1. Main Settings optional 2. Third Party Integrations optional 3. Adding a Video primary 4. Setting up a Playlist optional 5. Autoresponder Settings optional 6. Creating a Campaign advanced Table of Contents
Primary Settings I. Go to Settings > Main Settings on the left menu. II. Change the Website Title to your primary website name, this is an important branding detail for you III. Also change the Website URL to your primary website URL, there is an home button within the video player that will take the users to this specific URL. IV. Selecting the right Player mode, if you re not experienced with this, we recommend you keep it on Automatic. A. Automatic player will automatically decide whenever to use Flash or HTML5 mode depending on provided video content. This mode may work slower comparing to others, but it will provide better compatibility across multiple devices. We do not advise using this mode if there are no plans on providing HTML5 compatible video sources (ogv, ogg, webm). B. HTML5 player will work only in HTML5 mode. Please keep in mind that not all users will be able to watch your video content. If you wish to avoid using Flash Plug in at all cost this mode is for you. C. FLASH this mode will be much faster comparing to the Automatic, however in case a user lacks Flash Plug in no video content will be displayed. For mobile devices like iphone, ipad and Android based smartphones HTML5 mode will be used instead. If there are no plans on providing HTML5 compatible video sources (ogv, ogg, webm) this mode will be the best choice. V. Viewers counter is optional, and by default it s turned off. Normally everything you need is present on the primary default, as that information is updated constantly.
Third Party Integrations I. Go to Settings > Integration on the left menu. II. Select the service you wish to setup the integration with for video usage. A. Google Drive 1. Press on connect 2. Allow Vlydo to access files from your Google Drive account. 3. Awesome! You ve successfully connected. 4. When adding a new video, you can select video files directly from your google drive account now. 5. In case you want to disconnect Vlydo from Google Drive a) click the Check apps connected to your google account and disconnect it directly from there b) You ll see a list of Applications connected to your google account, in this case you ll want to disconnect Vlydo. c) Success, Vlydo no longer has access to your google account, you can still reconnect it anytime.
B. Dropbox 1. Press on connect. 2. Press the Allow button, in order to give us access to see your videos & images from Dropbox. 3. Success! You ve connected Vlydo to Dropbox. You should see something similar to this, with your email and name.
4. When adding a new video, you can select video files directly from your dropbox account now. 5. In case you want to disconnect Vlydo from Dropbox a) click the Check apps connected to your DropBox account and disconnect it directly from there b) You should be present on the official dropbox page, in case you re not logged in, after you are, scroll down and hit X and it s all set. c) Success, Vlydo no longer has access to your dropbox account, you can still reconnect it anytime.
Adding your first video I. Go to Video > Add New Video on the left menu. II. mandatory Information About Video A. mandatory Set the title B. optional Set the description, people can view the description of the video directly from the player. C. optional Set the author for copyright purposes. D. optional Set a few tags, separated by a comma, this is mostly for SEO purposes. E. optional Set the link, in case the scope / source of the video is from a different site rather than the one you re normally using. F. optional Set the Channels for the video, this is optional, in case you re running a playlist, ideally if you re not sure about this feature yet, you ll understand more once you get to Creating your first Playlist. III. optional Access Information A. optional Set the minimum age for the video, in case the audience must be either over say 12, 18, 21 years old, or any value you want, set the minimum age, the viewers will be prompted with a confirmation message. B. optional External domain access, by default this will be set to On, you d normally never want to change this, in case you do, you should contact us. C. mandatory Publish status should be On, else the video will not be public, normally this is not an important detail, because it s by default Active IV. mandatory Video Files URLS A. mandatory Add one video source, you have multiple options such as : 1. A youtube video, you ll just have to paste the link in the source. 2. A video directly from your Amazon account ( you ll need to have it connected, check the Third Party Integrations for more information ) 3. A video directly from your Google Drive account ( you ll need to have it connected, check the Third Party Integrations for more information ) 4. A video directly from your Dropbox account ( you ll need to have it connected, check the Third Party Integrations for more information ) B. optional Ensuring you re matching all the compatiblity ranges 1. normally an youtube video should do good, but some older browser versions may face issues if they don t have Flash
active. 2. Normally if you re not using youtube, you should try to have a few of the popular formats available, such as mp4, mov, ogv, ogg. 3. Yes, you can have as many video file sources as you want. V. optional Static Images A. optional Either upload your own images, or if you re using youtube, you can use their pictures directly by clicking on the youtube button. VI. optional Captions A. optional Upload a.srt file type to allow captions on the video. B. optional OR Use an already uploaded file by pasting the URL. VII. optional Opt in Form A. mandatory Enabled, in case you re using this, make sure you enabled it. B. optional Can Skip, if you want to allow users to skip the optin process, make sure you activate this feature. C. mandatory Set the AutoResponder form you want to use within this optin form, but make sure you ve handled all the settings.in case you re logged hit, you can easily Setup it from the integrations tab. D. optional Set a title for the Optin Form, such as Signup now or Signup to continue, you can set any message you wish. E. optional Set the When to display feature, either at the begging or a specific hour / minute / second of the video. For example if you want to display it after 15 seconds, your value should be 00:00:15 VIII. optional Traffic Generation A. optional Share To Watch allow visitors to watch the video only if they share it on the social networks. B. optional Complete Action 1. Repeat Video, after the video is finished, it will be automatically replayed.
