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New Site Feature - In Page Video

This new feature has been up and running for a little bit, but I thought I would take a few moments and explain all the different features available to you with this addition to our site.

Let me say first that if you prefer the old way of watching our videos, you can still do that. Just click on "Videos" in the top navigation bar and you will be taken to our Media Center.

OK now to the new player. You may have noticed this on many of our main pages, and on a number of our story pages. It looks like this:

Player

The arrow facing right is the play button play click it and the video will play right there in the page you are on.

The 3 boxes at the bottom of the player are thumbnail images of other videos available in this player. You can also use the arrow buttons arrow button to scroll through the thumbnails and see more videos. The newest 10 videos load into the in page player.

There are some other interesting buttons on the player window that you can see above, and I will explain each of those.

At the top we have the "Embed Code" button  . Clicking this will bring up an overlay on the video window: 

Embed Code Screen

Here you can highlight the code in the window, or click the "Copy to Clipboard" button to grab a copy of the code. This code is used so you can put a copy of this video on your own web page. Once you have copied the code, open the code for your own website and paste this in, that will put this video on your website! The "Cancel" button closes this overlay and brings you back to watching the main video window.

The next button we see is the Email button  . You can use this to send an Email with a link to the video you are watching to someone else. Clicking this will bring up an overlay on the video window: 

Here you just fill out the form with your own email address, the email address of the person you want to send the video to and any comments you would like sent along with the link. Click "Send" to send the video or "Cancel" and you will be returned watching the main video window.

The last button is the Fullscreen button  . Clicking this will make the video you are watching expand to take up your entire screen. Clicking the button again in full screen mode will return you to in page video viewing.

I hope this helps you to enjoy our videos more.

We hope you enjoy this new feature, and we hope you add more ways for you to interact with us through our site. If you have any comments or questions please leave a comment on this post and I will do my best to address them. 

Published Monday, February 25, 2008 10:56 AM by MTwardy

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