Widget Categories: Media
The Video widget allows you to to upload a video to your site or display YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion videos on your site. A short video can be the perfect way to communicate to your customers and show what your business has to offer, and is a great way to boost customer engagement and increase conversions.
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For issues with the Video widget, see the section in this article, FAQs and Troubleshooting.
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Any file (text, image, video, and so on) uploaded to the system is publicly available. No personal and/or confidential information should be uploaded. To remove the file completely, delete the file from the picker.
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Each site can contain up to video 100 files. Additional files result in an error message. The size limit per file is 200MB.
Click Select Video. The following are available options:
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Select from the immediately available videos.
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Click Full View to open the Video Library.
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Click Upload to upload a video.
Once a video has been selected, the following options are available (site videos only, these options aren't available when adding a video using a link):
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Customize Video:
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Select a video thumbnail to be showed before the video plays
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Show video controls.
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Play video in loop.
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Set video to autoplay. If this toggle is enabled, the video will be muted. This is a setting enforced by all major browsers.
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Play audio. If you want audio to play, the Set video to autoplay toggle must be disabled.
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Video Schema.
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Uploading a video does not affect site speed if it is not being played on autoplay.
Adding Video Schema can help search engines better understand the content of the video and to influence how it will show in rich search engines result page (SERP).
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Video Schema within the widget is only available for uploaded videos.
To add schema to a video widget:
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In the left panel, click Widgets.
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Click and drag the Video widget into your site.
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Click Select video.
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Select the desired video.
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In the Video Schema section of the Content Editor enter the following information:
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Video name
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Video description
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Upload date
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Make sure the video’s share settings in the original source are properly configured, such as setting it to public. Keep in mind that different platforms may have different options.
Enter the YouTube, Vimeo, or DailyMotion URL in the field provided.
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For more information on videos, see Media: Guidelines and Specifications.
The Video widget simply embeds the video on the site when using a link from a video sharing platform (YouTube, Vimeo, or DailyMotion). If the video is not working, it may be because the video has been removed or its share settings prevent it from being played. Make sure the video has the right sharing settings in the video's original source, including but not necessarily limited to setting it to public (different sources may offer different settings).
The video widget does not automatically detect the dimensions of the original video. To adjust the widget to the video dimensions, click and drag the bottom right corner of the widget to resize it until it matches the video dimensions.
We also recommend turning off the Full Width setting on the design tab of the widget to ensure the dimensions are not changed.
The autoplay feature only works if the audio is muted. This is due to specific browser restrictions and is not exclusive to Website Builder sites. Read Chrome's documentation about autoplay (Firefox and Safari have similar restrictions as well). A device's settings may also prevent autoplay (for example, if low power mode is enabled videos may not autoplay).
To mute the audio and enable autoplay, click the video widget to open the Content and Design menu. On the Content tab, click Customize Video then enable the Mute Video and Autoplay video toggles.
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You can only mute and enable autoplay in the editor for videos you have uploaded from your computer. All other videos, such as Youtube, Vimeo, or Daily Motion, must be updated within the settings of the original source. For example, a Youtube video needs to be muted in Youtube settings.