Front page video

Request Type:

General Assistance

Forums:

Author:

Maria Ideliu

Issue/Request:

Hello,

I am looking into changing our site a little and would like to replace the template to the wide one and instead of the images slideshow, I would like to add a video that would play on a loop. Is that possible and how do I do that?

Thank you.

Alyssa DeChiaro on July 30, 2018:

Dear Maria:

We don’t recommend placing a video there, but you can do this by embedding a YouTube or Vimeo video into a Block and then placing that block into the Header First region, replacing the Rotating Header Images. I’ve tested this on my personal site and found that this looks better using the Standard theme that you are using. Using the Wide or Boxed theme will show too much whitespace and it will look a little wonky. If you do wish to change to the Wide theme, then you can embed the video in the Body field of the homepage instead.

Please let me know if you’d like to move forward with either of those options and I’ll assist you.

Best,

Alyssa