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First you will need to upload the video file to your hosting. You can do that using the File Manager, or a third-party FTP program. We recommend using a FTP program for files bigger than 3MB.
First you will need to upload the video file to your hosting. You can do that using the [[File Manager]], or a third-party SFTP program such as [[How to use FileZilla|FileZilla]]. We recommend using a SFTP program for files bigger than 3MB.


Then you can create a link to your movie file, or embed it directly into your webpage using HTML code.
Then you can create a link to your movie file, or embed it directly into your webpage using HTML code.


'''Creating a Link with HTML'''
Insert the link to your video file using an HTML anchor tag.
<a href="[https://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4 http://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4]">Visit My Video!</a>
'''Embedding a Video using an HTML iFrame'''
Embed the video on your website page using an HTML iframe.
<iframe src="[https://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4 http://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4]" title="Watch My Video"></iframe>
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 22 June 2022

First you will need to upload the video file to your hosting. You can do that using the File Manager, or a third-party SFTP program such as FileZilla. We recommend using a SFTP program for files bigger than 3MB.

Then you can create a link to your movie file, or embed it directly into your webpage using HTML code.


Creating a Link with HTML


Insert the link to your video file using an HTML anchor tag.

<a href="http://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4">Visit My Video!</a>


Embedding a Video using an HTML iFrame


Embed the video on your website page using an HTML iframe.

<iframe src="http://mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4" title="Watch My Video"></iframe>