Embed a Live Website or Widget
The URL of an external website can be embedded into an update and can be shown as a "live-stream" of that website using iframe code.
Navigate to the Today Page
Create a new Update
Select the three-dot menu of the text editor
Click the
<>"Code View" icon
Note: You will know you are in code view when the <> icon is blue
Paste in your embed iframe code here
Click the
<>icon again to exit code view
Note: You have to click the <> icon again in order to save your embed code!
See the preview
Click Save if you like what you see.
Example Embed Live Website
Here is the John's Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard as an example:
<p><iframe src="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85320e2ea5424dfaaa75ae62e5c06e61" width="100%" frameborder="0" style="border:0;height:65vh;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
You can essentially swap out that link for most websites as long as you put the code: in <p><iframe src=" your link here " width="100%" frameborder="0" style="border:0;height:65vh;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
Try this with any iFrame widget for the same result!
Note: If you receive the "refused to connect" error, this means that the website you are attempting to embed is set to block external sites from embedding. Unfortunately, this is a setting that only the developers of that website can manipulate so we cannot offer a solution.
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