Publisher

Streaming video and audio

Publisher provides a video streaming service that can be used across your digital platforms. This can be used to host either video or audio (podcast) content, and share this with your audience.
The benefits of sharing video and audio (podcast) content include:
  • Engage with a wide range of audiences (prospect, client and key account) across multiple platforms
  • Convey emotion and show personality
  • Build trust
  • Complements all other content channels and strategies
  • Demonstrate expertise
A collection of Videos (or podcasts) will belong to a Module, and each module can have different settings for how videos are displayed, so the screens below may differ depending on how the module that the video belongs to is structured.

Adding video and audio content

To add video and audio content, navigate to the
Content Hub
 :
And select
Content
 under
Content manager
:
The
Content
 screen is displayed:
To add the content, click
Add content
 >
Video/Audio
The
Add Video/Content
 screen opens:
In this screen, you must fill in the details of the video or audio, before moving on to managing the content of the video.

Video quality

To ensure compatibility and smooth streaming to a wide range of devices, videos are converted with multiple bitrates during the upload process. This may result in some loss of quality.

Publishing to a module

Select the module that will contain the published video in the
Modules to publish
 to dropdown:
This selects the modules where your video or audio will be published. Once you have selected your module, the module name opens:
If you have selected the wrong module, click the red
x
 and reselect the module.
Select the permissions, relating to the video or audio:

Permissions

You can select whether the publication will inherit the module permissions, have restricted permissions or be public (full access).
If you select
Inherit module permissions
, then the publication will inherit the module permissions.
You can select
View permissions
 to view the
View module permissions
 screen:
This displays the current module permissions. Select
Close
 to close this screen.
If you select
Restricted
, you have the option to set a custom set of permissions for this specific module:
Once you have selected the
Restricted
 option, the
Add an organisation or group
 field is displayed. Here, you can add any organisation, group or organisation group that you want to have access to the publication. If a user is not a part of any of the groups, organisations or organisation groups added to this list, they will not be able to view the publication. Once you have added at least one organisation, group or organisation group, the following will be displayed:
The
Access
 drop-down menu enables you to select what kind of access the selected organisation, group or organisation group has:
If you select
Public
, the publication will be published so that anyone who navigates to that page can view the publication whether they are signed in to Publisher or not.
If module permissions are restricted in any way, there will be an option to enable
Public teaser access
.
If you select
Public teaser access
, you will allow a small teaser of the publication to be available to the public, with a registration link, allowing users to sign up to the platform, and enticing them to sign up to read the full article content.
Once you have selected the module and permissions, select
Next
. The
Content
 tab will now be selected, and new options will be available to you:

Adding content

Here is where you can enter content for your video or audio.
In the
Content
 tab, you have access to the following fields:
  • Title -
     This is the title of your video or audio.
  • Summary / Abstract
     - This field enables you to enter information which is then displayed as a summary. So a user viewing this video or audio will be able to read the summary on it before clicking further. Additionally, you can unselect the
    Display summary
     checkbox if you do not want to display a summary at all.
  • Keywords
     - This allows you to enter tags for the video or audio, which enables you to search for publications easily.
  • Contacts
     - Showing contacts enables you to show a contact related to the video or audio. So if a reader has any questions at all, they can contact the relevant people. You can search for users that exist in the instance of Publisher or add them manually. Additionally, you can choose to display different information about them, including job title, location and email address etc.
  • Include in email notifications
     - Select this checkbox if you want this video or audio to be included in users' email notifications..
  • Primary Video/Audio
     - Select
    Add
     to display the
    Insert Audio/Video
     screen. This enables you to select videos or audio that have already been uploaded to the instance of Publisher you are working on.
  • Related material
     - The related material section enables you to display material to the user, that is related to the content that they are currently viewing. Related material might be a Publication, an Event, a Video, a Document, or an external link. Select
    Add related material
     and select the piece of material you want to display as related material from the
    Add related material
     screen. Click the red
    x
     next to the related material, if you no longer wanted to display that piece of material.
  • Permalink
     - This is the link that will direct the user to the video or audio. You can edit the link by clicking the pencil icon next to the link.
  • Author
     - Here, you can select who is the author of the video/audio, if you want to change it from the person that created the Video, to another user. Start entering the name of the other user and select them from the suggested results.
  • Published Date
     - The published date is the date that the video or audio will be published. You can select either on approval, or select a specific date that the publication will be published.
  • Metadata
     - This enables you to select metadata for the publication, which enables people to find and search for publications easily. For more information on metadata, see
    File and folder metadata isheets
    .
  • Attachments
     - Enables you to add an attachment to the publication.
  • Comments
     - Allows you to enable or disable authenticated users to add comments to the publication. This does not have forum capabilities.
  • External Link(s)
     - This enables you to link to external content.
  • Metadata Masking
     - This allows you to tag your publication with metadata but it will not be displayed to users.
  • Navigation
     - Users can add navigation menus which allow for easier navigation between content and sections of your site.
  • Next Review Date
     - This is the date of the next review.
  • SEO Settings - Title
     - The title is displayed when your event is displayed in search engine results.
  • SEO Settings - Description
     - The description displayed when your event is displayed in search engine results.
  • SEO Settings - Tags
     - Tags can help optimise your search results in a search engine.
  • SEO - Meta Robots
     - Meta robots help determine whether:
    • Index
       - Your results are indexed by Google or not
    • Follow
       - Whether your page has been linked to from another page, and
    • NoArchive
       - Prevents Google from archiving your pages.
    • Additionally, you can preview what your results will look like from in search results preview below.
Once you have entered all the details for your video or audio, you have four further options. These options include;
Preview email
 which enables you to email the video or audio to users, who can then preview your content before it is published;
Preview
 which allows you to preview your content yourself in a new window;
Save draft
 which lets you save your video or audio as a draft; and
Publish
, which lets you publish your video or audio, and makes it visible to all users who have permission to view it.

Editor/Approver workflow

All content has a built-in content creation workflow, which includes both editor and approver roles, facilitating an approval process for content before it goes live.
For more information on the editor/approver workflow, click here.

This article applies to:

  • Product: HighQ, HighQ
  • Sub Product: HighQ Publisher
  • Subject: Clients