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I’m updating my site with the Enfold theme and very much like the look so far but have run into a problem I can’t seem to resolve.
Note: Virtually all of my posts, pages and portfolio items will include video from my Vimeo+ account as my primary business and the focus of this site is video production services.I’m using a ‘Blog Posts’ advanced content element on my home page. If I use the Vimeo supplied Embed code in a blog post, it works very well both on desktop and mobile displays but, I get no image thumbnail displayed for that post in the Blog Posts element on my home page. I get the same result with video in a portfolio item or page using any compatible advanced content elements on another page.
I tried using the Link and IMG codes to add the video in my post rather than embedding and it works fine but the image is still not displayed in Blog Posts on the home page. The also creates aspect issues when launching the video on mobile devices.
Example of embed: <iframe src=”//player.vimeo.com/video/76392850″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
Example of video image tag:
The only way I seem to be able to get the thumbnail link in a Content Element to work is to set a “Featured Image” which then displays that image on the page plus the video clip as well. I don’t really like the double image.
1st question: Is there any way I can add video to posts, pages and portfolio items that will display thumbnail images in content elements?
2nd question: Is there some way I can choose to not display the date on blog posts?
Thanks,
KeithSorry, fouled up the image tag example. 2nd attempt:
Example of video image tag:
<a href="http://vimeo-video.com"><img src="http://mysite.com/wp-content/still-image.jpg" alt="test for thumbnail" /></a>Hey!
Right now the only way to show a featured image for the post or portfolio item is to add that image to the Featured Image. Video posts and portfolio posts don’t display the video as a preview though it is something we’ll be looking at adding in the future if possible.
For the dates, Try adding the following CSS to your Quick CSS (located under the Styling Tab in the theme options) or the custom.css file in the css folder of your theme files:
.date-container.minor-meta, .date-container.minor-meta + span{ display: none; }Best regards,
DevinDevin,
Thanks for the reply. The quick CSS suggestion to not display dates on posts worked perfectly.
I am really pleased with the Enfold theme except for how it currently manages video.
I think improving overall theme support for video content should be a very high priority. Most people want to utilize video on their site these days and will expect Enfold content and media elements to display video thumbnails the same way they do with image files.A friend’s site at http://www.pdmtv.com uses a theme called Breakout that seems to have successfully solved many issues with video integration. Maybe this can provide some insight on a path to enhancing video support in Enfold.
Meanwhile, can you suggest any plugins that would add a ‘Recent Post’ grid, widget, etc. to pages with thumbnail support for video/embedded video?
Thanks,
KeithI don’t know of any off hand but I’m sure there is something in the WordPress plugin repository that will work for you.
Kriesi is constantly working on new features for Enfold but with how flexible the theme is it isn’t as easy to add things in like with other themes. For the portfolio items there would need to be a new secondary field for video urls or something like that. Then iframe fixes for displaying them in a grid, cross browser compatibility etc. So it can take a bit of time :)
Otherwise let us know if you have any other questions or issues and we’ll do our best to help.
Regards,
Devin
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