How do I place a video on my website?

There are two video types that can be placed on a web page:

  • Video from external source (Youtube or Vimeo)
  • Video file from Files application in Genkgo

We recommend that you use an external source for longer videos. A specialized streaming service such as Youtube is able to automatically offer the video in the size that is adapted to the device and the bandwidth of the individual user. In addition, the file size of Youtube videos is unlimited.

Video file from Files application

The following conditions apply to publishing a video file from the Files application:

Placing a video File

  1. First upload the file to the File applicaton;
  2. In the website application, go to the page on which you want to place the video;
  3. In the text editor, place to cursor where you want to place the video;
  4. Click on ‘Insert HTML5 video’ (icon with play button) in the toolbar;
  5. In the pop-up, click on ‘Browse server’;
  6. Select the video that was uploaded to the Files application;
  7. Click on ‘choose this file’. The pop-up will close;
  8. Click on ‘OK’ in the underlying window.

The video is placed in the text editor. Save the changes. You can now find the video on the web page.

Video from external source

First, the source (Youtube/Vimeo) must be added to the allowed external sources. You can do this in website settings > external sources.

To place a Youtube or Vimeo video, you can use an embed code:

  1. Go to the website with the video;
  2. Copy the embed code. You can usually find this in a tab or button ‘Share’;
  3. In the Genkgo environment, go to the web page where you want to place the video;
  4. In the text editor, click on ‘Embed media’ (icon of a camera roll);
  5. Paste the code in the window that appears;
  6. Click on ‘OK’ to confirm.

The video is placed in the text editor. Save the changes. You can now find the video on the web page.