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Using media placeholders

Most iWeb templates contain photos or movies that can be replaced with any type of your own media. You simply drag your own images, movies, audio files, and even some widgets to these placeholders—called “media placeholders”—and iWeb automatically sizes and positions them for you.

If you’re not sure whether a template element is a media placeholder, let the pointer hover over it until a help tag appears. If there is no help tag, or the help tag does not specifically identify the element as a media placeholder, then it isn’t one.

To drag a media file to the placeholder:

  1. To open the Media Browser, click the Show Media button in the toolbar at the bottom of the iWeb window.

  2. Image of Show Media button.
  3. Click the Audio, Photos, Movies, or Widgets button at the top of the Media Browser to look for media or widgets you want to add.

    These widgets work with the media placeholder: YouTube, Google Maps, iSight Photo, and iSight Movie.

  4. Drag a file or widget to the media placeholder.

    You do not need to delete the existing file or widget first.

You can also drag files from the Finder or directly from an application, such as iPhoto.

To add a new media placeholder to a webpage:

Copy and paste a media placeholder from the same webpage or another webpage.

  1. Select a media placeholder by clicking it.

  2. Choose Edit > Copy.

  3. If you want to add it to a different page, select the page by clicking it in the sidebar on the left of the iWeb window.

  4. Choose Edit > Paste.

    Now you can move and resize the placeholder, and drag a new file to it.

To delete a media placeholder:

Select the placeholder by clicking it, and then press the Delete key.

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