Embedding video into your pages

With Video Blocks, Squarespace allows you to easily embed videos that are hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, or Animoto. You don't even need to use the special embed code from the video website; all you need is the web address of the video. However, on many video sites, you can customize the colors of the player to make it match your website more closely when using their embed code. This can add polish to your website. To get the embed code and access the customization tools, look for a Share or Embed button on the video page on the external video website.

Tip

You can't host videos on Squarespace, but it's free or very inexpensive to host videos on large video hosting websites. Businesses are advised to avoid YouTube and choose Vimeo or Wistia instead if they prefer not to have obtrusive advertisements in their videos. One of my clients found a competitor's advertisements showing on their YouTube videos, so beware.

When you add a Video Block, the editing window...