Shopsite and Videos

[tahoemountain]

I would like to be able to display and embed .flv video files within my shopsite pages and then allow for a windows media player or other such program to play those videos. Where should I be hosting that video within shopsite so that it can be publicly accessible? and what does the code look like to embed a windows media player into the page as well?

[BFChris]

1) To "host" your files, you can upload them to any directory. Shopsite doesn't have any built-in location for these types of files. Your store's Media folder might be a good location.

2) To use them in a page, you can include the complete embed code in your Product Description field along with other information or just keep the file name and/or complete path-to-file in a Shopsite custom Product Field and then refer to that Field in a Custom Product Template.

3) The code for this type of content typically uses the <embed> or <object> tag (or both for compatibility) along with some parameters, such as Auto-Play true or false, Allow Full-screen Playback, etc. For an example, see the code provided on a Google Video or YouTube page.

I hope that helps!

[tahoemountain]

thanks for the tip