Adding Videos Onto a Page | Nexus Websites Ltd

Difficulty

How long will it take?

5 Minutes

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Step 1

Find the video you would like to add to your website on YouTube.

Step 2

Just below the video, click on “Share”.

Step 3

Click on “Embed”.

Step 4

A box with code in will appear. Select the entire contents of the box and copy to clipboard.

Step 5

Navigate to the page you want to insert the video in to.

Step 6

To the top right of the content area, click on the “Text”. This will show you the HTML code for the page.

Step 7

In the HTML content box, find the area that you want the video to be placed then press Ctrl+V to paste the embed code on the page.

If you are struggling to find where you want to put the video, all of the normal page text will still be here. Look through the page carefully for the text that you want to be displayed above or below the video, and paste (Ctrl+V) the embed code appropriately.

Step 8

To the top right of the content box, click on the “Visual” tab to return to the normal view. If the video has successfully been inserted, you will see a blank yellow area within the content.

Step 9

Click on “Update” to set the changes live.

It is worth double checking the page after you have added the code to ensure it is in the right place. You can do this by clicking on the “Preview Changes” button located on the right of the screen before you click on “Update”.

Additional Information – Video Size

To change the video size on the page, there is a drop-down box on YouTube that will let you select different video sizes. You will need to select the size before you copy (Ctrl+C) the embed code.

If your website is responsive, it does not matter if the video size is larger than the area you are inseting it into as it will automatically be scaled down to size.