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January 31, 2007

Microformatting in websites

Vitamin Features � Add microformats magic to your site Plus links to other sites/information

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January 22, 2007

Wordpress Themes... Widgetizing, etc

Automattic � Widgetizing Themes

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Embedding video in a Web page

11/28/2006

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Q. My wife manages a Web site for a high school volleyball team. We are trying to load digital videos for college recruiters. It is better than making copies on DVD and mailing them out. I've gotten the videos on my computer, but I can't seem to upload them to the site. Can you help?

A. This sounds like a great idea. And uploading video doesn't need to be difficult. You have several options.

First, you can upload the videos to a folder on the Web site. Then create a page with links to the videos. Visitors just right-click the links and save them to their hard drives. In Firefox, they should click Save Link As… In Internet Explorer, they would click Save Target As… Once they download a video, they can watch it on their machine.

This isn't an advanced solution, but it will do the trick.

But there's a better solution. There is an online tool that will generate the code to play your video directly on your Web page.

You simply upload the videos into a folder on your Web site. Select the program you want to play the video. The player must match the format of your video. For instance, if your video is in .MOV format, you should select QuickTime. Then enter your site name and the location and name of the video. It will generate the HTML to plug in to your Web page.

You can also load the video onto a video-sharing site. YouTube is the most popular right now. But you can also use Google Video and Vimeo. For more on these sites, read my recent tip.

You'll have to do some work to get your video uploaded. The video site will provide you with code. You drop the code into your page to embed the video.

Now for some pointers. You want to keep video sizes small. Otherwise, they will take a long time to load. Viewers will lose patience.

Next, choose a video format that is fairly universal. Flash is a good format. Any computer will be able to see the video. MOV also is good, because QuickTime works on both Windows and Mac. Macs come with QuickTime Player. Get the free QuickTime Player for Windows here.

If you need video-editing programs, visit my Downloads section. And also, make sure you're using the right video card for editing.

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