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#1 03-11-2021 15:48:16
Adding videos to categories and products
I've got some product videos hosted on YouTube, but, due to the adult nature of my goods, instead of the a preview on the page, the user just sees a box saying "This video is age restricted and can only be viewed on YouTube".
I want to host my own video and I've uploaded them to my site, but on the category display it only shows a small white on black "play" arrow and, on products, it has the same arrow and the words "Watch Video", neither of which are very eye catching and could easily be overlooked.
I'd like to be able to embed a thumbnail of the video at the top of the Category or in the middle of the product description as appropriate which links to the clip, but I'm not sure how to reference this without having to hard code it into the description (as I've already had to do with the embedded YouTube videos) and then I'd need to edit that if I wanted to change it instead of updating the product offer.
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#2 03-12-2021 10:30:31
- frank-track13
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Re: Adding videos to categories and products
Graham:
Without hardcoding it into the product or category description section the only way to achieve an embedded video would be custom modding the software.
Frank
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#4 03-15-2021 07:26:15
- frank-track13
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Re: Adding videos to categories and products
Graham, we will definitely take your request into consideration.
Frank
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#5 10-03-2024 04:11:47
Re: Adding videos to categories and products
I asked about this a few years ago, but it seems this was not something that was added to K9.
What I want to do is to edit the code so that, instead of seeing just "Watch Video", I can embed a thumbnail with a YouTube style "Play" arrow on it, then, when the customer clicks on that, it takes them to the video page.
Please can you tell me where I can find the Watch Video code so I can hopefully edit it to put the thumbnail in instead.
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#6 10-07-2024 07:53:23
Re: Adding videos to categories and products
This was not implemented on the category pages in order to preserve load times. In fact, in a release since this thread was opened, the embed code was removed from the pages completed and is now loaded using modals with Ajax calls. We've been chasing perfect SEO and speed scores for the past couple of years and videos were an area where we improved.
With that said, all you need to do is drop your video embed code into your category description as HTML if you want it to show up in-page. No mod is necessary.
Nick Hendler
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