Embedding Videos, Google Calendar and PDFs

Embedding is a mechanism to show external content on a website without the reader’s browser leaving your site or being sent to a new browser tab/window.

Below are slides used in a Drop-in session on embedding. There is more on YouTube embedding in this article (opens in a new tab).

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Google Calendar

Firstly, if your u3a doesn’t already have a Google calendar then consider a SiteWorks only solution whereby a calendar display (similar to the Google one) can be based on your u3a Events. Details in this article (opens in a new tab).

To embed a Google calendar then use the HTML below (copy/paste) by replacing the URL in orange with your Google calendar’s URL There is more explanation of the “style” line in the slides above.

<iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&amp;wkst=1&amp;ctz=Europe%2FLondon&amp;bgcolor=%23ffffff&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;mode=AGENDA&amp;showTitle=0&amp;src=d2VibWFuYWdlckBzdG9uZXUzYS5uZXQ&amp;color=%23039BE5%22"
style="border:solid 2px grey; width: 100%; height: 600px">
</iframe>