Warning! Embedding .mp4 videos on a page cannot be made fully accessible with captions through WYSIWYG editor and should be used at your own risk. WKU ITS cannot guarantee accessibility or compatibility of this type of content. To ensure your video is fully accessible and optimized, please use YouTube for hosting with the
YouTube Embed Component or
YouTube Modal Component. There is a
50mb file size limit in the CMS. Larger videos cannot be hosted on WKU website and should be added to YouTube instead.
- Edit page in which you wish to embed video code.
- Click Edit Content Area.
- Click Insert/Edit Media button in WYSIWYG toolbar.
- In Insert/Edit Media dialog make sure you are on General tab.
- Next to Source field, click on Explore button and navigate to your video file.
Note: The .mp4 will have to have been uploaded to CMS and published.
- Click Insert after selecting video file.
- Set the Width and Height to the following to ensure your video responds to width of the window:
- Optionally, if you have an image you would like to use as a placeholder before video starts, add it as the Media Poster.
- Change to Advanced tab.
- Next to Media Poster field, click Explore button and navigate to your cover image file.
- Click Insert after selecting image.
- Click Save in Insert/Edit Media dialog.
- Save page.
- Publish to make page go live.