WP Scrolling Videos

Plugin User’s Guide

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User Manual Contents

 

Creating a New Video.. 4

Updating the Videos. 5

Deleting Video.. 6

Inserting a Video into Page or Post 6

Video Options. 7

General Tab.. 7

Style Tab.. 8

Main Content Tab.. 9

Countdown Tab.. 10

Button Tab.. 11

Optin Form Tab.. 12

Share Tab.. 14

Widgets. 15

Adding Widget 15

Edit Widget 16

Delete Widget 16

Widget Style Options. 17

General Tab.. 17

Style Tab.. 18

Header Tab.. 20

Content Tab.. 21

Effect Tab.. 21

Lite Version Notes. 23

 


 

WP Scrolling Videos

 

WP Scrolling Videos is a plugin that allows you to place your videos as a widget.  This allows your videos to continue playing when a user scrolls down a page.

 

Your visitors will stay engaged throughout your entire video while they are exploring the content.

 

Stop losing the engagement and attention of your viewers!

 

You can position your videos at bottom, top, center, etc.  With features such as countdown-timer, share button and animation you will start engaging your visitors in a way that was never possible in past.

 

Currently YouTube and local (mp4) videos are supported. You can either add your link to video or upload one from hard drive.

 

Please keep in mind the plugin also comes in a “Lite Version”. If you have the lite version, please read the notes. You can contact your supplier to obtain the full version of plugin. Refer to the link in WP Admin plugin area to upgrade.

 


 

 

Creating a New Video

 

To create a new video, please follow these steps.

 

1.    Navigate to the WP Scrolling Videos link from the WordPress Admin Dashboard, then click “Add Video” as shown in the screenshot below.

 

 

 

2.    Next you will be taken to a page which allows you to add your video and set various options. This will be explained further in the next section of this user manual.

 

3.    Once you have set the options, click on the “Add Video” button to save the video you just created.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Updating the Videos

 

Setting options of the newly created video or just updating existing video is very simple and can be done by the following the steps below.

 

1.    Navigate to the WP Scrolling Videos link in the WordPress Dashboard, then click on the “All Videos” link as shown below.

 

 

 

2.    You will be shown a list of all the videos that you’ve created. Each video has a menu link (with three line) to the right of name. Click on that and then at the sub-menu, click on the “Edit Video” link to edit the video.

 

 

3. You will be taken to another page showing the details of the video and you can make changes. Once you are done (IMPORTANT), click on the “Save Changes” button to save your new settings. Failure to save changes before leaving areas will result in loss of changes!

 


 

Deleting Video

 

To delete the video, please follow these steps:

 

1.    Access the All Videos link from the WP Scrolling Videos menu. This is similar to the first step of the previous instruction on updating the video.

 

2.    You will then be taken to another page showing you a list of all published videos. Click to the right most link of your chosen video, then click further on the “Delete Video” sub-menu that pops up.

3.    You will then be prompted with a pop-up window asking you whether to continue or not. Click on YES to delete the video. Otherwise, click Cancel.

 

 

Inserting a Video into Page or Post

 

To insert a video into your page or post, follow the steps below.

 

a)  Access the page or post where you want to insert a video or create a new page/post.

 

 

b) Click the WP Scrolling Videos button from the Post/Page Editor Toolbar.

 

 

 

c) A pop-up window will appear, which allows you to select a video from your published videos. Select the video that you want to embed and then click the “Insert Video” button to add.

 


Video Options

 

Here is an explanation of the various option settings available for the WP Scrolling Videos Plugin.

 

General Tab

 

 

In this section the following options are available.

 

1.    Title -- Specifies the title of the video. This data will not be shown to visitors and only serves as a way for you to locate video.

 

2.    Widget Style -- Determines the appearance of the widget. Choose one style that was previously created (how to create widgets will be explained in the next section).

 

3.    Status -- Determine the status of the video is displayed or hidden (active).

 

4.    Restricted -- Determines whether to limit access only to registered users.


 

Style Tab

 

This section contains options to adjust the appearance of the video.

 

1.    Background Color -- Determines the background color of the main video.

 

2.    Border – Sets a border around the main video. Here you can specify the thickness and color of the line.

 

3.    Text Color -- Determines the color of the text that is on the main video.

 

4.    Font Family -- Determines the type of font of the text that is on the main video.

 

5.    Font Size -- Determines the font size of the text that is on the main video.

 

6.    Text Align -- Specifies the text alignment and the main video.

 

7.    Padding -- Determines the distance between the main video and edges.

 

8.    Border Radius -- Determines the curvature of the border around the main video.

 

9.    Shadow -- Determines the shadow effect on the main video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Content Tab

 

 

This section contains options to adjust the main content, both video and text content about the video. Here are the available options.

