When you create or edit a news article or giving opportunity, you have the option to embed a video in the Description. Videos can enrich your content by conveying stories, showcasing impact, or providing dynamic content to further engage people.
Permissions
Anyone with permission to create news articles or giving opportunities can embed a video in the description. Which people have permission to create this content depends on your company's program.
Embedding videos in a giving opportunity or new article
Open the editor and follow these steps to add a video:
- To display video and other formatting options, select the Enable Rich Text checkbox.
- Select the Video Filter icon
to open the Add Video settings.
- Complete the Add Video settings:
- Enter the URL. More information regarding supported video formats and sample URLs are included below.
- Enter the Title.
- Choose the alignment for the video on the page from the Align dropdown.
- Select Autoplay if you want the video to start playing automatically.
- Select OK to confirm.
Continue to enter the information for the giving opportunity or news article you are creating.
Supported video formats
The list below includes the video formats currently accepted for embedding videos.
Name | Sample URL |
Blip.tv | http://blip.tv/file/123456 |
Capped | http://capped.tv/playeralt.php?vid=some-title |
College Humor | http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1234567890 |
DailyMotion | http://www.dailymotion.com/video/some_video_title |
Flickr Slideshows | http://www.flickr.com/photos/username/sets/1234567890/show/ |
Flickr Video | http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansnilsson/1234567890/ |
Game Trailers | http://www.gametrailers.com/video/some-title/12345 |
Game Videos | http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/12345 |
Google Video | http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-uN1qUeId |
Meta Cafe | http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1234567890/some_title/ |
MySpace | http://myspace.com/video/vid/1234567890 |
Picasa Slideshows | http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/USER_NAME/albumid/5568104935784209834?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US |
Slideshare | http://slideshare.net/?id=1759622&doc=usingdrupal-090723103440-phpapp01 |
Streamhoster | http://web26.streamhoster.com/username/filename.flv |
Tangle | http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=b2e45d2a30cb0f5cad38 |
Teachertube | http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=VIDEOID |
Vimeo | http://www.vimeo.com/123456 |
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ |