HTML editor for content

To edit pages, blogs, and articles, you can use an HTML editor as one of the three options. This is especially useful when building landing pages or adding custom elements and interactivity to your content.

Markup editor on page — Markup editor in Cradle admin

The toolbar contains buttons to upload media, video and audio, as well as, import media from link and preview.

Button	Description
Upload media	Upload images
Upload video	Upload video file, .mp4 format
Upload audio	Upload audio file
Import media	Use an URL to import media
Preview	Preview the content in the editor window

Toolbar buttons in markup editor

Upload Video

The toolbar contains a button for uploading videos, this will add the video with <video> tags.

<video controls>
		<source src="<path to file>" type="video/mp4">
		Your browser does not support the video tag
</video>

Example of inserted HTML when uploading an video

Tools for video editing and creation: Open broadcaster software - video recording, OpenShot - video editing and Blender - 3D Creation Suite and about the video HTML element on mdn

Extended video snippet

Video in <figure> object with schema.org syntax for videoObject and cover image.

<figure itemscope itemprop="VideoObject" itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject">
    <meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="<path to video file>" />
    <meta itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="<path to cover image file>" />
    <video preload="none" controls itemprop="thumbnailUrl" poster="<path to cover image file>">
    <source src="<path to video file>" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support the video tag
    </video>
    <figcaption itemprop="description">Figure caption text</figcaption>
</figure>

Extended video snippet with schema markup and cover image.

Video section with overlay

How to add a section with a video and text overlay with the markup editor.

Uploading and image and adding CSS to style

Steps in video

Changing to the markup editor on a page.
Uploading a video through the toolbar.
Publishing the page and viewing it in a separate window.
Modifying and adding the correct markup.
Adding the CSS
Using the browser inspector
Adding markup and CSS for the overlay text content

<div class="video-container">
    <video autoplay loop muted>
        <source src="<file path>" type="video/mp4">
        Your browser does not support the video tag
    </video>   
    <div class='video-content'>
      <h1>Overlay content</h1>
      <p>Video by Taryn Elliot found on Pexels</p>
    </div>
</div>
<style>
.video-container {
  position: relative;
  width: 64rem;
  height: 400px; 
  max-width: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex;
  place-content: center;
}
.video-container video {
  position: absolute;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  min-width: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
  object-fit:cover;
}
.video-content {
  background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
  padding: 2rem;
  padding-top: 3rem;
  border-radius: 5px;
  z-index:10;
  margin: auto;
} 
.video-content h1,
.video-content p {
    margin: 0;
}
</style>

Code in example

Import media

Dialog for adding URL to upload media — Dialog for inserting URL to upload media from link.

Preview

The preview button in the toolbar shows the rendered HTML code in the editor.

Note that it is also possible to preview the whole page, article or product in the browser.