video> tag: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_poster.asp

Thank You Again !

Both of these worked on my BLOG and IMAGES pages with both Safari and
Chrome browsers on my iPhone !

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

https://www.dalekelly.org/images.html

I had to reload the pages a couple times on the iPhone.


Still works on Windows with Chrome and Edge browsers.


I decided on the W3Schools one.

I also put them on my HOME page again. The picture shows up and not only
the arrow on iPhone. But the arrow is off to the right side. No guide to
the viewer to click on the pictures. Does work when I just click on the
image parts without clicking on the arrow.

Works on Windows.

https://www.dalekelly.org/

One thing I have left to figure out is that the video frame is off to
the side on my iPhone. Like what happened with just the arrow. My HOME
page is somewhat centered. These aren't centered on the view part of the
page though. They kind of grow the width.

https://www.dalekelly.org/

Thank You Again !
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Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/14/2026 8:29 PM, Chris wrote:

Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone?

As is often the case Stackoverflow has the answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71545595/video-tag-not-showing-preview-on-iphone-all-browsers-and-also-not-working-contr#78092946

Or, instead of the above hack, you could specify a static image using the
poster attribute of the <video> tag:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_poster.asp

Thank You !

Looks like I can do it !

W3 Schools is good for me to work with too !

You're welcome.

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On 3/15/2026 1:24 PM, Chris wrote:

Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/14/2026 8:29 PM, Chris wrote:

Dale <dalekellytoo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

Here are where my Videos are for now ...

https://www.dalekelly.org/weblog.html

I have an iPhone 17

On both Safari and Chrome browsers only arrows show up to click on.

On Windows with Chrome or Edge the start Video pictures show up.

Anyone know how to get the pictures up instead of the arrows on iPhone? >>>

As is often the case Stackoverflow has the answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71545595/video-tag-not-showing-preview-on-iphone-all-browsers-and-also-not-working-contr#78092946

Or, instead of the above hack, you could specify a static image using the >>> poster attribute of the <video> tag:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_poster.asp

Thank You !

Looks like I can do it !

W3 Schools is good for me to work with too !

You're welcome.

Checked this on Amazon Silk Browser.

Silk Browser is on an inexpensive FireTV I have, $140, 37 diagonal inches.

When I scroll down the HOME page to the two centered videos, the top
video starts on the left and then centers automatically.

https://www.dalekelly.org/

The FireTV doesn't have much room for all possible apps to be installed.
If it gets over filled I get an alert to delete some apps. Don't know if
this is the cause.
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