 

1.    Video Type -- Determine the type of video you want to display. You can choose whether you want to display video by uploading a video file (mp4) or specify YouTube as a video source.

 

When you select the option “Upload,” then you must specify the options below.

 

a.    Video File – Click on the Select Vide Button to upload a video from your local drive.

b.    Video Poster -- Specifies the image file that will serve as the video preview image Recommend high quality image BUT keep size small.

 

If you selected YouTube, the following options will appear:

 

a.    YouTube Video URL -- Specifies the URL of your YouTube video.

b.    Start time -- Determines the starting time of the video.

 

2.    Video Width -- Determines the width of the main video (experiment for best results).

3.    Video Height -- Determines the height of the main video.

4.    Autoplay -- Determines whether the main video will automatically play when the page is first loaded.

5.    Title – Sets the title of the video that appears as “header”.

6.    Info - Sets the video description.

 

Countdown Tab

 

 

This section contains options to adjust the countdown options.

 

1.    Show / Hide Countdown -- Sets whether to display the countdown or not.

2.    Target Date -- Sets the target date of completion of the countdown.

3.    Format -- Sets the time format of countdown timer.

4.    Background Color -- Sets the background color of the countdown timer.

5.    Font Family -- Sets the font of the text.

6.    Text Color -- Sets the text color.

7.    Border -- Sets the border around countdown.

8.    Border Radius -- Set the level of curvature at the edges countdown.


 

Button Tab

 

This section contains options to adjust the content of the button which appears below it in page or post.

 

 

1.    Button Target – Sets the target URL or if setup, the opt-in form.

 

There are two options available, namely: Page URL and Opt-In Form.

 

Page URL then link to the page of the specified URL.

 

Opt-In Form will display your autoresponder code allowing the user to subscribe to a mailing list by providing his/her email address. Opt-In Form settings will be explained in the next section.

 

2.    Button Text -- Sets the text of a button.

 

3.    Button Icon -- Sets the icon of the button.

 

4.    Align Text -- Sets the alignment of the text in button.

 

5.    Button Size -- Sets the size of the button.

 

6.    Open in New Tab Button – Determines whether to display the page in a new tab/window or current one.

 

 

 

Optin Form Tab

 

 

This section contains options to setup your Opt-in Form

 

1.    Form Title -- Specifies the title (header) of the form.

2.    Form Info – Text below title.

3.    Form Code --Sets the optin form’s code provided by the autoresponder service you choose. Once you enter the code in the input form above, then it will be the basis of gathering the important opt-in components, such as the following.

 

a.    Action URL -- Specifies the URL that handles the form when it is processed.

 

b.    Form Field Email -- Usually comes in two complementary components: the field label and the email input field itself. This is usually a required field.

 

c.    Form Name Field – Depending on the Opt-In code that you embedded, sometimes this field is not provided since this is really optional.

 

4.    Show / Hide Form Label -- Determines whether to display the label on each input form or not. If set to Hide, the form label will be displayed as a placeholder of the input field.

5.    Submit Button Text -- Set the text or label of the submit form button.

Here is an example of the opt-in form that pops up if option is setup correctly:

Left Arrow: InfoLeft Arrow: Title

 

 


 

Share Tab

 

 

This section contains options to manage the various social media profile links allowing the site visitors to share the video.

 

1.    Show / Hide Share Button -- Sets whether or not to display the social media share buttons.

2.    Activate Button -- Sets the specific social media buttons which will be added to the video page.

3.    Button Style -- Set the display type of the share button icon.


 

Widgets

 

Widget Style is a section for controlling the display of your video widget which appears when the page is scrolled past the original location of video. Keep in mind if your main video is a bottom of page, results will be poor. For best results place main video near top of page or post.

 

Adding Widget

 

 

To create a new widget, please follow these steps:

 

1.    Navigate to the WP Scrolling Videos Menu link from the dashboard and then click on the “Widget Style” Link.

 

2.    On the Widget Style Panel, click on the “Add New Style” button. You will then be taken to a page which allows you to set various options for the widget. These options will be explained below.

 

3.    Once you are done setting the various options for the widget, simply click on the “Add Style” button to save. Be SURE to save changes before leaving each area!

 


 

Edit Widget

 

To modify, manage content and style options of the video widget please follow these steps:

 

1.    Access Widget Style clicking the "Widget Style" link either from the WP Scrolling Videos Menu from the Dashboard or from main tab located at the top (see image below but instead of delete, use the edit button).

