tyabblemons Said:

Native embeds are the HTML code provided for embeds by a third-party website, for example, Youtube, or Twitter. The postach.io parser is actually very clever in that it can interpret HTML within a post, and present it as an embed, rather than the text of the code. The advantage of using them is simplicity and speed.

You might be familiar with postach.io's own embedding code, which looks something like:

This will create:

This code works very well, but it takes a bit of time to construct the embed, and there are parameters to fill in, and all sorts of things can go wrong with a simple typo. It's okay if you are just embedding one video, but what if you want to embed dozens of tweets as well as videos?

There is a better way to embed content into your posts, and that is to simply copy/paste the native HTML embed code supplied to you by Youtube into your note:

Will produce:

While the HTML code from the embed will look a little odd on your Evernote note, you will get a perfect embed in your postach.io post. You can adjust the size, of course. Native embeds work for Youtube, Twitter, Storify, Soundcloud, and just about anything else you can think of from most third-party sites that supply HTML embed code for you to simply copy and paste. If you actually find a third-party native embed that doesn't work, could you kindly let the postach.io team know about it, so they can add it? I've found that postach.io are very enthusiastic about adding embed support for just about anything you can imagine.

So, no more mucking around with the help files to make sure you got the coding right. From now on, when you find an embed of something you'd like to use, try copying the supplied native embed code into your note and see what happens. Chances are you'll be very pleasantly surprised.

Building fancy posts rich with multimedia is as simple as copy/paste using Evernote and postach.io.

20/9/13 We're pushing the boundaries of the blog - please bear with me folks, while the good people at postach.io have a look at the issue. You can listen, if you like. But if you click through to the post it won't display yet, sorry. Hope to get the widget working right quickly ~ Brad.

22/09/2013 5:38 PM Fixed! On the weekend! I know, I can hardly believe it either - but the team at postach.io heard my plea, and jumped into their pyjamas and hit the keyboard. They produced this within 48hrs, and we were working in opposite time zones - if I had responded to email traffic while I was sleeping, it would have been fixed faster! It's Sunday. I find this amazing. These people are dedicated!

We now have the ability to embed sound! No, you can't hear much while I'm working - that's the point, it's nice and quiet, even with three of us working here. Wait until summer, when the fire traffic is running. I'll leave this post here, and in summer, I will record the noise at my desk. The difference will be remarkable. Check back in January ;)

A big thank you to the team at postach.io, who pulled through for us. They delivered.

Brad Lemon

22nd September, 2013.

Update: January 2014. As promised, here is the noise at my desk in Summer: