How to Embed a Video in your Website

Embedding a video from your chosen video hosting platform (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) is fairly easy. Just follow the steps below to add your video:

1) Log in to PatientSites Web Editor at client.patientsites.com

2)  Click on Content in the main menu and navigate to the Pages submenu. 

3) On the Left-most side under “Company Content” you’ll see your website’s pages listed. Click on the one you’d like to edit.

 4) On the left side of the Page Editor click the + icon that opens up the Elements list.

5) Click Media, then click and drag the Embed Script element into the Page Editor, and place it where you’d like to add the video. Note: a green line will appear to signal where you’d dropping the new element

6) To embed your video click the Embed Script element and on the right under Settings, delete the contents of the Embed code field. 

7) Depending on the video hosting platform you want to embed a video from the final steps may vary a little:

a) YouTube: open the YouTube video you want to embed and under the Share options look for “embed” and copy the code starting with <iframe and ending in </iframe>

b) Vimeo: open your video in Vimeo, click the Share button with a paper plane icon it, and navigate to the Embed option with a </> symbol on it. Copy the code from the field. 

c) Google Drive video: open the video in a new tab.
Open the File dropdown, click Share and choose Get Embed link. Then Copy the code starting with <iframe and ending in </iframe> from the pop-up box.

8) Go back to the Page editor and in the Embed code field paste the entire code you just copied starting with <iframe and ending in </iframe>