Create a Youtube or Vimeo or MetaCafe Popup

  1. Select some text or an image to apply the link to (you can use the Image Manager to insert the image).
    Select text
  2. Open the Link dialog. Paste the Youtube, Vimeo or MetaCafe link in the URL field. This is typically the link from the browser address bar when viewing the video.
    youtube
  3. Click on the Popups tab and select JCE MediaBox Popups from the Popup Type list

    link popup

  4. To add a title and/or caption to the popup, enter text in the Title and Caption fields.

    mediabox link title

  5. Select Flash, Youtube, Vimeo etc. from the Media Type list.

    mediabox youtube
  6. Set any other parameters needed for the popup.
      • Popup Icon - Display a popup icon on the target image or text.
      • Icon Position - Set the position of the popup icon.
      • Autopopup - Set whether the popup should open automatically when the page loads*. You will need to assign a unique ID to the link in the Advanced Tab.
      • Hide Popup Link - Hides the popup link and child elements. Useful when creating image galleries launched from a single link.
      • Parameters - Set additonal parameters.
  7. Click Insert.

* A browser cookie is used to store the autopopup state - whether it has been opened already - when using Autopopup Single.