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Customize the Public Video Page

Customize the appearance and accessibility of your public video page.

Written by Katie

Video page customizations are visible to all anonymous viewers through a public share link. To learn more about customizing the player controls and appearance, refer to our player customization overview.

Note

Public video page customization options are available on all paid Wistia plans.

Preview the video page

To customize a public video page, select “Preview” from the dropdown menu on your video's manage page.

Alternatively, click “Customize” and toggle to the “Video Page” tab.

Here, you'll see a preview of how your video page appears to the public and choose from several customization options, including background colors, fonts, and whether to display the title and description. You can also enable audience comments if you'd like.

Remember to click "Save" at the top right of the page after making any changes.

Appearance & brand

In the Appearance & brand tab of the video page Customize menu, you can set multiple options, including applying a brand, page background color, fonts and font sizes, and player rounded corners.

Video page appearance settings are separate from your player's embed settings. Changes here only affect the public video page, and changes to your embed won't carry over to the video page.

Tip

To set these appearance options once for every video page in your account, an Account Owner or Manager can configure them at the Brand Kit level from the Brand Assets page. Individual video pages can still override the account default if you'd like.

Brand Kit settings apply to every video page that hasn't been customized individually. If a video page already has its own setting (for example, a custom color), that setting takes priority.

Applied brand

You can apply a brand that you've set up as part of your Brand Assets.

Open the "Change brand" dropdown menu and select the brand that you'd like to apply. You can choose to reset this to your account's default at any time.

Primary color

Set up a custom primary color for your public video page.

You can set this to be any solid color you'd like or a gradient, and if you've added colors to your Brand Assets, they'll appear as options here as well.

Player icon color

By default, we ensure the player icon color is accessible.

Check out our accessibility overview for more information.

Player control opacity

Choose whether you'd like the player controls to be translucent or opaque.

Page background color

For the page background color, you can choose from several options, including the available defaults or a custom color.

For the primary color you've set, you can select a dark or light version of this, or select black or white.

Rounded corners

With this option, you can drag the slider along the bar to choose how rounded you'd like the player corners to be.

Fonts

You can also choose from a list of fonts for both the header and body. You can also adjust the title font size.

Page logo and logo URL

Add a logo to your video page and choose where it directs visitors when they click it. In the Page logo section of the Appearance & brand tab, click to upload a logo, or you can select one from your Brand kit if you've set it up.

Once you've added a logo, you can always upload a new one or delete it. If no page logo is set, the Wistia logo is shown instead.

You can also paste in a logo URL if you'd like to direct visitors to a separate webpage when they click your logo.

Controls

Video page control options include the media title and description, transcript, and audience comments.

Media title and description

With the "Media title" and "Media description" options toggled on, the title and description will be displayed below the media player.

Transcript

Toggle the "Transcript" option on to display the entire media transcript at the bottom of the public video page.

Comments

Toggle the "Comments" option on to allow viewers to leave comments on the public video page.

For further details on team and audience comments, check out this article.

Resources

If you have other material related to your content that you'd like to share, you can upload up to five attachments or add links in the Resources section. Files cannot exceed 25 MB, and we support the following file formats:

  • PDF

  • Word

  • PowerPoint

  • Excel

  • CSV

  • JPG

  • PNG

  • TIFF

  • BMP

  • DCM

If the media is in a Channel, the resources will display there as well.

Attachment

To add an attachment, click "Upload a file." Then, choose the display name for the file and drag and drop it, or click to upload it.

Once you've added a file, click "Upload."

The uploaded file will appear in a Resources section on the public media page for viewers to download.

Click the pencil icon to update the resource display name, or delete it.

You can also keep a resource on file and toggle it off so it doesn't display publicly.

To add another file or link, click "Add resource".

Link

To add a link to a media page, click "Create link," then add the display name and URL.

Click "Create", and once saved, the link will appear as a tile on your video page.

When a visitor clicks the link, it will open in a new tab. Click the pencil icon to update the display name and URL or delete it. You can also disable a link so it doesn't display, but keep it on file.

Download icon

The download icon on the public video page is controlled by your folder's download settings, not from the video page Customize menu. This is separate from the download button you can add to the player's playbar.

Note

When you're signed in as an Account Owner or Manager, you'll always see the download icon on your public video pages. Viewers who aren't signed in will only see it if downloads are enabled for that folder.

Share public video page

Once you’ve customized your video page, it’s time to share it with your audience.

You can quickly copy your public video page URL by clicking the link icon next to the "Share" button.

Alternatively, open the Share modal and click "Copy link". Here, you may also link to a specific time, generate an expiring link, and manage access settings. See our media sharing overview for more information and share options.

Tip

Open your media link in an incognito or private browser window to see exactly how it looks to your viewers.

Public video page layouts

When you share your public video page, desktop viewers can toggle between two views: Theater and Balanced.

Viewers can switch between these views at any time without interrupting playback, and their preference is remembered across viewing sessions.

Note

On mobile, viewers see a version optimized for their screen size, with no toggle.

Theater view

The video player is front and center with supporting content below.

Balanced view

The video player and content are side by side. This is the default view.

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