Tridion allows you to add image, video, and audio files to your site through utilizing various components and templates.
This section of instructions will explain how to add both single multimedia files and galleries to your site.
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Uploading Multimedia Content to Tridion
Prior to being used on a Tridion site, all kinds of multimedia must be made available in the system. Depending on the type of multimedia you're uploading (photo, video, etc.) the steps differ. Below are basic instructions for uploading images and documents.
Uploading Images
Prior to adding images to pages, you must first upload the image into Tridion as a component itself.
For information on Uploading Images to Tridion, see these instructions:
Uploading Documents
Word, Excel, and PDF documents, just to name a few, are considered multimedia in Tridion. Prior to adding documents to pages, you must first upload the document into Tridion as a component itself.
For information on Uploading Documents to Tridion, see these instructions:
Adding Multimedia to a Page
After uploading your multimedia content, the next step is to insert the content onto a page using particular templates. Visit each section below to learn how to publish multimedia content on your page.
Images & Image Galleries
There are many ways you can add an Image to a page in Tridion, including home page banner images, wide images, standard images next to paragraphs, and galleries.
For information on Adding Images & Image Galleries to a page via Tridion, see these instructions:
Documents
A Document is not added onto a page by using any specific template like other multimedia components. Rather, text is hyperlinked to a Document Component, which allows for the user to download the document from your site once published.
For information on adding Documents to a page via Tridion, see these instructions:
Videos
Only videos from the YSM Media Library, YouTube, or Vimeo can be featured on your page(s) in Tridion.
For information on adding Videos to a page via Tridion, see these instructions:
VIDEOS (LINK WHEN PAGE IS READY)
Audio Players
If you have a single audio file you'd like to feature on your site, you have the option of inserting a file from the Media Library tool.
For information on adding Audio Players to a page via Tridion, see these instructions:
AUDIO PLAYERS (LINK WHEN PAGE IS READY)
Podcasts
You can use Tridion to create a Podcast for display on your site and add a Podcast channel in Apple iTunes.
For information on adding Podcasts to a page via Tridion, see these instructions:
PODCASTS (LINK WHEN PAGE IS READY)