Blogineering

It is important to vary media in your blog.  One of the most common media aside from pictures is video.  In this article, we are going to learn how to insert a video on a blog post, a Youtube video in particular.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1.) Open the post or draft where you want to insert your video.

2.) In the toolbar of your draft window, click the Add Video button from the toolbar to display the Add Video dialog box.

3.) In the Add Video dialog box, select the From URL tab.

4.) Copy the Youtube URL (web address) of the video that you want to insert and paste it in the URL text box of the Add Video dialog box. 5.  Click the Insert into Post button to insert the video.

Notice that in the Add Video dialog box, there are also instructions on how to insert videos from Google, Daily, Motion, and Vimeo. The output of our tutorial is like the embedded video shown below.

Exercise: It should not be hard by now for you discover how to insert audio files such as MP3. The process is just similar, you can just select the Add Audio button from the toolbar and follow the instructions.  This includes Add Audio,Add Media, Add Poll, and Add a custom form.