How to add a video on the home page

[praneesha]

Hi,

I want to add a video to the “About” section of a track as in the example below and am trying to find in which file (of the GitHub repo) I should add the source of the video.

Can I get assistance on this, please? @iHiD @iHiD-alt @jonathanmiddleton

[ErikSchierboom]

You can’t. The video in that spot is reserved for our own introduction videos.

[praneesha]

Hi Eric.

What I want is to replace the code snippet shown below in Ballerina on Exercism with a video.

How can I do that?

[ErikSchierboom]

That file is in the docs/SNIPPET.TXT file. See Track Docs | Exercism's Docs for more information.

[praneesha]

I sent a PR to edit the docs/SNIPPET.TXT file and add the video but the PR got automatically closed.

How can I do the edit?

[ErikSchierboom]

PRs are currently automatically closed. We can re-open, but only once we agree on the change beforehand on the forum. As for your PR, you’re trying to replace the snippet with a video, which is not the purpose of the snippet (see the link to the docs above).

[praneesha]

If it is not the docs/SNIPPET.TXT, can you please specify in which file I should add the video to replace the code snipper with it?

I am afraid, that is not mentioned in Track Docs | Exercism’s Docs.

[MatthijsBlom]

@praneesha

in which file I should add the video to replace the code snipper with it?

@ErikSchierboom

you’re trying to replace the snippet with a video, which is not the purpose of the snippet

So you shouldn’t replace the snippet with a video.

(At best, right now, you could argue that the snippet should be allowed to be a video, in general.)

@praneesha

I am afraid, that is not mentioned in Track Docs | Exercism’s Docs.

Is this not it?

File: SNIPPET.txt

Purpose: Give a visual impression of what the language syntax looks like.

Displayed on: The track page, provided the student has not joined the track.

The snippet should be relatively small (10-ish lines).

Example

module HelloWorld

let hello = "Hello, World!"

Check this page to see what this looks like when rendered (note: you must not have already joined the track).

[praneesha]

Ok. How can I allow the snippet to be a video?

Will adding this iframe below in the SNIPPET.txt file do this?

<iframe allow="fullscreen;autoplay;"
              id="video"
              src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NYrKeElltg8?autoplay=1"
            </iframe>

Sorry, I am unable to find a code like this on this page saying how to add a video.

[iHiD]

@praneesha You can’t. Why do you think this is something that’s possible?

[praneesha]

@iHiD - because it has been already done in Go on Exercism.

[iHiD]

@ErikSchierboom

You can’t. The video in that spot is reserved for our own introduction videos.

Yeah, but Erik replied with that at the start ^^.

[IsaacG]

I believe “you can’t do that” here doesn’t mean that it’s not technically possible. Rather, you’re not allowed to do so.

[iHiD]

To be crystal clear, there is a video spot reserved on pages for Erik’s videos. If you’d like to add a different video instead of Erik’s videos, you’ll need to explain why etc and we need to have a discussion on that.

[praneesha]

I want to add an introductory video to the Ballerina track.

Is that not allowed?

[iHiD]

I’ve added it temporarily until Erik makes one. All these videos are Exercism videos and part of a series of Introduction Videos. They’re not just general introduction videos.

[praneesha]

Got it. All clear now.

Thank you so much for the responses. Highly appreciated.