Channels
The first step in setting up your media library is to set up channels. The "General" channel is set up by default, and all of your videos will be in this channel unless you add more channels. Adding more channels will give you control over which videos are displayed on your pages.
To add a channel:
- Click on "Media Library" from the tool databases tab
- Click on the "channels" tab
- Click "add a channel"
- Enter the name of the channel, decide whether this should be the default channel, and then click submit.
You will then be able to choose any combination of channels to display on any page of your website.
Series
Series is an optional way to group your videos into small sub-sets. Churches can use series for sermon series, and teachers could use series to designate a group of math or science videos that go together as pieces of one section, module or topic. You may find some other unique use for the series.
To create a series:
- Click on "Media Library" from the tool databases tab
- Click on the "series" tab
- Click "add new series"
- Fill out the series title and any other optional information that you want to use for the videos in this series. Further explanation of what gets used when will follow below.
- Upload your thumbnail graphic, which should be at least 150 pixels by 150 pixels and should be square in proportion (identical width and height.)
- Click Submit
Categories
Categories are an optional way to "label" your videos according to content. You can think of categories almost like "tags" or "keywords." While individual videos can only be in one Channel, they can be labeled with multiple categories. Your users will have the option to search your videos according to these categories.
You can add new categories on the fly while you're uploading videos (see adding videos below,) but you can also:
- Click on "Media Library" from the tool databases tab
- Click on the "categories" tab
- Click "add new category"
- Enter the new category name and click submit
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