Use a Rich Text field to display a playable YouTube video directly in your Event Portal. You can use the YouTube toolbar button or enter the Markdown directive directly.
Use the YouTube Toolbar Button
Open a Rich Text field where you want the video to appear and place the cursor at the insertion point.
Click the YouTube play icon in the toolbar.
Paste a YouTube watch, Shorts, or
youtu.belink into the YouTube link field and click Insert.
Save your changes.
A YouTube video will now be embedded where the Rich Text content is rendered on your Event Portal or Registration Form. For example:
The toolbar validates the link and inserts the required YouTube Markdown automatically.
Enter the YouTube Markdown Directly
Click the
</>toolbar button to switch to the Markdown editor.On its own line, enter:
^^youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_IDReplace
VIDEO_IDwith the ID from the YouTube video URL. For example:^^youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLSiX43_eO4Leave a blank line before and after the directive, then click Save.
NOTES: Do not wrap the URL in Markdown link syntax such as [URL](URL). The editor may display the directive as text; the playable video appears when the content is rendered in the Event Portal.
Link to a Video With a Thumbnail
To show a clickable thumbnail instead of an embedded player, switch to the Markdown editor and use:
[](video-url)
Replace IMAGE ALT TEXT with a short description, video-thumbnail-image-url with the thumbnail image URL, and video-url with the video URL. Then click Save.