iSale supports six popular video websites for uploading your films. You then add a video placeholder to your auction description and paste your video's address there. And the best part of it: uploading videos is entirely free at most of the supported websites.

iSale supports videos from the following websites:

• YouTube (www.youtube.com)
• Google Video (video.google.com)
• MySpace (vids.myspace.com)
• AOL Video (uncutvideo.aol.com)
• My Video (www.myvideo.de)
• .Mac (www.mac.com)

 
The general process for adding a video is as follows:

• Upload the video to one of the supported websites.
• Go to the video's web page and copy its URL.
• In iSale, add a video layout block to your auction layout.
• Select the video placeholder and paste the copied URL.

Note: You can also paste the HTML code for embedding the video, which many websites provide, instead of the video's URL.

The exact procedure for uploading videos varies depends on the website you use. To illustrate the process, we'll show how to upload a video to two selected websites in the following.

To illustrate the process for adding videos, we will show how to upload a video to the free video website youtube.com. The process is similar for the other free websites supported by iSale. We will assume that you already have a YouTube account.

Note: If you created your video in iMovie, you can upload it directly from iMovie. In this example, we show the upload process through the YouTube website.

Step 1: Log in at YouTube
Go to www.youtube.com, and log in with your username and password.

Step 2: Click the Upload button


Step 3: Enter information about your video


A page will open where you can enter information about the video.

Step 4: Upload your video

On the following page, you can select your video file and start the upload.

Step 5: Copy the code for embedding the video


Once the upload is complete, you will see a page with HTML code for embedding your video on a website. Copy the code to the clipboard.

Step 6: Add a video placeholder to your auction


In iSale, select your auction, switch to the Description tab, and go to Edit mode. Open the Layout panel (see the chapter "Modifying the Layout"), and drag a video layout block to the auction description.


A new, empty video placeholder will be inserted into the layout.

Step 7: Insert your video


Click the video placeholder to select it, then click the button "Paste HTML Code or URL from Clipboard" below.

iSale will read the video's HTML code from the clipboard and insert the video into the placeholder.

In this example, we will show you how to add a video from iMovie using Apple's .Mac online service. .Mac requires a yearly subscription fee. We will assume that you have already entered your .Mac account information in the System Preferences.

Step 1: Upload the video to your Web Gallery

Select your project in iMovie, and choose Share > .Mac Web Gallery... A dialog will appear.

Step 2: Copy the video's URL

After uploading, a dialog will appear which contains the video's URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Select this URL and copy it to the clipboard.

Step 3: Add a video placeholder to your auction

In iSale, select your auction, switch to the Description tab, and go to Edit mode. Open the Layout panel (see the chapter "Modifying the Layout"), and drag a video layout block to the auction description. A new, empty video placeholder is inserted into the layout.

Step 4: Insert your video

Click the video placeholder to select it, then click the button "Paste HTML Code or URL from Clipboard" below. iSale will read the video's URL from the clipboard and insert the video into the placeholder.