Embedding video in a NationBuilder site

Instead of letting you upload videos, NationBuilder lets you embed links so your videos will be available within the page itself, rather than making the user click on a link and go to another page to view the video. NationBuilder explains how in this post.

The first thing to know is that you cannot embed video links from just any site. For example, you can embed links from YouTube, but not from Joe Smith's Video Production website. You can't, that is, unless Joe Smith's Video Production website is a provider for embedly. If Joe Smith doesn't want his company partnering with Embed, all he has to do is upload his videos to YouTube (or another Embed provider) and you can use the YouTube link.

The second thing to know is that NationBuilder cautions there can sometimes be glitches and the video won't show up right away. Here's a helpful hint: Make sure there are no blank spaces in front of the link. 

NationBuilder makes it clear that the link should be on its own line without any formatting added. But if you accidentally have so much as an extra blank space in front of the link, it won't work. The link has to be on its own line without any anything extra added. Nothing extra. At. All.

If you just can't figure out what is wrong, delete the link and add it again. Sometimes that approach is easier that hunting for the actual problem which can be difficult to spot.