You can include a video in a blog post to make it available
to readers.
About this task
To add a link to a video to a blog post, you can link directly
to a Flash video if you have the URL for the video file. A Flash video
usually has a *.swf file extension. If you are linking to an embedded
video, such as a video in a YouTube page, you must copy the information
for embedding the video and paste it into the HTML page of the rich text editor.
Procedure
- Create a blog entry.
- To insert a Flash video, do the following:
- Click the Insert Flash Movie icon
on the toolbar of the rich text editor.
- Enter the URL for the Flash video.
- Override the default display settings
by entering values in pixels for the width and height, and for how
much vertical space to display for the video.
- Use the Preview area to see how the video appears in the blog entry.
- To embed a video, such as video from a YouTube page::
- Copy the <embed> object information for the video
you want to use and paste it into the editor.
Note: Many
video-sharing websites now provide iframe code for videos by default.
It is still possible to get the old embed code although, for example
on YouTube, you can do so by checking the Use old embed
code option. Both iframes and old embed code can be pasted
directly into the rich text editor.
To embed a video from YouTube,
click Copy the contents of the text field and paste it directly
into the editor without switching to source view. The rich text editor
automatically detects that the object is an iframe and inserts an
iframe object in the editor. If the old embed code is used instead,
the editor automatically detects that this object is a flash video
and a flash object is inserted in the editor. When the page is saved,
the video contents can be viewed within the page.
Note: If you are inserting an example of the video markup, it is important
that you paste it directly as it appears in the video sharing website.
Do not add any newlines, or spacing, or the automatic detection feature
in the editor might not get triggered. Examples of video markup that
are automatically detected are:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-mcbsrAXlAg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Or:
<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-mcbsrAXlAg?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-mcbsrAXlAg?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
If you try to paste video content into the rich text editor and it
is not automatically converted into a flash video or iframe, try pasting
the video sample into Notepad or some other plain text editor, and
then copy it from there into the rich text editor. All samples that
are pasted directly from the Share feature in applications such as
YouTube, and Vimeo work as is.
- Add any other text that you want
to display in the entry.
- Save the entry.
What to do next
When users view this post, they can view the Flash video
or the embedded video.