[Chris BParticipant]

Using X for Video based membership site.
Having a problem: on the video post formatted archive page, the video itself is viewable.
This, of course, means that non-members who may be looking at the unprotected Archive page can view all the videos.

(The idea is that Non-members should be able to see the Archive Pages for the video posts, but only view the videos once they’ve clicked through to the full post.)

Is there a way to make it so I can use a thumbnail/featured image as the preview image on video posts instead of the video itself? (and when the user clicks the preview image, they can watch the video in the post).

Thanks
Chris

[ChristianModerator]

Hey Chris,

Please choose Thumbnail in the Featured Content setting (see http://prntscr.com/385zbt) and upload a feature image.

Hope that helps. 🙂

[Chris BParticipant]

Thank you for the reply.

The solution you recommend would be perfect for my application if it applied to Video Post Types (not just Video Portfolio items).

The Portfolio doesn’t offer the same flexibility as the Video Post Type in this case.
But the option of being able to view either a thumbnail featured image, OR, the video from a video post would be amazing.

Any chance theme.co will be adding the option of selecting a Thumbnail Featured image to the Video Post Type?

Grace and Peace,

Chris

[SupportMember]

Hey!

Thank you for using the support forum. You can still use the video post type then set a featured image, do the usual stuff that you do with the video post. Add this on Customizer > Custom > CSS to remove the video control on blog overview page.

.jp-controls-container-video {
display: none !important;
}

.single .jp-controls-container-video {
display: block !important;
}

I hope that helps.

[Chris BParticipant]

First, “thank you”. That’s excellent support (providing me with a quick custom snippet). Much appreciated.

Unfortunately, it won’t solve the problem in my case.
I use Wistia and Vimeo for video hosting. So, the CSS solution you’ve provided won’t work.

That’s why I was hoping there might be a way to exclude the Media from an Archive page and select a thumbnail image – exactly like your Portfolio system behaves.

[ChristianModerator]

Hey Chris,

We’re sorry but what you’re trying to achieve is not currently possible with the controls built in X. It is technically possible but the customization is a bit involved. With that said, we’re sad to say that you need to customize X on your own or find a WordPress developer to do the job for you as it falls beyond our scope of support.

Thank you for understanding.

[Chris BParticipant]

Thanks – I appreciate that completely, and I don’t mind hiring someone to do it.

1. I think it could be done with a code snippet (ie: a Conditional Function) added to my Child Theme’s functions.php file. Do you happen to have a list of qualified third party X developers who know your code well enough to be efficient at such customizations?

2. In the end, do you think the functionality I’m describing may be added by Theme.co to X in a future update, anyway?

Grace and peace to you folks,
I appreciate the replies.

Chris

[RadModerator]

Hi Chris,

1. Some if not most of membership plugins provide snippets, like shortcode to add protected area. Some uses page settings for membership roles who can only view the page.

You can create a page with video listing (with thumbnails) using recent post shortcode while protecting individual posts.

2. That will be a good addition, so might possible.

Thank You.

[Chris BParticipant]

Thanks Support,

It’s not ideal. But it IS a great suggestion.
Thank you.

Chris

[ChristianModerator]

You’re welcome Chris.

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