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4.5 Adding video clips to your posts – Other approaches.
Let’s create a new post, called Video Clip. Go to Write then Post, and give it a title.
The first video we’ll embed is from YouTube. Visit YouTube and you’ll see that in the
right there’s an Embed code. Copy this, then select the HTML tab, and paste the
code into the appropriate spot. Ignore the confusing
code, save and go to the post and you’ll see something like this:
Other forms of video upload are beyond the current scope of this document –
however, lots of help is available on WordPress’s support forums. One thing worth
noting is that with most methods you need to upload first to the server (via whichever
means you prefer) and then use the embed media button in the editor . This is one of
those things that is hard to describe clearly, but once you’ve done it a couple of
times will come easily and naturally.
4.6 Setting posting and page options
Now let's break down all the different posting options that are available to you if you
scroll down the writing pages:
Excerpt: Use this to create a short introductory text (you can add HTML
if you desire) about your post. This is used by some themes and plugins, as well as
by your site’s RSS feed.
Trackbacks: Not often used these days, but this allows trackbacks to be sent
to a specific location. You can use it to notify certain sites of your new post.
Custom Fields: Custom fields are used by certain themes and plugins. Some
will use these fields but you won’t ever have to touch them, others will require you to
input values. Information on this should be included in your theme or plugin
instructions.
Comments & Pings
Allow Comments: If checked, allows a visitor to add comments to the posting
albeit according to rules defined in Settings | Discussion
Allow Pings: This means that if someone links to the posting from another
website using similar software you will be notified on the Dashboard page
Password Protect This Post
Enter a password here and the post can only be read by people with that password.
Roughly the same fields are available in Page writing, with some added and some
removed. You can't set a Custom Fields values. Once a page is written and saved it
goes straight to the website. This is why a page is only used for relatively static
information and is not editable by all levels of user. The additional fields available for
Write Page are:
Page Parent: This allows you to set a parent page that introduces a navigational
hierarchy. Most themes will display subpages either in drop-down menus, on
alternative pages, or indented in lists of pages.
Page Template: Your website's theme design may include templates – for
example with contact forms. Other forms – for example application forms and similar,
can be designed in this way.