HTML Plugins

Plugins are programs that extends the normal functionality of the browser. In this tutorial, under this topic we will be looking at embedded multimedia.
I will be showing you an alternative way of adding videos, audios and other external contents on your HTML web page.

<embed> Element

This element is used to embed external contents such as images, videos, audio and many other files.

• The <embed> defines the embed element
• The major attribute is the: src - which specifies the URL (address/location) of the embedded external content.

<embed> Attributes

ATTRIBUTES	DESCRIPTION
width	Used to set the width of the embedded file.
height	Used to set the height of the embedded file.
title	Used to add title that displays when you place your mouse over the embedded file.
src	Used to specify the URL (address/location) of the embedded file.
type	Used to specify type of file that is embedded.

<object> Element

This element is used to embed various types of external resources such as images, videos, html files, etc.

• The <object> defines the object element
• The major attribute is the: data - which specifies the URL (address/location) of the resource.

<object> Attributes

ATTRIBUTES	DESCRIPTION
data	Used to specify the URL (address/location) of the resource.
type	Used to specify the type of the embedded resource.
height	Used to set the height of the embedded resource.
width	Used to set the width of the embedded resource.
name	Used to set a unique name for the object.
usemap	Used to specify a URL of an image map to be used with the object.