Embedding Video Files in Your PastPerfect Online Records
Concept
With PastPerfect Online you can embed videos directly in the collection
item record so online visitors can not only read about the item and see
images, but view a video as well.
The first step to embedding a video in a PastPerfect Online record is
to upload the file to a website for hosting. We will use YouTube
as our example. You may need to create a YouTube account in order to upload
videos. Information about creating an account and uploading videos can
be found in the References section of this topic.
Task
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Once the file has been uploaded, YouTube will provide you with
an HTML code for embedding the video in your catalog record. Copy
this HTML so you can paste it into the PastPerfect catalog record.
The HTML will look like the following example: <iframe width="420"
height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WesutM70q3w?rel=0"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
- In PastPerfect, chose a Custom Field to act as the location for
all your multimedia links. Since these links can be quite long, we
suggest using Custom Field 21 or Custom Field 22. Information about
setting up Custom Fields can be found in the References section of
this topic.
- Locate the record in PastPerfect associated with the video.
- In the Custom Field that you chose in step 3, paste in the HTML
you copied from the YouTube page.
- The next time you go through the Web Publishing Wizard to create
and upload files, be sure that your Custom Field is selected as a
field to include online and renamed as you want it to appear on your
site.
- Your PastPerfect Online record will look like the example below.
References