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Design: Events --> Details enhancements - Turn video links into preview
Design: Events --> Details enhancements - Turn video links into preview

If you have a video link in your event description, you can now show it as a preview (not just a URL) in your event details.

Piotr Poźniak avatar
Written by Piotr Poźniak
Updated over 6 months ago

Videos are an effective way to generate excitement about a church event. Instead of your people having to click the link to watch, enable them to watch from within your calendar and/or featured highlights event details.



To find this design item...

Step 1: When logged in to Display.Church, open the Widgets section (if needed).

Step 2: Choose Calendars. Your Calendar page will open.

Step 3: Choose the calendar with which you wish to work.

Step 4: Make sure you are in the Design tab (brown box in image to the left).

Step 5:

  • Choose the Main design subsection to edit the event details of your Calendar.

  • Choose the Featured highlight subsection to edit the event details of your Featured Highlights.

Step 6: In either case, scroll down to the Events section and click on it (blue box in image to the left).

Step 7: Scroll down to the Details enhancement section).


To use this design item...

When Turn video links into preview is toggled off (as in the image below), the video link in your description appears as a clickable link (URL) (see image to the left).

When Turn video links into preview is toggled on (as in the image below), the video link in your description appears as a watchable preview (see image to the left). Your people just click on the play button and watch the video right there, in your calendar event details display.

REMEMBER to click Save at the bottom of the column to confirm your changes.

Even while you are designing, some changes may not display until you click Save.

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