Embedding 3rd party content in your Coda doc allows for even more versatility, customization, and convenience. From videos, to wikis and blogs, to documents and PDFs you can embed all kinds of content in your doc. This means people won’t have to open another tab to see that PDF or that webpage — they can view and even interact with it right in your doc. Read on to learn how to set up and troubleshoot these embeds.

You can create a full-page embed by linking to your content in Amplitude, Mode, Miro, Figma, Google Sheets, and more. For instance, your team might work out of one doc in Coda but consistently need to reference context e.g., feature usage in Mode or designs in Figma, and other tools shared by your collaborators. Embedding as a full-page can give your team all the context they need to complete a workflow from start to finish, without constant tab and context switching.

To get started with adding a full-page embed to your doc, just follow these steps:

To change the link you’ve embedded, you can select Embed options from the three dot menu ( ... ) next to the page name. Or you can find the Embed options icon in the upper right corner of the page (to the right of Open link). Then you can paste in your new link, and click Update.

Sometimes you may not want a full page embed. Maybe you just want to embed a piece of content within or alongside the other content of your page. No problem! The easiest way to embed content into your canvas is to type /embed on a blank line on the page. Choose Embed from the dropdown. Then simply paste in the link to your content, and click Create.

You can then resize your embedded content by clicking and dragging on its outline.

Once your embed is created, you can modify it by hovering over and clicking the small pencil icon that appears in the upper right corner. From here, you can paste a new link and update. You can also click the three dots in the upper right corner to change how the link is embedded, including from card, URL, and standard embed.

If you run into an issue trying to embed external content in your Coda doc, it may have to do with the permissions or other settings of said content. Before embedding, make sure that the link has the appropriate permissions and is embeddable. If you ever have any issues, we recommend trying the Embed formula with Compatibility mode enabled (see below).

Many URLs will work out-of-the-box with our embed feature, but some may not display as desired by default. For instance, content that needs you to log into an account to view or that does not support the oEmbed format (such as a private dashboard) may result in an error or show only basic information.

In this case, you can try Compatibility mode. To do so, click on the pencil icon in the upper right corner of your canvas embed or Embed options of your page embed. You should then see a popup, with a Compatibility mode toggle option. Toggle this on to and then click Update. With this setting enabled, the content will be embedded directly in an iframe in your browser. Note that this can help in many cases, but may not always be sufficient - depending on the settings of the 3rd party content.

In some cases, external sites will have the option to copy a link that's specifically intended for embedding elsewhere. When possible, make sure you're using this embed-specific link. Tip: type “embed” and the name of your tool you’re trying to embed in your favorite search engine, and select results from that tool’s website.

Try testing out the link you're wanting to embed in a 3rd party code editor, using HTML. If you encounter an error there, then this content likely has some settings that are preventing it from being embedded externally. In this case, forcing Compatibility mode in Coda likely cannot help.

When embedding from Mode Analytics, make sure to grab the entire URL from the URL bar of the recent report, then add "/embed" to the end of the link (using the Embed formula). Otherwise, the report won't render in Coda.

If you’re experiencing issues successfully logging in or loading your embeds from Google or other apps, try turning off all ad-blocking or privacy related browser extensions and refresh to see if that resolves your issue.

Alternatively, you could run your browser in incognito mode, which typically doesn’t have extensions enabled, sign in and see if you’re able to successfully login and load.

Once confirmed, some options to allow you to continue working with embeds are either removing / turning the off the extensions completely, or checking if they support allowlists to stop blocking the app you’re trying to embed e.g., Google Sheets.

If you’re having issues logging into a Figma embed or stuck in a loop while using Safari, the following steps may help: