Adding a video to your wiki page or blog post

Embed an Adobe™ Flash movie or a video from a website such as YouTube or Vimeo.

About this task

You can embed a Flash movie if you have the URL for the movie file. A Flash movie file usually has a .swf file name extension. To embed a video from a website such as YouTube or Vimeo, copy the embed code and then paste it directly into the rich text editor.

Procedure

  1. To embed a Flash movie:
    1. On the toolbar of the rich text editor, click Insert Flash movie Insert Flash Movie.
    2. Enter the URL of the Flash movie, which usually has a file name extension of .swf.
      For example, http://example.com/movie.swf
    3. Enter values in pixels for the width and height, and for the space between the movie and adjacent text.
    4. Click OK.
      The Flash movie is added, and is displayed as a wireframe placeholder with the label FLASH.
  2. To embed a video, such as a video from YouTube or Vimeo:
    1. On the video that you want to embed, right-click and in the menu that opens, click Copy embed code.
    2. In the rich text editor, right-click at the location where you want to embed the video. In the menu that opens, click Paste.
      The Paste dialog opens.
    3. Press Ctrl+V and click OK.
      The video is added, and is displayed as a wireframe placeholder with the label IFRAME.
  3. Click Preview.

What to do next

To modify the properties of an embedded video, right-click the iframe wireframe and in the menu that opens, click IFrame properties. To modify the properties of a Flash movie, right-click the Flash wireframe and in the menu that opens, click Flash properties.