A new thing we made: embedit.in
Here at Increo, the fun just keeps on rolling. After the introduction of the new viewing experience two weeks ago and projects and recent activity last week, there’s more new stuff to tell you about today.
embedit.in is a new service that lets you embed files in your website. We realized that since we’ve built this great in-browser document-viewing technology for Backboard, we should make it available for more people to use. So we took that viewing technology and made a version you can embed right in your website.
It’s even simpler to use than Backboard: just upload your files and click the “Embed It!” button. After a quick login screen that lets you use accounts you already have (no registration required!), you’re instantly shown the document or documents along with the code to embed it in your own blog, profile page, or website. There’s no seven-step process, just two clicks and you’re done. What could be easier?
As an example, if I took these flyer PDFs for a marketing job opening and a software developer job opening and uploaded them to embedit.in, I’d get this:
You can view the document without having any additional plug-ins installed and without opening any software. And, of course, embedit.in works with any file formats that Backboard supports, including images, documents, and slide decks. You can embed multiple documents at once in a convenient tabbed interface. You can even embed websites in other websites! Try doing that with Scribd or SlideShare.
Check it out and let us know what you think. We think it’s pretty great.
Larry Ferlazzo Said,
December 24, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
I think it’s a great idea, and I also like Backboard, your other product. I’d like to blog about it. However, I can’t get it to work. I’ve tried various browsers and computers today, but the application doesn’t appear to ever fully load what I’m trying to embed — I’ve tried both urls and documents from my computer.
Are you having some technical difficulties today? Or do you have some other advice?
Larry Ferlazzo
Porchester Said,
December 29, 2008 @ 11:10 am
I’ve just been told about this and tried it. It’s great!
Only one drawback, I’ve been told by friends (using IE7) that they cannot see any of the embedded media.
I don’t know whether this is an issue with their machines, or IE7, or the embeditin files.
Tibor Prievara Said,
January 10, 2009 @ 1:21 am
Second that! I’ve used Embedit and think it’s one of the greatest tools to help me with my work and write an educational blog for Hungarians.
I experienced the same problem, however: with IE, iT’s just blank (with Mozilla it works wonderfully but unfortunately, most of my readers use IE).
Any ideas, suggestions?
Tnaks a lot - and congratulations on this great tool again!!
Tibor
Increo on Ideas » Flash embedding: an object lesson in simplicity Said,
January 12, 2009 @ 5:13 pm
[...] we launched embedit.in last month, the focus was on simplicity. No registration required, no seven-step process, nothing. Just upload [...]
John Pearce Said,
January 13, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
Tried Embedit.in on my main blog and loved the simplicity of the process however I ran foul of the Wordpress.com anti Shockwave “we’ll strip out any swf embeds policy”. Thank goodness that other wordpress based services are a little more accommodating as in my test blog http://mrpbps.globalstudent.org.au/2009/01/12/testing-emdedit/ Cheers
Allan Thompson Said,
February 5, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
Hi,
An interesting concept and easy to use!
I became interested when I wanted to embed a Google Document in a web page.
The idea was to allow people to add their own events to a weekly schedule which would be up-to-date always on the web site. I wanted the document to be printable.
I could embed a Google spreadsheet - but this lost some formatting… primarily hyperlinks would not work unless they were in separate cells… and Google do not currently have a facility to embed a Document….
Uploaded the file to embedit and the document was reproduced on a web page… but….
The document cannot be printed in its entirety and hyperlinks in the document still do not work.
Promising… but still not quite allowing me to achieve what I want to achieve.
Any ideas how I might achieve an embedded Google doc that has hyperlinks and can be printed?
Jim Puls Said,
February 9, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
Hi Allan -
When you embed a webpage using embedit.in, we take a picture of it and display that. While it sacrifices interactivity, it’s the easiest way for us to make sure that the page displays just as you saw it.