Your Church Media: Video

The modern website visitor is one with a short attention span. They want information, and they want it immediately. They want news, and they want it the second it occurs. And the less effort they have to put forth, the better.

Video is a great medium for spreading information, giving updates, and sharing stories. It engages the viewer without requiring anything on their end but the ability to push "play" and watch. Video combines the power of images with the authority of audio.

Embedding Video with YouTube and Vimeo

The best way to add streaming video content to your website is by uploading it to to a video hosting site like YouTube or Vimeo and embedding it into your desired page. Each video posted on these sites displays an embedding code. By copying this code and pasting it onto your site, you can add video to any page.

Even easier, you can add your video by using our Widget feature. Just edit or create your page, click the Widget button, type in your video's location, and add.

YouTube or Vimeo?

Even though YouTube is more popular, we suggest using Vimeo to host your ministry's videos. Why?

YouTube limits uploading videos 10 minutes or less (unless you pay extra). Vimeo only limits you in amount of Mb of video uploaded per week.
Vimeo allows you to choose the videos your video links to. YouTube gives you the option to turn off the links, but only on the embedded video. The video on YouTube still displays links to random videos (some may have inappropriate content).
Vimeo allows you to password protect your videos to limit its viewability.
With Vimeo, you can limit which sites can embed your videos, limiting them from being posted on other sites.
You can create "Channels" for your Vimeo videos for better organization.
Your Vimeo videos or channels can be grouped into a slide show or badge widget for easy access to your video library.