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Builder brands: Adding a video in the Express editor

When building your website, you may come across the ability to display videos. Once you have the video URL from YouTube, you can quickly add that to your website editor to view that clip live.

Whether the theme already has a video in it or you would like to add a new one to a section, this article will cover how to add the video element or change the Settings and URL once added.

How to add a video

  1. Log in to your account via https://www.networksolutions.com/my-account/login.
  2. Click Websites from the left navigation menu.
    websites menu
     
    Note: Alternatively, if you have multiple website builder accounts, click Launch to proceed.
  3. On your website builder dashboard, tap Edit Site.

    Edit site button
     
  4. Go to Sections or the Add Section button within the editor.

    Select Sections
     
  5. Type Video in the search box.

    type in Video
     
  6. Select Video under All categories.

    Select video
     
  7. Choose a template that fits your site and click on it.

    Choose the one that fits your site the best
     
  8. On the right-hand side, there will be sliders. You can toggle on and off the Title, Description, Buttons, a Line, and Subtitle switch controls.

    toggle on and off
     
  9. Hover over the video and click on the gear in the middle to open the Settings.

    Hover over the video and click on the gear
     
  10. Copy the link address of the YouTube video and paste it into the window that pops up.

    youtube video url copy
     
    Pro tip: The video must be set to public to display on your site.
  11. The settings under the link allow you to Autoplay, Loop the video, and have Controls show on the video.

    youtube switch controls
     
  12. Click Save to add the video.

    youtube save button
     
  13. Tap Save and Publish your site to make the changes live.

    save and publish button

 

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