Video Widget Setup

The administrator must have the ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN permission to create, edit, and delete Active Home Pages. See Assigning the Active Home Page Permission.

The Video widget allows an administrator to add a URL-based video to an active home page. Users can view the video from within the widget.  

To view this widget from the user's perspective, see Video Widget.

To add a widget, see Creating a New Active Home Page.

To Add and Customize the Video Widget

VIDEO WIDGET REQUIREMENTS: Links to videos must be from a secure (https) URL, meaning they must be accessed from the internet, and not from a local network or your computer. The widget supports the following URL types:

  • YouTube (use the URL that displays when you click the YouTube Share icon)

  • Vimeo videos

  • MP4 files that have a URL

If a proxy or firewall is connected to the URL site, the video may not display properly.

 

  1. Go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.
  2. Click the cog wheel of the Active Home Page to which you will add the Video widget, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access an Active Home Page by clicking its name (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail. The Active Home Page will open in EDIT mode.


    Click EDIT

  3. Click the ADD NEW WIDGET icon in the top right corner of the screen. The ADD NEW WIDGET dialog box will display.

    Click ADD NEW WIDGET

  4. Select VIDEO.

    Select VIDEO

  5. Navigate to the newly-added Video widget and select the EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION icon. The Video widget's dialog box will display.

    Click the EDIT icon
  6. Enter the title of the video and its URL in the dialog box. For URL specifications, see Video Widget Requirements above.


    Customize the video widget

    • TITLE - enter a title for the widget; the default text is VIDEO.

    • URL FIELD- enter the video's URL
  7. Click APPLY to save the new edits. Click CANCEL to discard changes to the dialog box.

    Click APPLY
  8. View the newly-customized News widget on the Active Home Page screen. An image of the video will display in the widget. When users click the arrow, the video will launch and run within the widget.

    View the video in the widget
    The image above is a screenshot of how the Video Widget displays in the application. Clicking the arrow on this page will not play the Video Widget. Open the Video Widget to play all attached videos.  
  9. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, your changes will not be saved.

    Click SAVE