Using the Video Player
Our Video Element allows you to upload HD quality videos (up to 1 GB per video) directly to your site, and display that video in a professional, unbranded player. Just keep in mind that the video player is not available to free accounts, but is instead part of our Pro Upgrade.
The Video Element is available under the "Multimedia" category of elements. To use it, click and drag it to your desired location on a page.
Then simply click the player and a dialog box will open from where you can select a video from your computer (if a box does not open, then click the blue Replace Video button to open it). Weebly supports M4V, MPG, MOV, WMV and most other standard video formats.
Depending on the size of your video and the speed of your internet connection, it may take up to 20 minutes to upload your video. You will see a status message on your screen (in the lower right corner) showing the upload progress. Just kick back and relax while the video uploads.
Once the video is uploaded, we then have to encode it. The element itself will display the amount of time remaining in the encoding process. While the video encodes you can continue to work on other pages and content for your site (no need to kick back and relax during encoding), and when you come back later the video will be encoded and waiting for you.
Once the encoding process is complete you'll be all set and your video is ready to watch. You can upload an unlimited number of videos to your site, the only limit is that no single video can be larger than 1 GB by itself. Which means you can't upload any 1.5 GB videos to your site, but can upload as many 950 MB videos as you want.
You can alter the size of the video player (among several presets) using the blue toolbar that pops up when you click on the element.
Something to remember: if you're using Windows Movie Maker or iMovie, the files created when you use the Save option in these programs are not video files. They are editable files that are meant to be used with each program. Be sure to Export your final video from either program to ensure you have a video and not an unusable document file. To Export a video from iMovie go to File > Export. To Export using WMM go to Publish Movie > Export to File.
The Video Element is available under the "Multimedia" category of elements. To use it, click and drag it to your desired location on a page.
Then simply click the player and a dialog box will open from where you can select a video from your computer (if a box does not open, then click the blue Replace Video button to open it). Weebly supports M4V, MPG, MOV, WMV and most other standard video formats.
Depending on the size of your video and the speed of your internet connection, it may take up to 20 minutes to upload your video. You will see a status message on your screen (in the lower right corner) showing the upload progress. Just kick back and relax while the video uploads.
Once the video is uploaded, we then have to encode it. The element itself will display the amount of time remaining in the encoding process. While the video encodes you can continue to work on other pages and content for your site (no need to kick back and relax during encoding), and when you come back later the video will be encoded and waiting for you.
Once the encoding process is complete you'll be all set and your video is ready to watch. You can upload an unlimited number of videos to your site, the only limit is that no single video can be larger than 1 GB by itself. Which means you can't upload any 1.5 GB videos to your site, but can upload as many 950 MB videos as you want.
You can alter the size of the video player (among several presets) using the blue toolbar that pops up when you click on the element.
Something to remember: if you're using Windows Movie Maker or iMovie, the files created when you use the Save option in these programs are not video files. They are editable files that are meant to be used with each program. Be sure to Export your final video from either program to ensure you have a video and not an unusable document file. To Export a video from iMovie go to File > Export. To Export using WMM go to Publish Movie > Export to File.
Using the Audio Player
Our audio player allows you to easily add music, podcasts, or other audio files directly to your website. This element is part of our Pro Upgrade.
The Audio Player element is available under the "Multimedia" category of elements. Drag it to a page to get started.
After adding it to a page, click anywhere in the element to open up the Audio Toolbar. Then click Upload Audio to select an Audio file to upload and use the Track Title / Artist fields add a Track Title and Artist to the player.
Keep in mind that our audio player currently only accepts audio files that are specifically in MP3 format. If your audio is in another format, you'll need to convert it or else it won't work. Go here to see how to convert an audio file to MP3 using iTunes.
The audio file may take a few minutes to upload. Once the upload is complete, the player will expand to display the title of the audio and basic playback controls. You should now be able to play the file without any problems. The player only uses HTML and will work perfectly on all computers, iPads, iPhones, Android phones, and other mobile devices.
Use the Advanced option to turn Auto Play On / Off (this is set No / Off by default) - if you turn Auto Play on then the audio will being to play as soon as the visitor opens the page. You can also select between a Dark or Light color scheme for the player.
The Audio Player element is available under the "Multimedia" category of elements. Drag it to a page to get started.
After adding it to a page, click anywhere in the element to open up the Audio Toolbar. Then click Upload Audio to select an Audio file to upload and use the Track Title / Artist fields add a Track Title and Artist to the player.
Keep in mind that our audio player currently only accepts audio files that are specifically in MP3 format. If your audio is in another format, you'll need to convert it or else it won't work. Go here to see how to convert an audio file to MP3 using iTunes.
The audio file may take a few minutes to upload. Once the upload is complete, the player will expand to display the title of the audio and basic playback controls. You should now be able to play the file without any problems. The player only uses HTML and will work perfectly on all computers, iPads, iPhones, Android phones, and other mobile devices.
Use the Advanced option to turn Auto Play On / Off (this is set No / Off by default) - if you turn Auto Play on then the audio will being to play as soon as the visitor opens the page. You can also select between a Dark or Light color scheme for the player.
The YouTube Video Element
Our YouTube Video element allows you to share videos from - you guessed it - YouTube. This element can be found within Multimedia, all the way over on the far right of the element bar. Drag this element to a page to get started.
Then click anywhere in the element to bring up the Toolbar. You need to enter the direct link to the YouTube video in the provided field.
To find the direct link, click the Share button beneath the YouTube video. And copy / paste from there. No other link will work, so be sure to use the one found here.
Once you add the link, the video should show up on your page in less that a minute. If it does not show up then you are not using the direct link - please double check that you are copying the proper link using the option noted above.
Once the link is in place, you can determine the size of the video player using the Advanced option in the YouTube element's toolbox.
Then click anywhere in the element to bring up the Toolbar. You need to enter the direct link to the YouTube video in the provided field.
To find the direct link, click the Share button beneath the YouTube video. And copy / paste from there. No other link will work, so be sure to use the one found here.
Once you add the link, the video should show up on your page in less that a minute. If it does not show up then you are not using the direct link - please double check that you are copying the proper link using the option noted above.
Once the link is in place, you can determine the size of the video player using the Advanced option in the YouTube element's toolbox.
Embed Video and Audio to Your Site
Our Pro elements are not the only way to add Video and Audio to your site. You can add multimedia content from Vimeo.com, Blip.tv, Ustream.com (and many other providers) using our Embed Code element.
Then get the embed code for whatever you're looking to add to the site. This can usually be accessed via an embed or share button found on or near the content you're looking to share.
Here we see an example of embeddable code connected to a video that is hosted on Vimeo.com.
Once you have the embed code, click inside the Embed Code element to paste it in place.
When you click off of the element, your content should show up there. All done!
Note that there are a few situations where the content you've embedded won't show up on your site until you Publish the changes. So if you don't see your video, form or what have you in the editor, try Publishing to see if it shows on the live site.
Then get the embed code for whatever you're looking to add to the site. This can usually be accessed via an embed or share button found on or near the content you're looking to share.
Here we see an example of embeddable code connected to a video that is hosted on Vimeo.com.
Once you have the embed code, click inside the Embed Code element to paste it in place.
When you click off of the element, your content should show up there. All done!
Note that there are a few situations where the content you've embedded won't show up on your site until you Publish the changes. So if you don't see your video, form or what have you in the editor, try Publishing to see if it shows on the live site.