How can we have feature video instead of feature image for blogs
Agree. In this current age where video is king, we need the option to make our video available first in a blog.
The "workaround" of a featured image with a play button makes for a terrible user experience. If the image looks like it can be clickable and play a video, that's what it should do. Tricking users is not a good thing!
A halfway fix we are considering in the meantime is to remove the featured image from displaying IN the full blog, and instead inserting an embedded video high up on the blog, so when someone lands on the page expecting a video, they don't have to see a still image first or scroll quite as far.
These aren't perfect solutions and I hope HubSpot with prioritize this, especially as more of us are creating more video content.
How can we have feature video instead of feature image for blogs
Following up on this comment with a sort of fix.
On our blog, we've removed the featured image from showing in the blog post.
Instead, we just embed the video at the top of the content. If there's no video for the post, we will insert an image at the top of the post.
It's a little bit of a workaround and doesn't allow for play on link sharing, but we're happy that users can see the video they're promised as soon as they land on the blog page.
How can we have feature video instead of feature image for blogs
@JoannaKing How did you remove the featured image? When I create a post it says a featured image is required and will not let me publish until I add an image.
How can we have feature video instead of feature image for blogs
@hdevabhaktuni, was thinking about this some more and wanted to caution that having many videos on a page will increase the page weight significantly. Dont forget to take that into account.