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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Setting up the Video Content Type


In this chapter, we will cover how to share video using CCK and the Embedded Media Field module, available at http://drupal.org/project/emfield. There are other methods available for processing, storing, and sharing video that we will cover later in the chapter. For general use, however, we recommend the use of Embedded Media Field, as it balances ease of use and flexibility.

Install the Embedded Media Field Module

Download the Embedded Media Field module from http://drupal.org/project/emfield. Upload this module into your sites/all/modules directory, as described in Chapter 3.

Click on the Administer | Site building | Modules link, or navigate to admin/build/modules. Enable the Embedded Media Field and Embedded Video Field modules, as shown in the following screenshot:

Click the Save configuration button at the bottom of the page, to save your changes.

Configure Embedded Media Field

Configuring the Embedded Media Field module involves two steps: setting up the...