Embedding videos in a community wiki

You can embed Flash video files or YouTube videos in your community wiki.

Procedure

  1. Click Edit to edit the wiki page, and then complete one of the following tasks:
    1. To embed a Flash video:
      1. Place the cursor at the location where you want to embed the video, and then click the Flash icon Insert Flash Movie icon on the toolbar of the rich text editor.
      2. Enter the URL for the Flash demo. Flash demos usually have a .swf file extension.
      3. Override the default display settings by entering values in pixels for the width and height, as well as how much vertical and horizontal space to display around the video.
      4. Click Preview to see how the video will display on the wiki page.
      5. Click OK to save your changes.
    1. To embed a YouTube video:
      1. From the video page on YouTube, click Share, and then click Embed.
      2. Copy the embed information for the video.
      3. Click the HTML Source tab on the wiki page and place the cursor at the location where you want to embed the video.
      4. Paste the code that you copied in step ii between opening and closing <p> tags. For example: 
        <p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QbEPPnZWJOw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</p>
  2. Save the wiki page, and then refresh it to ensure that the video displays.