A Categories page on your video library allows your members to view all videos by each video category.
If you have a lot of video content, then categories, then categories can help organize your video content and make it simpler for your members to find that they're looking for.
Categories can also help find other related videos, or be used to gather insightful member data with integrations such as Google Tag Manager.
Overall, video categories offer your members a better online experience.
Steps
Ensure that you first have Video Categories already created and added to your Videos
- Browse to Layout >Video Library >Video Library Settings
- Under Advanced Settings collapsible menu, find Enable Categories Page
- Save
You will now have a new Categories page accessible as: https://yoursite.webcastcloud.com/categories
Your categories page will display a row view, listing each category and video within each.
Add Categories page to your Main Navigation
Adding your Categories page to your main menu will ensure your viewers know how to access the webpage.
- Browse to Layout >Video Library >Navigation
- Select Add Menu
- Link Name: Categories (or use another name if your using a custom label for your search filter)
- Method: Link
- Link URL: enter the URL for your categories page
- Link Target: self
- Authentication Required: enable this if you only want your logged in members to see the Categories page from the main menu
- Save / Update
- From the Menu List, use the icons to drag and drop Categories menu to the correct order
- Save Layout
Categories will now appear on your main navigation menu.