You can embed photos stored in google Drive by pasting the sharable URL (see below for details)
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Google Docs
The Document below was embedded by simply pasting the url into the editor.
The document needs to be published to the web in Google docs first (see below)
Google Slides
After sharing a google presentation you can embed it in a Glow blog post and page by pasting in the share URL.
To embed, in the Sheets editor choose Share from the File menu. In the ensuing dialogue click Get Shareable Link. Past that link into your blog editor.
Google Sheets Translation
You can translate text in google sheets with a formula.
=GOOGLETRANSLATE(A1,”en”,”fr”)
and embed that is a Glow Blog.
See main Google Sheets page
Google Sheets
After sharing a google sheet you can embed it in a Glow blog post and page by pasting in the share URL.
Google Video
First you need to make sure the Jetpack plugin is activated and the shortcode module is turned on.
A video in your google drive can be embedded:
- Upload to GoogleDrive
- Open The Google Video page and choose Share from the vertical ellipsis at the top right.
- In the Advanced settings make the video Public on the Web
- From the vertical ellipsis menu choose open in a new window.
- In the window that opens choose embed from the vertical ellipsis menu.
- copy the embed code and paste into the editor in the Text view.
- on saving it will be converted into a shortcode like this:
[googleapps domain="drive" dir="file/d/1H-oJO4UbdAuxXRYCFEJJo-ZwYKA4CR0C/preview" query="" width="640" height="480" /]
Google Maps
Paste in the embed iFrame code into the Text Editor. Jetpack plugin needs to be activated and the shortcode module turned on. iFrame code will turn into short code on saving.
Block Editor
In the block editor use the custom HTML block and paste the code in there. After previewing or publishing the code will change into a shortcode as above. There is an example video on the Google Forms page.
O365 forms
You can ’embed’ an O365 form in a blog by pasting the url into a post on a line by itself. Eg: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKSmIYBesqWVJqR5zz1mWNAVUOU1CUzVWOVFRUjc5RFcxQlJPTlhXMFVUNS4u
It will embed like this:
Not a true embed but a link to the form.
Sway
Update 14 Aug 2024 After some problems with Sway embeds in Glow Blogs due to changes in microsoft urls we have developed a better way to embed these.
All you do is copy the embed code from a Sway and paste that into the Post or Page editor in Glow blogs. When you paste it it changes from the html code to a shortcode. Like this:
[glowsway attribute=WR42BzNQhsCisIAW]
When you publish it will look like this:
You need to do this in the classic editor. If you use the Block editor you need to add a classic block and paste it in there. Here is a very short video showing the process in both editors.
