HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts (Old procedure)

NOTE: Below is the *old* procedure for Zaadz. For the updated procedure for Gaia Community, see HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts instead.

NOTE: We're in the process of fine-tuning the video embedding feature. In the meantime, please follow the steps below. We'll update this HOWTO as we make the changes to the video embedding interface.


Here's how to add videos on your blog posts:

1) Click blog -> new entry

2) On the blog entry page, enter the title of the blog post, and start typing in your text.

3) You can insert the video anywhere on the post by positioning the cursor and clicking on insert/embed video button


Pop up dialog screen appears. From here you have two options: enter/paste the link of the video, OR search for videos.

Option 1: Enter/paste the link of the video:

1) Enter or paste the link of the video.

Note: For now, supported videos are YouTube and Google videos. For example, you can paste the following link formats.

For YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbnLYROCj8

For Google: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7170896438754497693

2) Click Next.

3) On the settings page, select the size, the alignment, and placement of the text.

4) Click Insert

5) Save your blog by clicking Post Entry.


Option 2: Search for videos:

1) Click on search

2) Select the site to search: Zaadz, YouTube, or Google Videos

NOTE: Zaadz videos are videos that have been posted by other Zaadzsters. These are videos from either YouTube or Google Videos that have been posted/embeded (not uploaded) by other Zaadzsters on their blogs.

3) Enter a search keywords then click Search

4) Click on the title of the selected video.

5) Select the size, the alignment, and placement of the text.

NOTE: You can preview the video by playing it within the pop up window.

6) Click Insert

7) Save your blog by clicking Post Entry.


To Edit the Video:

1) Edit the blog entry.

2) Select the video by clicking it.
3) Click on the insert/embed video button . This will bring up a pop up window where you can make the appropriate changes on the video alignment, size, and text placement.

4) Save your blog by clicking Post Entry.

There you go!


NOTE: To all Safari users, We know it's a bummer, but this feature is not yet supported on Safari browsers. For the time being this works best with Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

OMZ! Wow, Wizards!

THANKS so much! This is da bomb!

Big Hugs from Ladybear XOXO

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

Excellent.  BIG HUGS.

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

Love this new feature!!!!!

Posted richard simmon's flaming roaster!!!

PJ

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

“4) From the pop up window, select or search videos from Zaadz…”
“Zaadz videos are those videos that have been posted by other Zaadzsters”

How? I know we can upload to YouTube & Google, but I didn't to Zaadz? For Zaadz would I simply click the Insert Video button and then select my file within my own computer? Where as for YouTube I would insert the link of where my video is on their site?

Mark

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

Mark,

nope. we can't upload videos to Zaadz. at least not yet. the Zaadz videos are videos from either YouTube or Google Videos that have been posted/embeded (not uploaded) by other Zaadzsters on their blogs.

i'll update the HOWTO to make this less ambiguous. thanks!

~C

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

will it be possible to post /link from http://brightcove.com    ?
works like YOUTUBE, but cooler features.

Fz

Re: HOW TO: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

Hi Fz,

Right now it's only possible to use this feature with Google and Youtube.  But you can still embed other html code into your blog by first disabling javascript.  If you like brightcove, I'd suggest starting a conversation about it on the Thinktank.  We'll likely have more options for embedding in the future ;)

Thanks for the suggestion!
~M