Strategy for embeded videos

  • Resolved jamie007org

    (@jamie007org)


    3 years, 10 months ago

    I am a bit of a novice with word press. However I am doing ok so far. I am building a type of video based site and so far I have created a home page with a slider in which I can put my videos which are stored on Vimeo.

    My intent is to have a link from the slider video to a ‘page’ where the video displays larger and there is some information about the author, for example a short bio.

    So far so good I can make all that happen.

    What I really wanted to know is what is the best strategy here…is it to have all the links go to separate blog posts with the video and author bio or to create a separate page. In some respects going to the blog is easier but not sure it is better.

    Looking at other sites I have seen one that seems to link it’s videos to separate pages.

    An example of this behaviour is here https://www.lt.org

    Any thoughts.

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  • is it to have all the links go to separate blog posts with the video and author bio or to create a separate page.

    I’m not sure I see the difference in the two choices.

    One thing is to define your goals.
    If you want to serve ads, you make a lot of places for people to load more ads.
    If you want to be found by keywords, you need a page to put the keywords, since videos don’t have any text.

    In WordPress, the Page post type has certain standards by default (can by changed though), like no taxonomies, no date, no author, but it can have a hierarchy. The permalink is the page title. You use these for things that would be on your main menu.
    The Post post type is different, with taxonomies, date (default sorted by date), author. You use these for current events and grouping by topic (where the topic might go on a menu). The permalink is customizable.
    There are a lot of built-in functions for working with Posts. Pages are more limited, intentionally.

    You might consider not using a slider, since there is nothing good about them, and a lot of problems with them, especially for accessibility.

    Thread Starter jamie007org

    (@jamie007org)

    Thanks Joy, this is a really helpful piece of advice. I have chosen to use the post method described to access the category functions. Thanks.

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