How to insert a video into your blog post

Greetings to our dear yogis!

Here’s a short tutorial on how to insert/embed a Youtube video into your blog posts.

 1. Log in to the Tirisula Students YouTube account and click on your uploaded video. Click the “Share” button below then “click Embed” and copy the code provided (you’ll need this code later).

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2. Head to your post on the Tirisula Blog. Imagine the following is the view of your post in the blog editor. Click your cursor where you’d like your video to appear then click on the ‘Insert/edit video icon’ on the toolbar (circled below) 

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4. In the pop-up window, click ‘Embed’ then paste the YouTube embed code you copied earlier in the box. Click ok.

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5. You should see a grey box appear where your video has been embedded. You can adjust the size of the video by dragging the corners of the grey box.

6. Have a final read of your text then click ‘Publish’ – viola!

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7. Note: The embedded video will not display in preview mode. You’ll need to click ‘Publish’ to view your final blog post with embedded video which would look like the sample below…. have fun 🙂 

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SAMPLE BLOG POST (with embedded video)

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3. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

4. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.