Adding the YouTube Embed service to an email
In order to use the YouTube Embed cloud content service, the YouTube Embed app must be installed by a customer administrator.
To add the YouTube Embed service to an email:
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Open or create an email that you wish to add YouTube content to.
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Click Cloud Content to open the cloud content menu, which lists all available content services.
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Locate the YouTube Embed app, by either scrolling through the list or searching with the search box.
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Drag the YouTube Embed app onto the email and place it where you want the YouTube content to appear on the email.
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Double-click the element to open the app configuration screen. Select the video that you want to display and configure any preferences:
- Enter the title or the video ID if you know it and click Search, the list of matching videos will be displayed below the search bar.
- Click on the video that you want to use.The title of the video will be populated into the Video Title field.
- Set the size by picking from the drop-down menu. Small, Medium, Large, and XL are the standard YouTube sizes. Choose Customif you want to customize the size.
- Click Save. When it is finished saving, you will see a green Success! bar.
- Click the X icon to exit the screen.
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Resize the content container (preview image) to be approximately the same size as you picked in the configuration. If you have the responsive vertical resizing option enabled the container may re-size automatically
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Click Save to save the landing page.
Note: You cannot currently test emails that include content services (such as the YouTube Embed app) by choosing the Email a Contact option from the Email Editor menu. To test the email, you need to create a campaign with a segment that includes your email address, and execute that campaign.
When a recipient receives a message with YouTube content included, they can click on the video image to be routed to the YouTube website to watch it.