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Inserting videos in articles and content blocks



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Jennifer Rowe

Zendesk Documentation Team

Edited Dec 06, 2024


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Is there an option to add a video that does not give users the ability to "share" or copy the link? We want to be able to provide videos within the articles, but do not want anyone to be able to distribute them.

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DJ Buenavista Jr.

Zendesk Customer Care

Hi Victoria,

You can embed or insert videos inside your articles. However, there's no setting to make the videos un-shareable or prevent users the ability to copy the video link.

Because in Zendesk, you are just embedding the videos here. It would still depend on where the source of your video is. Also, I have checked from my end and if you will add a video from Youtube, there's already a Copy link button from the video that will already allow your end-users to copy the video link.

To know more about this, you can check this article: Inserting videos in articles 

Thank you and have a wonderful day ahead!

Kind regards,



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Hello!

I've updated video content in several articles using the embed feature for Youtube videos. The videos appear to be the correct size in the WYSYWIG, but are displaying in a much smaller format on the live site. There are many other videos on the site displaying correctly, so I don't think it's a site-wide setting. I've tried embedding the video using the button on the WYSIWYG and by inserting the embed code into the HTML. I've included shots of the code, the preview in the WYSIWYG and the actual display on the site. Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
Mikell

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Pulkit Pandey

Zendesk LuminaryCommunity Moderator

Hi Mikell Beechinor

Please, add the below CSS at the bottom of your style.css

iframe {
width:100%;
}

Let me know if it solves your issue

Thanks
Pulkit

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This worked. Thanks so much, Pulkit!

 

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It seems that when embedding a BrightCove video, you have to use the full URL. If you try to use the shortened URL, you get an error.  Am I missing something?  It's been a pain to have to go back and find the full URLs for all the videos that I want to embed!  (NOTE: if you just want to hyperlink to the video, the shortened URL works fine.  Just not for embedding the video)

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Can you insert a GIF into a public reply to a customer? 

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Cheeny Aban

Zendesk Customer Care

Hi Melody,

Vimeo is one of the supported videos that you can add to your Help Center articles. I suggest that you generate a har file and reach out to our Customer Support so they can have a deeper look into your account.

 

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I used the editor toolbar's Add Video feature to embed a public YouTube video - it looks great in the article, but several users found that the video did not appear in the article in their email inbox (Gmail, Thunderbird.) Instead they just saw a large white space. Have others reported this issue and is there any workaround in the way we embed videos?

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Pulkit Pandey

Zendesk LuminaryCommunity Moderator

Hi Megan Ellis

Can you please, ask the user to make allow to display the 3rd party content over the Gmail inbox or in Thunderbird, for the email address you are using

Thanks
Pulkit

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Hi,

Is there any possibility to have the video at the end of that article instead of the top?

 

Best regards,

Mats

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Hi Mats,
 
The video will be inserted into your article wherever the cursor is currently located in the article editor. Is that what you're asking about?

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Hi Dave, Many thanks for your quick response. Yes that was exactly what I needed to know

Best regards

Mats

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If your video is hosted on a non-supported service, use the article source code editor to add the video’s embed code to insert the video.

This link does not show how to embed with code.

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I tried embedding a YouTube video with "Start at 8:55" for example, and it pastes in fine, but when the article is published, it is ignored and removed - it just starts at the start of the video. Is there a way to start at a certain point?

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Cheeny Aban

Zendesk Customer Care

Hi Oren Ben-Ami 

This is something that is not native and would need custom coding. As a suggestion, you can use a Vimeo video and use the custom code to Start playback at a specific timecode.

I hope that helps!
 

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When embedding using HTML and the article editor toolbar

The video looks great on Desktop, however on mobile it is too large and extends far past the margins to where you have to scroll left and right outside of the article.

I have attempted to add

iframe {
width:100%;
}

Which then fixes it on mobile, but makes it stretched on desktop.

Please advise. Thanks

 

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Pulkit Pandey

Zendesk LuminaryCommunity Moderator

Hi Web

Please, add the following CSS at the bottom of your style.css file

iframe {
max-width: 100%;
}

Let me know if it solves your issue

Thanks
Pulkit

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Hi there,

How do you delete/remove a vide that is no longer applicable from the article? It doesn't seem to work the same way as with images and I can't find any info re this.

Thanks,

Amanda

 

 

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Pulkit Pandey

Zendesk LuminaryCommunity Moderator

Hey Amanda Audze

Please remove the embedded code from the each article where those videos are attached which is no longer in use

Thanks
Pulkit
Team Diziana

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Having the same issue as above: 

"When embedding using HTML and the article editor toolbar

The video looks great on Desktop, however on mobile it is too large and extends far past the margins to where you have to scroll left and right outside of the article.

I have attempted to add

iframe {
width:100%;
}"

Adding width=100% and max-width=100% fixes the overflow problem, but the youtube thumbnails are then compressed and do not display the entire thumbnail

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Bry Fitzgerald

Zendesk Customer Care

Hey Rich! Youtube doesn't have a responsive embed code, so you'll need to rely on custom coding to resolve this issue; which we are unable to provide support for. However, there is an older community post, Resize Youtube Video in Article, in which a workaround is shared, involving the use of custom CSS and HTML. I tested this workaround in my test account, and can confirm that it still works. One thing of note from my test is that in the article editor, the video appeared pretty small. But when I previewed the article on my Help Center, the embedded video was in-fact responsive, expanding and contacting to fit the browser window.

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Hi there! I'm getting an error when trying to upload a youtube link. The error says 

"The pasted link does not match any of our supported providers."
 
Here is the link I'm trying to use
 
 
Thanks so much!

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Ashley Krämer You need to replace "shorts" with "watch" in the URL, then you can use it with the "Add Video" button when editing articles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4pFP0ee7A

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When end users look at one of our help center articles with a YouTube link, the video is not showing up. When I am signed in as a Guide Admin and using Google chrome, it works. All other browsers are failing to show the YouTube video though. I have tried Brave, Edge, Firefox, and they all fail. The end user is also not seeing it with chrome. 

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Alex O. Robinson

Zendesk Customer Care

Hi there Ashley,

Yes Patrick is right! For this to work, kindly replace the word "shorts/" with "watch?v=" in the URL.

If needed, feel free to chat with Support directly through our messaging widget, we'll be happy to assist you further!

All the best,

Alex

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Alex,

I think you were confused about my comment above. I am saying that the YouTube video is not showing up in our help center articles anymore. The link is correct and has "watch" and not "shorts" in the URL. On Monday 5/23 the only browser that was working was Chrome, but it was only working for me as an Admin. Now even chrome is not displaying the videos along with every other browser I have tried. Is there a known issue with this?

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Alex O. Robinson

Zendesk Customer Care

Hi Brandon,
 
Apologies for missing your message there! Upon checking, I see no known issue and am unable to replicate the behaviour, see a test in the attachment.
 
I wonder if this is related to the video itself. All videos that are applied to Guide articles must be publicly available on the video hosting site such as Youtube, see this article. Can you ensure it is the case?
 
If so, could you kindly reach out to Support through our messaging widget directly? We'll happily do a deep dive into this for you.
 
Enjoy your Friday,
 
Alex
 

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Does the link have to be a direct file link? 

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Dane

Zendesk Engineering

Hi Sara,
 
For the supported video hosting services the main URL will be enough. 

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