Uploading Your Video to GodTube and Displaying It On Your webFCA Site

GodTube.com is a Christian alternative to YouTube.com and has become the video delivery website of choice by FCA. You can upload your local videos to GodTube.com, then display your video on your webFCA site.

To do this:

  1. Create your own account on GodTube.com, this is a free account.
  2. Get your video in an acceptable format, including .wmv, .mov, .mpeg4
  3. Log in or register with GodTube.
  4. In the top right corner, click the “Upload Videos” button.
  5. Fill in the appropriate fields to name the video
  6. Type keywords separated by spaces
  7. Select at least three channels where you video should reside.
  8. Then press “Continue.”
  9. On the second screen, click the “Browse” button, then select the video file on your computer that you want to upload. Choose whether you want the video made “Public,” (available to all), or “Private,” (viewable only by yourself and those you invite.)
  10. Click “Upload.” Uploading your video make take some time depending on the file size and your bandwidth. You can keep track of the upload status with the status bar on the page. Your video will be pre-approved and then made available on your personal page. 
  11. The approval process can take up to 24-48 hours, most of the time it will take less.

Once your video has been approved and you can watch it on GodTube.com, now it's time to take it to your webFCA site.

To to this:

  1. Copy the "Embed" code from your GodTube.com video page.
  2. Click in the text box that is underneath "embed this video"
  3. Press "Cntrl" and "A" on your keyboard to highlight all the text.
  4. Then press "Cntrl" and "C" on your keyboard. This copies the text so you can paste it into your webFCA site.


  5. Now go to your webFCA site and login
  6. Go to the page you want to add your video and click "Add Item Here"
  7. Select "HTML>Create New"
  8. Label your video in the Label text box, for example "Video - 2008 Camp Highlights"
  9. Click in the text box below and press "Cntrl" and "V" on your keyboard. This will paste the embed code you copied from GodTube into the text box. It should look similar to this..

    <embed src="http://godtube.com/flvplayer.swf" FlashVars="viewkey=95e92f1c3a5dcae57ed8" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="330" height="270" name="godtube" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed>

  10. Press the blue "Update Text" button.
  11. Reload or refresh your page and you should see the video.
  12. NOTE! Depending on where you're displaying the video, you'll have to change the width/height in the code above. Here are the correct numbers you'll need to change.

    To display the video in the center column: change the width and height to:
    width="375" height="315"

    To display the video in the right, narrow column: change the width and height to:
    width="200" height="140"

  13. Click the blue "Update Text" button, reload/refresh your page and the video should be resized.