--- title: Creating & Managing a Video Media Item description: To add a video to the site you will need to have it hosted on an external platform and conform to WCAG (AA) Standards --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/creating-a-video-media-item#main-content) ![Our Tree View Designs company logo](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/tvd-final-light-transparent.webp?width=300&height=48&name=tvd-final-light-transparent.webp) - [Submit a support request](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/how-do-i-contact-tree-view-designs-for-support) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Submit a support request](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/how-do-i-contact-tree-view-designs-for-support) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge Base](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Managing your website](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/managing-your-website?hsLang=en) 3. [Videos](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/managing-your-website?hsLang=en#videos) # Creating & Managing a Video Media Item ## To add a video to the site you will need to have it hosted on an external platform and conform to WCAG (AA) Standards To add a video to the site you will need to have it hosted on an external platform and conform to WCAG (AA) Standards - [Read Adding Videos](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/videos?hsLang=en) --- ### Creating the Video Media Item First you need to copy the embed code from the hosted video platform.  - Youtube: Right click the video and select copy embed code Using the information about Type/Name below to follow the instructions about [Creating and Managing Media Items](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/creating-and-managing-media-items?hsLang=en) | **Type** | Embeddable Script | | --- | --- | | **Name** | Video: \[Add a short name to help identify it\] | | **Code** | Paste in the code that you have copied (See note below if your website is based on the Luna Theme - [How to find the Website Theme](https://knowledge.treeviewdesigns.co.uk/knowledge/how-to-find-the-website-theme?hsLang=en)) | **Luna Theme** If your website is based on the Luna Theme then you will need to manually add some code to make this work. See example below: ```
[Embed code from youtube here]
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