How to Upload or Embed a Video in a Help Article

 

ProProfs Knowledge Base lets you easily embed videos from popular platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, and Blip.tv, or you can upload videos directly from your local drive.

 

Videos are great for walk-throughs, demos, presentations, and more. When adding a new page, you can specify it as a “video” page so users can quickly identify it in the table of contents (TOC) and the search results.

 

Here’s what an uploaded or embedded video will look like in an article:

 

Preview of an embedded video

 

In this article, you’ll learn:

 

How to Embed a Video

 

Step 1: Navigate to the YouTube video page and click Share

 

Click Share button on the YouTube page

 

Step 2: Go to the embed option and copy the code

 

Copy the embed code

 

Alternatively, you can right-click on the video and select Copy Embed Code.

 

Step 3: Open the Knowledge Base Page Editor and place the “text cursor” at the appropriate location on the page.

 

Place the cursor at the location where you wish to upload video

 

Step 4: Click the Embed Media button.

 

Click the Embed Media button

 

Step 5: Paste the embed code in the “Embed Media Dialog” box and click OK. The video is added successfully.

 

Paste the embed code

 

Here’s how the embedded video will appear in the editor:

 

Preview of the Embedded Video in the knowledge base

 

You can double-click the video to open the properties. 


 

How to Upload a Video

 

Step 1: Click the “Video Upload” button from the toolbar

 

Video Upload button

 

Step 2: Go to the Upload tab in the dialog box and click Add a file

 

Go to Upload

 

Step 3: The file you select to upload automatically gets added to the user media library for re-use. You can adjust the alignment and set custom width & height. Once done, click OK to add the video.

 

Selected file to upload and the file extension will appear in the box

 

Note: You can enable autoplay under the Advanced tab.

 

That is all about uploading or embedding videos.

 

 

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