 

2.    You will then be shown the list of widget styles you’ve created. Click on the “three lines”.

 

3.    Click on the “Save Changes” Button anytime for the modifications to take effect.

 

 

Delete Widget

 

To delete a video data, please follow the steps below (NOTE: this is NOT reversible!).

 

1.    Access main page Widget Style via the "Widget Style" menu link either from the WP Scrolling Videos Dashboard or from its main tab located at the top.

 

2.    On Widget Style Panel, a list of available styles will display and in the right most portion of menu. Click on it to display a pop-up sub-menu and then click on the "Delete Style" button.

 

3.    You will be prompted to continue with the deletion process. Click “Yes” to delete and REMEMBER, this action is not reversible.

Widget Style Options

 

Here is a breakdown of the various option available for the Widget Style.

 

General Tab

 

 

Here are the general options available for this section:

 

1.    Widget Title -- Determines the title of the style. This info will not appear for your visitors, it is for your reference only.

 

2.    Position -- Determines the position of widgets on the video page.

 

3.    Widget Video Play Method -- Determines the method of how video is executed when the widget is displayed. Choosing “Continue” will restart video at last viewed position if visitor scrolls back up and then back down. The other two option are self-explanatory.


 

Style Tab

 

 

This section contains options that determine how the widget appears when displayed and allows you to match your site colors.

 

When setting up your first widget it will take some tweaking. It is best to experiment to obtain best results. Keep in mind that there is NO way to make this plugin compatible with every theme. Poorly coded themes will result in poor results and changing themes might be best option if experiencing layout issues.

 

1.    Color -- Determines the composition of the color of the widget. Here you can choose one color option or specify the color composition itself through Custom option, which is set as follows:

 

a.    Background Color -- Sets the background color of the widget.

b.    Border Color -- Sets the color of the line around the widget.

c.    Text Color -- Sets the color of the text in the widget (worthy of noting on some themes this may set border color also).

d.    Header Background Color -- Sets the background color of the header.

e.    Header Background Color -- Sets the color of the text in the header section.

f.     Button Background Color -- Sets the background color of the button.

g.    Button Border Color -- Sets the color of the outline of the button.

h.    Button Text Color -- Sets the color of the text in the button.

 

2.    Widget Width -- Sets the width of the widget.

 

3.    Border -- Sets a border around the widget. You can set to 0 when you don’t want to show the outline.

 

4.    Border Radius -- Determines the curvature of the border around the widget.

 

5.    Font Family -- Determines what kind of font to apply for the text in the widget.

 

6.    Font Size -- Specifies the font size for text in the widget.

 

7.    Header Height – Sets the height of the header.

 

 

The following explains the various settings affecting how the video section displays.

 

8.    Height -- Sets the height of the section that displays the video.

 

9.    Padding -- Sets the distance around the video.

 

10. Background Image – Sets the background image placed behind the video.

 

11. Repeat Background Image -- Determines the method of repetition of a background image.

 


 

Header Tab

 

 

This section contains options to set the header portion of the video widget.

 

1.    Show / Hide Header -- Determines whether to display the headers in the widget.

 

2.    Header Text -- Determining the header text in the widget.

 

3.    Header Icon --Determining the icon in the widget header.

 

4.    Align Text -- Determining the content in the header alignment.

 

5.    Show / Hide Close Button -- Determines whether to display the cover button widget.

 

6.    Show / Hide Minimize Button -- Determine whether to display a button to minimize the widget.

 

 


 

Content Tab

 

 

 

1.    Show / Hide Button -- Determines whether to display the buttons at the bottom of the widget.

 

2.    Show / Hide Share Button -- Determines whether to display the share button.

 

Effect Tab

 

 

This section contains various options to set the effects when the widget is displayed or hidden.

 

1.    Show Animation -- Determines the type of animation to show when the widget is displayed.

 

2.    Show Animation Speed -- Determines the speed of the animation when the widget is displayed.

 

3.    Hide Animation -- Determines the type of animation to apply when the widget is hidden.

 

4.    Hide Animation Speed -- Determines the speed of the animation when the widget is hidden.

 

5.    Show Audio -- Determines the type of audio to play when the widget is displayed.

 

6.    Hide Audio -- Determines the type of audio to plat when the widget is hidden.


 

Lite Version Notes

 

Note: If you have the Lite version, the following features are not active. If you would like to upgrade, contact the person you obtained plugin from:

·         Countdown

·         Optin Form

·         Share Button

·         Widget Effect

 

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