Thursday, January 17, 2013

Uploading Videos via Dropbox


It is not recommended to upload files greater than a few hundred kilobytes through a browser. Large files can be extremely slow-loading, and often time out (can cause errors in Kajabi).

One way of going around this is by using Dropbox (it could work with similar cloud storage / file hosting services as long as the file would be publicly available).

The idea is to use Kajabi's "Add Media from URL" feature. Instead of you uploading the file via the browser, you upload the file through the dropbox servers via the dropbox client and Kajabi gets the file from there.

Uploading videos using Dropbox to Kajabi Steps:


1. Download and Install Dropbox - You can get Dropbox via https://www.dropbox.com


2. Put your video inside your Dropbox "Public" folder


Open up the Public Folder


Paste Your video inside the Public Folder


Make sure that the video is uploaded to the dropbox servers



3. Copy the "Public Link" of the video
  • Right Click on the video
  • Select Dropbox
  • Then Choose "Copy Public Link"



4. Upload the video in Kajabi
  • Create / edit the page you want the video to be in
  • Go to the "Add Media" Section and click on the "Add Media from URL" tab
  • Select an upload option in the dropdown
  • Paste the Public Link you got from Dropbox in the "Enter URL Where Your Video Resides" field.



4. Make sure you save the funnel event











Just wait for Kajabi to process the video (around an hour - usually a lot less)


Once it's finished processing you should be getting an email telling you that the video has been processed.




1 comment:

  1. Hi, Thanks for this post! I would just like to ask a question. What if the video from Dropbox that is linked to Kajabi was deleted? Will still be shown in my Kajabi or it will also be deleted from my Kajabi? I hope you can respond on this. Again, Thank you! :)

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