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Add Video to Content Blocks in Design Mode

Designers and site administrators can add YouTube®, Google®, Adobe® Flash®, Windows Media®, and Apple QuickTime® videos to content blocks when viewing a page in Design Mode.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic

Available for purchase in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions

Available (with limitations) in: Developer Edition

User Permissions Needed
To build, edit, and manage Site.com sites:

Site.com Publisher User field enabled on the user detail page

AND

Site administrator or designer role assigned at the site level
To edit only content in Site.com sites:

Site.com Contributor User

AND

Contributor role assigned at the site level

When the page is open:

  1. Double-click the content block on the page.
  2. Position your cursor where you want to insert the video and click Add or edit media.
  3. In the Video Properties dialog box, select the video type and either:
    • Enter the URL to the video in the Video URL text box—for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123abc.
    • Select a video from your website by clicking From Website and selecting the video in the list that appears.
    • Upload a video from your computer by opening the Upload tab, browsing to the image, and clicking Upload.
      Note
      Note You can only select or upload Flash, Windows Media, and QuickTime videos.
  4. To specify how the video is displayed on the page, you can set:
    • The width and height of the video
    • How much space surrounds the video (which is controlled by the HSpace and VSpace properties)
    • How it aligns with the text on the page

    You can also preview the video.

  5. Click Apply. The video appears as an icon in the content block.
  6. Click Save.
Note
Note You can view all video types, other than Windows Media videos, when you preview a page.

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