Video Box

Video Box

Description

Upload video file via FTP and attach it to an article. The video preview will be available on the article page and it can also be previewed on the category page. All Adobe Flash supported file formats can be included.

Requirements

Vivvo v4.1+ Professional/Developer/Corporate

How to Install?

The plug-in will not work properly unless you allow custom field searching. Just add the following line in the conf.php file located in VIVVO_ROOT: define('VIVVO_CUSTOM_FIELD_SEARCH', 1);

You need to access the Plug-ins section. Click on the Plug-ins link which is located in Main menu at the top of your administrator panel.

A list of all plug-ins currently registered to the system is displayed on the right hand side of the screen on Downloaded plug-ins tab.

To install Video Box plug-in you need to click on the install icon on the right side of the plug-ins name.

This will take you to the page with the installation link: Click here to Install the plug-in

After you run the installation, you will be informed that the plug-in was successfully installed.

You may easily go back to the Plug-ins page, by following the link: Click here to go to Plug-in

How to Uninstall?

To uninstall Video Box plug-in you need to click on the uninstall icon on the right side of the plug-in name.

This will take you to the page with the link for uninstall: Click here to uninstall the plug-in

You will be informed that the plug-in was successfully uninstalled and you may return to the Plug-ins page by clicking the link: Click here to return to Plug-in home page.

Access

The path to the Video Box plug-in:

Click on the Articles link (which is located in Main menu at the top of your administrator panel).

Choose Video attachment tab when adding/editing an article.

User level

This plug-in can be accessed only by users belonging to groups that are allowed to manage Video Box plug-in.

Actions

Add video to an article

On the Video attachment tab click on the Browse files icon and choose previously uploaded video file that you want to include to that article.

You can browse through folders by selecting a folder or subfolder from the list on the left. By choosing some folder, a list of files this folder contains will appear on the right. Video can be selected with a single click. Click on the Select video button and video will be added to the article.

You may also upload video files from your hard drive and attach them to desired article. First select target folder from Upload destination drop-down list, then click on Upload file. Now select your local folder and choose video(s), then click Open to upload selected files. You can watch how the upload progresses.

Check in Admin → Preferences if the format of this video file you are trying to upload is set in “Allowed file types for upload” field or else you may get an error while uploading.

After uploading, video will be automatically added to the article.

If you prefer, you can upload files via FTP as well.

When you are done with adding/uploading video file choose “Save” or “Publish” button to save and apply changes. Video will be previewed within the article and also on the particular category page this article belongs to.

Show videos on the category and article pages

Go to your Administration - Categories and select a category that will contain articles with video files attached. Set non_equal_video.tpl for “Custom layout” and two_column_video.tpl for “Article custom layout”.

In case non_equal_video.tpl and two_column_video.tpl templates do not show up in drop-down menu as described, it is necessary to copy template files manually from /plugins/video_box/templates/ to VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR.