Need some web training advice please

[devonwoody]

I cannot find my old Serif Web plus program (it might not work anyway with my Windows 7/64 bit pro) and I want to put that Christmas video on to my web page (37mgs. ) because I have some names that will not touch facebook or dont know how or whatever.

I have got microssoft office but cannot see any upload facility around there.

So anything going that is free? Oh and easy :wink:

 

[nev]

if you are familiar with serif have you tried the free webplus ? available here ... http://www.serif.com/freedownloads/

If you cannot work out how to add a video directly to your page, you can always embed the youtube video. (go to your youtube vid, right click on it and select 'copy embed code'. then simply paste it into your own web using an html or wysiwyg editor.
That will put the youtube vid on your page.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks Nev. I tried that download but things went bad,I had to do a system restore after.;

Perhaps it didnt like w7 /64 bit or whatever. Also I refused all the tool bars etc. so perhaps it gave me aggro!

 

[mseries]

IMO and I mess with websites for a living, your video will be much more accessible if you do embed the Youtube link into your page. Youtube probably provide the code to create the 'widget' so it will look just like it does on their page and not just a text hyperlink. You will not need to upload the movie again to you own servers and when it's viewed it will be streamed from Youtube and not your server.

EDIT: try pasting this into your page

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F02t0yNHLFg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks I will give it a try later, I have just had a couple of jars and I might push the wrong buttons. :wink:

 

[devonwoody]

OK I am refreshed this morning and had a go at that web problem working with advice above.

I got the web page come up using that code but utube then posted a messsage at the video screen stating that video was not available at the moment.

So got the wife to attend to today, those New Year Sales have now become the new priority for the day and banker as got to go

 

[mseries]

Try it again, make sure you copied and pasted the code properly. It just worked for me.

 

[brianhabby]

DW,

As Nev says, posting the code from youtube to your own page should work without problems.

Just a couple of things to be aware of:

When you choose the embed option on youtube there is a check box for what youtube call the 'old embed code'. It shouldn't make any difference on your own webpage but I know there are some places that you can embed video that do not like the new (default) code. (eBay for example).

Also, it might be worth un-ticking the check box that offers to show suggested videos when the video finishes. This is checked by default so you may want to uncheck it - I know I do.

One other thing - while I don't personally care for Serif's offerings, I wouldn't let microsoft stuff within a million miles of any of my code - talk about verbose

HTH

regards

Brian