Add an Embedded Video to a Web Page
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Add an Embedded Video to a Web Page How do I add an embedded video to a web page? Your website is configured to allow embedded video within a webpage. You will need to follow a few simple steps to get your video working. 1. Login 2. Go to the "Create Web Page" page or click the Edit Tab of an existing page 3. Add Video Embed Code Text to your page It is easy to add an embedded video. Simply do the following: Go to the body of your webpage. Copy the video url (for YouTube use the full url, other video sites may have different ways of accessing the url to the video. In the body field of your page type: [video: <paste url here>] Where the text says paste url here, paste the url to the video you want to embed. Sticking with this example, your embed code should look like this: [video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&index=1] Embedding video should work for most video sites, including: o Flickr Video o Google Video o Picasa o Slideshare o Vimeo o YouTube To control the settings for the video, use the guide below: o Width: [video: url width:250px] . size listed in pixels. o Height: [video: url height:200px] 1 Add an Embedded Video to a Web Page . size listed in pixels. o Ratio: [video: url ratio:4/3] . uses a ratio in format x/y. o Alignment: [video: url align:left] . options (left, right). o Autoplay: [video url autoplay:1] . options: 1 = on, 0 = off. Any of these settings can be combined together. 4. Click the Save Button Common problems My video is too wide for the page. What's wrong? Adjust the width and height size as needed. Note the size is in pixels. My video is not playing properly. What do I do? Contact aHa! Consulting at [email protected] and include a link to your video page for help. 2 .