Video thumbnails in video page

[Sandal Woods]

I was able to follow instructions to create a Videos page, using instructions provided by your Support gurus.

However, now I cannot create the thums corresponding to each video article on my test blog, at http://testsite.sandal-woodsblog.com/video/ . I simply get a huge blanks space where the video would "normally" display - and *no* thums anywhere on the page. I followed the following instructions:

Originally Posted by Debra

...to create playable thumbs of the videos for the page you would add this

PHP Code:

<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "videothumb", true) ): ?>
                    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;" src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "videothumb", true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
                <?php else: ?>
                      
                <?php endif; ?>

right above

PHP Code:

<?php the_content(__('Read more'));?><div class="clear"></div>

now to implement you would put in custom fields

name: videothumb
value: the embed code of the video

I wonder what could have gone wrong if the thumbs are not created? I would like to know:

1. When entering the custom fields, is the main embed code left in place, too? I normally have the embed code, entered in HTML, at the beginning of each post.
2. Where will the thumbs reside?

Thanks!

Al