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Media Manager

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  1. What is the Media Manager?
  2. Adding video or audio files to the media manager
  3. Adding a media manager page to the website navigation
  4. Editing and deleting media manager items

FAQs

  1. Will visitors who don't have specific media players be able to view my media content?

 

The Media Manager

Tip:

Audio and video content is becoming increasingly popular on the Internet. 

Visitors like to be engaged by multi-media content and it gives you an opportunity to communicate clearly.

The Media Manager module enables you to upload audio and video files and stream them through a wide range of media players, directly from your dedicated media page. 

Upload your media files to the media manager and it will automatically scale down an image of your video/audio to what are called ‘thumbnails'. These are small images that give visitors a preview of the full video image.

Media Manager will automatically select which media player to use, according to the type of file you have uploaded.  The maximum file size you can upload is 10mb.

Media Manager supports these types of files:

Audio:

aif, aac, au, gsm, mid, midi, mov, mp3, m4a, snd, ra, ram, rm, wav, wma

Video:

asf, avi, flv, mov, mpg, mpeg, mp4, qt, ra, smil, swf, wmv, 3g2, 3gp

 

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Adding video or audio files to Media Manager

Tip:

Use media on your website to create a more dynamic web presence. 

Media items are a good way to keep visitors engaged and present information in an interesting way.

The Media Manager module enables you to upload audio and video files and stream them through a wide range of media players, directly from your dedicated media page. 

  1. Go to Modules > Media Manager.
  2. Click Add Media Item.
  3. Enter the Title of the video or audio file.
  4. Select the Status. Active files will be displayed on your site. Inactive files will not be displayed. Archived files will be listed in the Media Manager archive.
  5. Select the Start Date to determine when the file will start being displayed on the site.
  6. Enter a Description of the media file.
  7. Click Browse under Media File to find the video or audio file on your computer that you want to upload. Select the file and click Open.
  8. This step is optional. Click Browse under Optional Screen Shot to find an image of the video file on your computer that you want to upload. Select the file and click Open. The image must be a JPG file no larger than 80 pixels wide by 60 pixels high.
  9. Click the Save button.  This will upload the video or audio file to your website. To see the file listed in your Media Manager, click on View Video Items or View Audio Items.
  10. Publish the website.

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Editing and deleting media manager items

The Media Manager module enables you to upload audio and video files and stream them through a wide range of media players, directly from your dedicated media page.

You are able to replace media files or edit the description of media items that already exist in the media manager.

  1. Go to Modules > Media Manager > View Video Items (or View Audio Items).
  2. Find the media item you wish to edit.  Click on the name of the item or the Edit button.
  3. Make the necessary edits to the name, description, start date or status.  Upload a replacement file if necessary.
  4. Click the Save button.
  5. Publish the website.

You can delete video and audio items from the media manager at any time. Click the delete button next to the item at the View Audio Items or View Media Items page.

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Adding a media manager page to the website navigation

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Adding a page of multimedia content via the media manager does not contribute to your total page count.

The Media Manager module enables you to upload audio and video files and stream them through a wide range of media players, directly from your dedicated media page. 

Once you have added videos and /or audio files to the media manager, you can add a media manager page to the website navigation.  The media page will automatically update with any edits that you make so you will only have to do this the first time that you add media items.

  1. Go to Modules > Media Manager.
  2. Click Add Media Page To Site
  3. Enter the Menu Label. This label will appear in the navigation menu of your website and should be short i.e., "Latest Media Items".  Do not edit the Link Address field as this is automatically generated by the software.
  4. Click the Save New Link button. The Media Page link is now added to your site at Pages > Add/Edit Pages > Unattached Pages.
  5. Go to Pages > Move/Delete Pages to insert the Media Page link into your navigation menu.
  6. Publish the website.

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Will visitors who don't have specific media players be able to view my media content?

The Media Manager plays the content in the visitor's browser so their browser does need to have the correct format player installed. If it isn’t installed, the browser should prompt the visitor to install it.

If you upload .flv (flash video) files to the Media Manager, about 98% of browsers will have the correct players already installed to play it.


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