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title: Add Video to Content Blocks in Design Mode
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description: 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.
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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

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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              <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>,
                and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
                <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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              Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d153315e74 ">To build, edit, and manage Site.com sites:</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">Site.com Publisher User</samp> field enabled on the
                user detail page</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Site administrator or designer role
                assigned at the site level</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d153315e74 ">To edit only content in Site.com sites:</td>

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                <samp class="parmname">Site.com Contributor
                  User</samp>
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              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Contributor role assigned at the
                site level</p>
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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](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_icon_video.png).
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](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)
        
        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](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note You can view all video types, other than Windows Media videos, when you [preview a page](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_preview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Contributors, designers, and site administrators can preview site pages to see how they look when rendered in a browser window. It's always a good idea to make sure your changes are displayed correctly, as this preview is how the pages appear on the live site.").

#### See Also

- [Edit Content Blocks in Design Mode](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_contentblock_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Designers and site administrators can edit content blocks on the page. Content blocks contain the text for site pages, and can also house images, videos, and hyperlinks.")
- [Understand the Content Editing Toolbar](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_contentblock_toolbar.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Designers and site administrators can edit content blocks when in Design mode. Content blocks contain the site page's text, along with images, videos, and hyperlinks.")