Several clients have emailed me in the past two weeks asking how to embed Real Estate Shows into their ActiveRain blog posts.
It works just like any other embed code, so I thought it was time to do a how to video on this subject. I'm going to use RealEstateShows.com embed code for this example, but, again, it works the same way for any HTML code.
I'm going to insert the embedded Show here:
And I'm going to insert the embedded video that illustrates how I did it here:
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAVE TO DRAFT BEFORE SWITCHING BETWEEN WYSIWYG AND HTML!
As you can see from the video, you can't see either the video or the Show when you are editing your post. This is the most confusing part of how ActiveRain has implemented this. And, if you move from HTML to WYSIWYG or from WYSIWYG to HTML without first saving to draft, you'll lose your changes.
Note: Show was created on our trip to West Virginia. That's our creek... my favorite place in the world.
Other posts on this topic:
A Video On How To Embed A YouTube Video - 03/01/2007 02:29 PM
7 Steps to You Tube in your Posts - NEW! FREE! RUN! - 06/06/2007 08:39 PM
Putting Video in Your post or comments from You Tube.. - 03/01/2007 04:56 PM
Embedding videos into a WordPress blogging platform - 02/24/2007 06:33 PM
Video Service Comparison - Veoh, Brightcove, Photobucket, VideoEgg and YouTube - 07/09/2007 09:25 AM
Jeff Turner aka respres

Jeff:
Thank you.
Yes, I have lost data before; but know I understand,
I have rated this post high and bookmarked the page to get bachk to it.
Randy... we'll have a plugin for Wordpress shortly, along with a whole bunch of other widgety goodies. This is a bit confusing.
Bob... yep. Switching from HTML to WYSIWYG and saving from the switch is the reason.
Jeff I was just telling a friend how great your shows were and how easy they are to use. Thanks for making this even easier.
Katrina, thank you.
Jason... it'll come.
{SVW Hubba}...
Okay. We will leave you alone now. LOL.
Bookmarks are a good thing :)
TLW...ROAR!
I did it !!
Didn't want to comment until I tried and and it worked. The tutorial you did was wonderful.
Jeff,
This is good I hope i can do it as easily as you make it sound.
Did it! Thanks so much Jeff....I'll buy you a beer when you're in town.
Thanks for this info - I was actually just trying to figure out how to do it without getting a red X
:)
I haven't used RES enough.
Learning how to embed shows may give me the impetus to do more.
Thanks for the post, Jeff.
Don... it'a a bit tricky, but it will work.
Celeste... good job! And a nice post.
Melisa... thank you.
David... I try to do all my videos in one take, they are more natural that way. So it only took me a bit longer than the actual video length. But thank you.
Mike Foiou... good luck.
Mike Jaquish... I'm surprised at the number of RES users who only do listing Shows. You can do so much more!
I've bookmarked this for future use. I'm not a realtor, so don't have the need for real estate movies, but I'm sure I can find a use for it somehow. Thanks!
Great "how-to" video Jeff. I do have one question though. Why is it that the embed code doesn't show up in WYSIWYG? I understand that it is still there, but call me crazy, I like to know why things do what they do.
Jeff - thanks for the tip but can you suggest how to change the size of the show to fit the sidebar? I've seen one other ActiveRainer do it and have gotten a suggestion to do this (I know it's too large but don't know how to change it).
When I tried to manipulate the height and width size in the code (as illustrating in another blog) I ended up just cropping the picture and while it fit in the sidebar at half the dimensions, it didn't alter the show in its entirety - just half the photos. I'm sure it's a simple fix....but I am NOT Jeff Turner...:-)
Many thanks!
Jeff
Thanks for the help I've been trying to figure that out for some time now. Thanks again!
Great step by step video Jeff.
You always have great information for us. ^_^
Thank you Jeff this is just what I am looking for, I wrote a post to try and get help and someone left a link to yours.
Thank you, thank you very much! Now let me go and experiment!
Excellent and thank you for the tutorial. We do appreicate it... have a good weekend! cm
Mr Jeff.. very well done. i was just looking for a few posts for a newbie and stumbled onto this. She'll appreciate it.!! oh. thanks for the mention :))
ps. will i be as wise as you once i shave my head? i don't think so, but it doesn't hurt to dream!! :)
why isn't this featured yet?
this is amazing info - even techno dweebs like me don't know how to do that!!
thank you for the info - been showing houses in town Atlanta all day - and now I'm getting embed
Lee... :)
Linda... it looks like Nick beat me to the punch!
Nick... thank you for helping Linda! I have been on airplanes most of the day and unable to get to anything online. Thank you!
I was trying to embed a PDF and couldn't figure it out. Didn't spend a lot of time trying however. I just had a friend convert it to a pic and posted it that way.
I probably just didn't spend the time necessary in figuring it out, but if you have a quick answer (or link to answer) that would be great.
Didn't watch the video above because it seems it just pertains to video...
I had no idea..........Have never tried this........but I will now...........Thanks.
Duane Hosek in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Troy... you can't embed a pdf, unfortunately. You can link to a PDF that will then download. You would need to upload the PDF use the link to it.
Brandon... my pleasure.
Duane... good luck!
Steve... Glad it helped!
Matt... you're welcome.
Troy... Nick M. reminded me that you can embed a pdf, just not directly. That involves using iframes. Here is an example: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/iframe-pdf.html
You will still need to have the pdf hosted somewhere with a URL. And, be warned, people, like me, may have their browsers configured to open PDF files offline anyway.
Cheryl Johnson wrote a great little tutorial on iframe use:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/114881/I-Frame-You-Frame
I've been wondering about exactly that. Thanks so much for a very cool lesson! No wonder your blog is so popular!
Jeff,
Thanks for this post. Everytime I get to on e of your blogs I learn so much It is all so helpful. Noww I just need to read another one to find out where the codes are and how to copy them.
Jeff,
Did one of these last night for the first time - man is it confusing at first! lol!
Jeff, Is there a way to embed a YouTube video in your profile? I haven't been able to find out how to make it work. I embed into my blog posts easily but maybe they don't allow it on my profile?
Almost...
A year old and it just keeps going and going and going.
It reminds me of the energizer rabbit. Never mind. I shot that rabbit.
Okay. So it reminds me of me...I keep going and going and going. Maybe someday I'll wake up and be gone :)
TLW...ROAR!
Hello Jeff, we're going on 3 years and I still found this to be helpful information today. Thanks a bunch!