Changing your homepage video

How to edit/amend the main video on your homepage (the above the fold section)

1) If you have a static video homepage

• Login to VIA

• Go to Website > Video Pages

• Click the Search button > Double click the option in the list or right click and select edit

• Scroll to the Home Youtube Code section & enter the Youtube or Vimeo URL

  • Format for Youtube videos:

    • Enter the full URL of the video, including the https://. You can also enter the embed code of the video, which is the alphanumerical code which follows the v= section of the URL eg: BDUdkcqLYyk
      Please DO NOT enter a URL in the format of https://youtu.be as this will not work. You must enter either the alphanumerical code or the full Youtube URL of the video in the https://www.youtube.com format

  • Format for Vimeo videos:

    • Enter the full URL of the video, including the https:// section. Eg, https://vimeo.com/311625101

• Press Save & Close

2) If you have a video carousel homepage (a series of different slides above the fold)

• Go to Website > Pages

• Use the Search function to find the page called home

• Double click the home page from the list, or right click it and select edit

• Scroll to the items section. The first item in this section should be an item container, containing all of the slides which you see appearing in the carousel on your homepage. Click into the first item

• A new tab will open, scroll to the items sections again, and you will see all the slides that make up your homepage carousel listed here. Click into the slide you want to edit

• A new tab will open, scroll to the media section

  • You may see an image already uploaded here. This will be the image which is used when a visitor views the website on a mobile or tablet device. if you would like to use this image for the video transition, simply name the image homepage-transition in the image name section

  • Alternatively, you can use a different image to that which you are using for mobiles and tablets, and upload a new image purely for the purposes of the video transition. In this instance, upload your new image, and name the new image homepage-transition in the image name section

• Once you are finished, click Save & Close