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1. philiptothsailing
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am trying to upload a certain video to my web site and I can not get it to work. I have tried other smaller videos and they will upload just fine. What can I do as I dont have any way of making the video smaller. Or is there a problem with my server etc

2. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   ftp it to your site and then link to it. It's probably to big to upload through WP without changing some php.ini settings...if you are up to doing that, then search the forums for info about changing the max_upload size and max_file size in php.ini

3. philiptothsailing
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   uh huh that is almost complete greek to me I am not that technicaly savy yet. can you give me step by step please

4. StrangeAttractor
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   FTP is how you load files directly from your computer to your hosting service.

   You'll want to put the file in the wp-content/uploads/ folder, probably. (The files on a server are organized in "directories" or "folders" -- very similar to how files are organized on your computer.)

   To FTP files to your server you need
   1) your username and password (consult your hosting service if you don't know)
   2) an FTP "client" -- it's just a program that can upload files to a server. A good and free one is FileZilla -- google it, and you'll find it.

5. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Also, if you can't figure out FTP then consider uploading your video to a video hosting site and link to it or embed it into a post/page.

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