Thursday, October 18, 2007

Embedding video to your blog

You should have already opened a Vimeo or Youtube account and uploaded your video.
  1. Now, start a new post on your blogger.
  2. Toggle from the "Compose" tab to the "Edit HTML" tab in the upper right hand corner of the blog post window (see image)
  3. Open a new window or tab with your Vimeo or YouTube video on it.
  4. If using YouTube, there will be a small dialogue box to the left of the video that says "Embed." Highlight the code in the embed window {apple C} to copy it.
  5. Toggle to your blogger post. Click inside the body of the "Edit HTML" window. Then {apple V} to paste the code.
  6. Publish the post.
  7. If using Vimeo. Open your video on a page. Hover your cursor over the video. Three buttons will pop up in the upper right corner of the video. One of them says "Embed." Click on it.
  8. A pop-up window will open. {apple C} to copy the highlighted code.
  9. Toggle to your blogger post. Click inside the body of the "Edit HTML" window. Then {apple V} to paste the code.
  10. Publish the post.
  11. Test to make sure it worked.

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