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With Web Studio 4.0...
Web Studio lets you add Video files directly to your pages and as links on buttons or text that, when pressed, will play the video.
To add a Video...
Drag the file onto your page, a dialog will come up asking for your preferences for the video. Press OK and the video will be added to your page with visual playback controls. Or,
Drag the file directly onto a graphic or selected text and it will be linked directly to the graphic or text selection. Or,
Choose "Video File on Page" from the Insert menu. a dialog will come up asking for your preferences for the video. Press OK and the video will be added to your page with visual playback controls.
With Web Studio 1.0, 2.0, 3.0...
You can add any type of video to your site with a few simple steps. You can add AVI's, MPEG's, QuickTime movies, RealVideo movies.
There are two different ways you can add video file to your site. They differ in how your visitors will start the movie.
The first is by putting a text link on your page that people will click on to see it. The second is by putting a button or other graphic on your page that people will click on the view the video.
Adding a text link to your page that plays a video when clicked is a one step process that uses the HTML object from the Cool Stuff Gallery.
- Go to the CoolStuff Gallery and drag and drop an HTML object onto the page. The HTML object is the one on the extreme left of the gallery.
- Right click on the HTML object to bring up the Properties dialog.
- Click on the Attached Files tab. Then click on the Add Files To List button.
- Using the Open dialog, browse to where your file is, click on it, then Click the Open button. Web Studio will check the file's name for any strange characters that the web doesn't like. If it asks you to rename it, rename it with Web Studio's suggestion and perform this step again.
- Next click on the HTML Content tab in the dialog.
- Enter the following HTML, assuming your video file was named MyVideo.avi
<A HREF="$thisfolderurl$MyVideo.avi">Click Here to View My Video</A>
- You'll substitute the real name of your video file for the "MyVideo.avi" text in the above HTML. And you can substitute your desired text for the "Click Here to View My Video" text.
- Click OK to dismiss the Properties dialog. Place the HTML object where you want the text link to appear and resize the HTML object to be about as big as the text you've entered.
- Preview your page by choosing Preview This Page from the Preview menu, click on the text link to view your video.
Adding a button (or other graphic) to your page that plays a video when clicked on is a two step process. First you add the button and add a link to it. Then you add an HTML object and put your video file in it. Don't worry, it's easy!
- Add the graphic you want the user to click on to get to your video file to the page. This can be a button from the button gallery or any other graphic, even your own.
- Right Click on the object, then choose Properties to bring up its Properties dialog.
- Click on the Link Tab.
- Note the name of your file. For this example we'll use "MyVideo.avi"
- Enter the following into the Link field in the dialog:
$thisfolderurl$MyVideo.avi
of course you'd substitute your file name for MyVideo.avi. The $thisfolderurl$ is a special code to tell Web Studio to put the URL of the page before the file's name.
- Click OK to dismiss the dialog.
- Go to the CoolStuff Gallery and drag and drop an HTML object onto the page. The HTML object is the one on the extreme left of the gallery.
- Right click on the HTML object to bring up the Properties dialog.
- Click on the Attached Files tab. Then click on the Add Files To List button.
- Using the Open dialog, browse to where your file is, click on it, then Click the Open button. Web Studio will check the file's name for any strange characters that the web doesn't like. If it asks you to rename it, rename it with Web Studio's suggestion and perform this step again.
- Click OK to dismiss the Properties dialog.
- Preview your page by choosing Preview This Page from the Preview menu, click on the button.
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