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  ~C4Chaos : (hyper)linker

How To: Add Videos to Your Blog Posts

~C4Chaos said Mar 11, 2008, 1:38 PM:
 

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

1) Click New Entry (in the 'Me' tab of your sidebar)

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

A pop up dialog screen will appear. From here you have two options: you can 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) In the settings box, 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: Gaia, YouTube, or Google Videos

NOTE: Gaia videos are videos that have been posted by other Gaia Community members.

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.
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