2. Redirect to url, after the video is finished, your visitor will be automatically redirected to a specific URL. IX. optional Smart Controls A. Show Ad on Pause 1. Upload and crop the Ad Image 2. Write or paste the url where you want this ad to take the user to. B. Smart Scrolling automatically pause the video if it s not within the viewport anymore, for example the user has scrolled down and doesn t see the video anymore. C. Autoplay on 1st Visit automatically play the video if it s the first time the user would see it. D. Disable Controls and Pause perfect for video backgrounds, or if you want to force the user to view the video entirely before being redirected to an url. The possibilities are limitless with these settings! X. mandatory Press the Save button. XI. You re all set, you ve successfully created your first video. Scroll down to get your embed code and use it anywhere you wish.
Adding your first playlist I. Go to Playlists > Add New Playlist on the left menu. II. mandatory Creating the playlist A. mandatory Write the playlist name B. optional Channels, if you re planning to offer chapters, or organize the playlist in 3 layers, then you should enable this feature. C. optional Search Input, this is turned off by default, it s recommended you make use of this feature, to allow people to find videos easier, in case you have a high volume of videos in the same playlist. D. optional Default list type 1. Title display the title 2. Thumbnail display the thumbnail of the video III. mandatory Creating the channel(s) that will be used by this playlist. A. Start by pressing the Add Channel Button B. Write in a proper name for your channel, if you re planning to use a single Channel, you can name it like your playlist.
C. Publish the channel that you ve just created, this means it will be used within the Playlist that you re currently editing. D. Adding videos in the newly created channel. 1. From the channel page. a) Hit on the Edit button of the channel, that is present on the playlist page. b) Press the Display button of the videos you want to add within the channel. c) That s it :) you can always come back and Display / Remove videos from the channel with just one click. 2. From the video page. a) Go to Videos on the left menu. b) Find the video you want add in the playlist. c) Press the edit button.
d) Select the Channel(s) where you want to place it within. e) Save the video IV. Go to Playlists > List on the left menu. V. Find the playlist that you want to share and click the Embed button.
Autoresponder Settings I. Go to Settings > Integration on the left menu. II. Click on the Autoresponder section III. Adding the Autoresponder you re familiar with. A. If you re using Mailerlite, you can paste your API key, and have it integrated directly out of the box. B. If you re using a different service, click on the Custom Tab C. Press Add New D. Set a title for your optin form, this is strictly for you to easily identify each form. E. Paste your autoresponder code in the textarea. F. Save IV. You re all set, now when you re creating videos you can enable the autoresponder forms.
Creating your first campaign The campaign feature is an easy way to offer ads on all your videos, this is a great feature if you re planning to display the same ad on all your videos, or if you re planning to sell advertising. I. Go to Campaigns on the left menu. II. Scroll down and setup the campaign information, we recommend a simple title, to easily identify each campaign. III. You should see the newly created campaign under the Inactive campaigns section, press the Edit Button. IV. Under the Created adverts tab, press the Create new Ad button V. Configuring your Ad A. Set a proper name for your ad in order to easily identify it. B. There are a big number of settings available, tooltips are available for each feature, in order to help you set this up. VI. You should see the success message, Changes has been saved Return to campaign settings, press return to campaign settings text in order to continue. VII. If the Ad is not active yet, press the Activate button to enable the newly created ad VIII. Setting the ad limits, this is where you enable the settings when to stop the Ad to be delivered. A. Views,in case you want to stop the campaign after the ad has been displayed to a certain amount of visitors, set this value. B. Clicks, in case you want to stop the campaign after the ad has been clicked by a certain amount of visitors, set this value. C. Time limit, in case you want to stop the campaign at a specific date, you can set this also. IX.