How do I embed another object in a text? #

Embedding shows another object inside a text: a file to download, a video, a box with an article teaser. When that object changes, every text that embeds it shows the change.

Who can do this #

Editors who may edit the object and read the object they embed.

Steps #

1. Edit the object and put the cursor where the embedded object goes.
2. Click Insert/edit object. For a file to download, click Insert/edit file.
3. Upload a new object, or find an existing one by searching, browsing or in your bookmarks, and select it.
4. Choose how it is shown (for example as a link or as a box) and the alignment.
5. Click Insert.
6. Click Send for publishing.

What can go wrong #

• The embedded object disappears on the site. It was hidden, moved to the trash or is in a section visitors may not read. Setup > Broken relations lists such cases.
• You cannot remove the embedded object. Exponential warns that other content embeds it. Remove the embed from those texts first.

Related pages #

• Relations and reuse
• Removing and hiding: the check of reverse relations
• User manual