Youtube video
About YouTube Video Element
YouTube Video Element is designed to enhance the appeal of your webpage, aiming to boost your conversion rates. It allows you to effortlessly integrate videos from YouTube onto your website or blog.
This element is particularly useful when you want to engage your audience with visual content, as videos are known to captivate attention and convey information in a more dynamic and engaging manner than text alone.
You can check more details in the video tutorial below:
How To Access YouTube Video Element
In PageFly pages, follow these steps to access the YouTube Video element feature:
Step 1: Click on the Elements function
Step 2: Click on the YouTube video element in the Media section
Step 3: Drag and drop the element you want into the page editor and then start using it.
How To Configure For YouTube Video Element
The YouTube Video element comes with plenty of different parameters allowing you to fine-tune content appearance reaching the best possible conversion rate.
Select the YouTube Video element and navigate to the General and Styling tab to see its parameters.
When working with the page editor in PageFly, here are the key parameters for the YouTube video element:
General Configuration
YouTube video URL: The full URL of your YouTube video
Display ratio: Select the video ratio display 4:3 or 16:9
Video Size: Set the size for your video with 2 options: Full Width-100% Video Size or Custom size
Video Width: Change video width ( it means that you are applying Custom size module when you edit this section)
Show Controls: Show or Hide video player control.
Enable Loop: Video plays constantly non-stop in a loop.
Enable Autoplay: Turn on / off the autoplay feature. Please keep in mind that the autoplay function might not work in case: - If the user configured his browser to prevent that action or parameter “Mute Video” from being turned off. - If the users use the iPhone with Low Power Mode and access your website by Safari browser, the Enable Autoplay feature will be not activated.
Mute Video: Turn on / off the video’s sound.
Content loading: Choose the loading type for videos in the live preview. There are 2 options: - Lazy loading: Videos load only when they enter the user's viewport, reducing initial page load time and conserving bandwidth. - Standard: Videos load immediately, which may provide a smoother experience for users with fast internet connections.
Custom Start And End Time - Start at: Customize your YouTube video start time. - End at: Customize your YouTube video end time.
You can get further information about Attributes, Visibility, Animation parameters here.
Styling Configuration
In the Styling tab, you can customize the appearance of the YouTube video element with parameters like Content color, Spacing, Background, Typography, etc. For further details on the Styling tab, please refer to this link.
Common Cases
Avoid utilizing the HTML Video element or embedding YouTube code directly, as it may compromise responsiveness on mobile and tablet devices. Embedded code often imposes fixed width dimensions, leading to layout distortions on various screen sizes.
Additionally, note that AutoPlay functionality is contingent upon enabling the Mute feature, as per YouTube's updated API. However, AutoPlay won't function on tablet or mobile devices due to default restrictions imposed by mobile operating systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is the YouTube element?
YouTube Video Element is a simple solution for integrating YouTube videos into your Shopify Store. Simply use the video's URL, and from there, you can customize and style your YouTube Video Section according to your preferences!
2. Difference between HTML video and YouTube element?
The HTML Video element allows you to upload videos directly to your Shopify store and use them on your PageFly pages. The YouTube Video element allows you to embed videos that have been published on YouTube on your PageFly pages.
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