Insert a reference to an external video

For HTML outputs, you can insert references to externally-hosted videos in topics. The referenced video is embedded in the topic and streamed when viewed.

You can use IXIASOFT CCMS Web to insert the video in the topic as an <object> element.

Referencing videos in this way saves importing all the video content into IXIASOFT CCMS, and it allows you to store videos in a central location. This central location must be hosted externally so that the target audience can access the videos.

Note: How the videos appears in the final HTML output depends on your transformation scenario. To optimize this use of videos, your transformation scenario should be configured to handle <object> elements and any of their attributes that you want to use.

To insert a reference to the video in a topic:

In Topic Editor, click the location where you want to add the video.
Switch the Main Editing area to the XML text editor:
1. On the Oxygen Web Author toolbar, click .
2. From the drop-down list, select Edit as XML.
The content in the Main Editing area loads in the text editor as XML.

In the location you want, paste the following code:

<object width="480" height="293" data="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kHehwKTV5bk" outputclass="iframe"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/> </object>

Change the @data attribute to the URL of the video you want to reference.
For embedded HTML frames (such as YouTube videos), copy and paste the embed code into the field.
Note: For YouTube videos, you can get the embed code by right-clicking the video in YouTube and selecting Copy embed code.
(Optional): Change the @width and @height values of the video as needed.
(Optional): Delete the @allowfullscreen attribute if it is not required.

Note: Setting the @allowfullscreen attribute to true allows users to expand iframe videos to full screen.
Click Switch to Author mode to return to the default Author mode.

An <object> element that references the video is inserted at the target location.