Uploading and editing videos

You manage videos on the Videos page.

To open the Videos page, in the main menu in the upper part of the screen, click Content » Videos.
The Videos page appears, displaying a list of all uploaded videos together with actions you can perform on them.
Use this page to upload, edit, and manage videos.

Section contents

On this page you can do the following:

Permissions for videos and video libraries

You can set permission for all videos and video libraries and you can set individual permissions for each video or library.

To change the permissions for all videos, on Videos page, click Permissions link in the right side of the page.
The Permissions for videos page appears.
To change permissions for all libraries, in the main menu, click Administration » Permissions » by Section » Libraries.
For more information about changing permissions, see Changing global and section permissions » Step 2 to Step 4.

For more information about setting individual permissions for videos and video libraries, see Changing permissions of an individual item.

Custom fields for videos

You can add a custom field to all videos. A custom field is a field that you create. For each video there are default fields, such as author, title, etc. If you need to add different than the already existing fields, you must create a custom field.

To manage the custom fields of videos, on Videos page, click Custom Fields link in the right pane of the page.
For more information, see Adding custom fields to content items.

You then display a custom field on your website by adding it to a template for displaying videos.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Displaying videos on your website

To display the videos you have uploaded on your website, you must use the Video widget or the Video gallery widget and configure them to display videos.
For more information, see Configuring the Video widget or Configuring the Video gallery widget.
For more information about adding widgets on your page, see Adding widgets on your page.

You can then choose the way videos are displayed by changing the template which the Video and Video gallery widget uses.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Linking or embedding a video

On Videos page click Embed this video link of the respective video.

  • To link a video, copy the content of the Link input field.
    For example you can copy the link and paste it in an e-mail.
  • To embed a video in HTML, copy the content of the Embed field and paste it in HTML code.
    For example you can embed a video in the text, using the text editor in HTML mode.

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