It is relatively easy to embed videos from video sharing services like YouTube; you just need to make sure you are using the correct editor when you paste in the code that references the video.
Usually it's best to write the text of your post first, and then insert the video where you want it to appear. Note that for blog posts you still need to write at least 100 words of text. For forum posts you can post the video and nothing else, if that's what you want. If you have more than a paragraph of text you may want to use the rich-text editor to enter your text (that's the editor with all the word processing icons at the top).
Once you have your text entered, following these steps:
- Save what you've done so far. Click Preview to temporarily save your text.
- Click "disable rich-text" below the editor window to go to HTML view.
- Copy the "embed" code from YouTube, or other video source, and paste it into the window either before or after your text.
- If there are HTML tags that say "pre" and "/pre" in the window, remove them before continuing (remove the angle brackets that precede and follow the tags too).
- Preview your post, and Submit when you are satisfied. You should now see the video window in your post.
Do not insert copyrighted video into your posts unless: a) you own the copyright, or b) use of the image would fall under fair use guidelines. If you do use a video segment under fair use, be sure to give proper credit to the copyright owner. We reserve the right to remove video that are deemed inappropriate or are clear violations of copyrights, fair use guidelines or the ProgressiveU Terms of Service.
