Video
How to Add YouTube Thumbnails
There are numerous plugins to embed videos into your page, or you can get the HTML to embed a video directly from YouTube. And this can be quite useful, when you want to play a video in your page–typically when the page or post revolves around the video. However, there are times when you just want an image thumbnail linking to the video, instead of embedding the video directly. This can be for a number of reasons: you only want to use a small area for the video–large enough for a thumbnail, but too small to play the video you’re aware that your audience may be looking at your site from work, behind firewalls that may not let them view pages with...
Read MoreWhat Equipment Do I Need for Online Video?
When you think of video, you may find yourself thinking of massive cameras that cost more than a new car and weight almost as much as you do, big boom mikes swung overhead in a brightly lit studio. With every year that passes, however, video solutions are getting smaller and more affordable. The typical small business uses digital video recorders smaller than the hand of the person holding it. Video Basics Resolution Find out how many megapixels your device has. This may be specified as “3 MP” or “8 Megapixels,” for example. More is better and results in a higher-quality picture. This is constantly improving, so just use this to compare devices...
Read MoreCan my Business Use Vimeo?
The Vimeo Business Use Controversy Vimeo states on their home page (when you are not logged in) that Vimeo is not for commercial use. What exactly this does and does not allow is unclear, however. A vimeo staffer apparently stated that videos by a business are ok, as long as they don’t seem like commercials: Commercial videos are fine, as long as they’re not being used to *actively* sell or promote a product or service. On the other hand, if you try to contact Vimeo support and select “Commercial use on Vimeo,” then you see a pretty stark statement. The page asks you to answer four questions, the first of which is “Am I a business?”...
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