Welcome to our step by step guide for being able to add a video within your Primarysite Website.
In this guide we will cover:
- How to add a video
- How to edit your uploaded video
This document will help you achieve these things in an easy step by step process. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Getting started
Firstly, you will need to log into your website. This may be done by either clicking a padlock icon or it could be that the words ‘log in’ are situated on the homepage, either in a corner or at the bottom of the page.
A log in screen will then appear, for your details.
As default only, either a super user or anyone under the teacher role type will have the permission to add content to a standard page. We can however amend the permissions for editing for other role types if required. Please give us a call to do this.
How to Add a Video
To be able to add a video, you need to firstly navigate to the page that you wish to add the video to. Once you are in the page, you will need to click the blue ‘edit this page’ button which can be located in the top left corner of the white bar.
Once you have clicked the ‘edit this page’ button, you will be taken to the editing area for your page. You will now need to select the yellow ‘add block’ button.
Clicking the yellow ‘add block’ button will redirect you to the content editor, to select the piece of content you wish to add. In this instance click the turquoise Video block.
You will now see the below screen, where you have the option to add a title and description for the video you are uploading.
Next click the yellow ‘add video’ button.
You will then be taken to the file uploader to select your files to upload, by clicking the ‘choose files’ button, this will take you to where your files are saved on your PC/device. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the document/s into the file uploader.
Click the ‘start upload’ button, once you have chosen your file. You will then see that your video is processing.
Please note the website has a file size limit of 75.0MB for video, if the video file is bigger than this, it will be rejected. There is the ability to use an online file compressor to condense the size down further. If you are a school who uses video regularly and the videos are bigger than 75.0mb, please do contact us to talk about a Video Resource Centre.
Click the blue ‘save’ button in the bottom left corner and then the blue ‘save’ button again to then publish the video directly to the page. Your video will display as below once processed.
How to Edit your Uploaded Video
You will have the ability to edit the title or description of any videos uploaded. To do this, you will need to go to the page that your existing video/s is located on and select the blue ‘edit this page’ button.
You will then see the below screen which will list the blocks of content you already have on that page.
You can delete the whole block by selecting the red ‘x’ button located on the right-hand side of your document or if you select the yellow edit pencil button, you will be taken to the ‘manage video block’ area where you can amend your title and/or description.
When you are happy to publish the updates directly onto the page within the website, click the blue ‘save’ button and click the blue ‘save’ button once again.
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