Create a New Video Page

If you need to embed a  video on a page in your Cascade website put a request into ServiceNow (http://service.wesleyan.edu).  A new cascade asset will be put on your website under Add Content that will allow you to create a new page that contains video.  Once the asset has been set up you can follow the directions below.

• Before you create a new video page you will need to determine where the page will fall in the navigation
  • Remember a page will appear in the navigation based on what folder it is in
• Highlight the folder where you will be putting the new video page
  note: if it is in the main navigation high light the Base Folder
• To create a new page you will need to use an asset from the Add Content menu at the top of the screen
  • Select “Second Level Video”
    • note: your site may have different page assets for each folder

    

  • you will see the following screen
    
• In the screen enter
  • Page Name: the file name used in the url (do not enter the .html). For example, if you are making a page for awards, make the page name “awards”
    • remember to use good web naming conventions
    • • no spaces; use underscores or dashes instead (e.g. student_awards)
      • no special characters (? ! .)
      • use capital letters sparingly
  • Content Above Video: enter the content you want to appear above the video
    • this may be a title that relates to the video (using Heading 1)
    • this may be a paragraph introducing the video
    • this may be left blank – there will be nothing above the video
    • use the wysiwyg editor to format your text in this section
  • BrightCove Video ID or Brightcove Playlist ID:  
    • You may use only one of the two ID options, one must be left blank.
    • Both IDs are 13 digits that will be provided by the person who uploaded your video or the upload video screen
  • Account: dropdown is defaulted to NML
    • use the default — if you need to change it you will be informed
    • 
  • Content Below Video: enter the content you want to appear below the video
    • this may be a paragraph about the video
    • this may be left blank – there will be nothing above the video
    • use the wysiwyg editor to format your text in this section
• after entering/formatting your data click the Metadata tab
  
  

• In the User Metadata section enter:
  • Display Name: the name that will appear in your navigation (e.g. Student Awards)
  • Title: the title to appear on the top of the window in your browser.
    Format as Name of Page, Department or Office (e.g. Student Awards, Psychology)

• click the Configure tab
  
  • Page Name: the file name used in the url (do not enter the .html); likely this is already filled in from when you entered the system name on the New Page screen
  • Placement Folder: be sure the correct folder is listed if not click on the box to change; use the navigation box that appears to select the correct folder
    
  • Index: if you do not want this page included in the navigation uncheck this
  • Publish: if you do not want this page to be published you can uncheck the publish box
• Press the “Preview Draft” button  — if the draft looks good in Cascade press the “Submit” button  to save your changes to the database.
• if the page looks good you can publish it
  • remember, if it is a new page in your navigation you should publish your whole site