Welcome to our step by step guide for being able to embed a video using the YouTube or Vimeo blocks within your Primarysite Website.
In this guide we will cover:
- How to embed a video through the YouTube block
- How to embed a video through the Vimeo block
- How to edit an existing video added through the YouTube or Vimeo block
This document will help you achieve these things in an easy step by step process. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Getting Started
Firstly, you will need to log into your website. This may be done by either clicking a padlock icon or it could be that the words ‘log in’ are situated on the homepage, either in a corner or at the bottom of the page.
A log in screen will then appear, for your details
As default, a super user or anyone under the teacher role type will have the permission to edit a content page. We can however amend the permissions for editing for other role types should you find you cannot do this. Please give us a call to do this.
Embedding a Video through the YouTube Block
As a school you may have your own YouTube channel which you upload your video’s too. These videos can then be embedded onto your Primarysite website. As the video is hosted on YouTube directly, there is no file size limit for these videos. Alternatively, you may have videos you wish to add which are too large to add to the website directly. In this instance you can create a YouTube channel to upload the video’s on which will then allow you to embed them into the website in the below way.
Firstly, you will need to navigate to the page that you wish to add the video to. Once you are in the page, you will need to click the blue ‘edit this page’ button which can be located in the top left corner of the white bar.
Once you have clicked the ‘edit this page’ button, you will be taken to the editing area for your page. You will now need to select the yellow ‘add block’ button.
Clicking the yellow ‘add block’ button will redirect you to the content editor, to select the piece of content you wish to add. In this instance click the ‘red’ YouTube block.
You will now see the below screen.
Next you will need to go to YouTube, to the video you are looking to upload and copy the website address from the address bar, pasting this into the above field within the ‘YouTube editor’.
Click the yellow ‘add video’ button.
This will then take you to the below screen, pulling through the title and description of the video from YouTube along with the video itself.
Please note the title and description can be amended in this area, should you wish to change this.
In this screen, you will also have the option to change the size of the video, you can do this by selecting the blue ‘video size’ buttons. You will see the video resize on the screen to show how this would look.
Once you are happy with your video, click the blue ‘save’ button and the blue ‘save’ button once again. The video will then publish onto the page.
Embedding a Video through the Vimeo block
Rather than having a YouTube channel, you may as a school pay for a Vimeo account to which you upload your videos too. These videos can also be embedded into the website in the same way as above.
Firstly, you will need to navigate to the page that you wish to add the video to. Once you are in the page, you will need to click the blue ‘edit this page’ button which can be located in the top left corner of the white bar.
Once you have clicked the ‘edit this page’ button, you will be taken to the editing area for your page. You will now need to select the yellow ‘add block’ button.
Clicking the yellow ‘add block’ button will redirect you to the content editor, to select the piece of content you wish to add. In this instance click the ‘blue’ Vimeo block.
You will then see the below screen.
Next you will need to go to your Vimeo account, select the video you are looking to upload and copy the website address from the address bar, pasting this into the above field within the ‘Vimeo editor’.
Click the yellow ‘add video’ button.
This will then take you to the below screen, pulling through the title and description of the video from Vimeo along with the video itself.
Please note the title and description can be amended in this area, should you wish to change this.
In this screen, you will also have the option to change the size of the video, you can do this by selecting the blue ‘video size’ buttons. You will see the video resize on the screen to show how this would look.
Once you are happy with your video, click the blue ‘save’ button and the blue ‘save’ button once again. The video will then publish onto the page.
Editing an existing video added through the Youtube or Vimeo block
It may be that you need to edit the title or description of an existing video or now wish to alter the size of the video itself once published onto the website. You can do this by going to the page that the video in question is on and select the blue ‘edit this page’ button in the top left corner.
You will then see the below screen. Click the yellow ‘edit pencil button’ on the right side of the video, you will then be taken to the ‘manage YouTube/Vimeo video’ area to amend.
Should you wish to delete a video completely, you can do this from the above screen by selecting the red ‘x’ button. You will be prompted to ensure that you wish to delete the video completely.