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Squarespace Video Block
- Adding the video blog to your site seamlessly embeds externally hosted videos to a page or post
- This feature is especially useful for viewing a video while remaining on your site
- To add a video blog to a page or post click and insert point and select video from the block menu
- You can add a video in one of two ways using a URL or using an HTML embed code
- To use the URL option find your videos URL in the address bar of your browser
- Then copy and paste your videos URL into the video editor
- Alternatively you can add your video by using its HTML code
- To use this option copy the HTML embed code from your video host
- Then return to your site and click on the code icon within the video editor to add the embed code
- Once you've added the video you can add a thumbnail image
- This image will display over the video before the video is played
- To add to the thumbnail image drag your image into the upload box then check use custom thumbnail
- When you're all done click apply to save your changes
- Now that you know how to add video blocks feel free to use them throughout your site to showcase your portfolio work, share marketing material or instructional content