Video Advertising is an application that allows you to show a video to your end-users on the Splash Page.
Purpose
The application allows for example to show a video to your user's after they do something in the Splash Page (connect, login, logout, registration...) and you can do this by adding the Video Advertising app to the Access Journey.
You can also add Video Advertisement to the App Bar, and show the video when the user clicks on the “Video Advertising” item.
The application works both for Organization and Location Managers.
Prerequisites
The video must be coded as MP4, have the .mp4 file extension and must be hosted somewhere on the Internet.
If you are showing this video to offline users, please make sure that the host you are using is in the walled garden.
If you plan to show a video from an online video-sharing platform, please note that this is not directly possible, but you may find some tools on the Internet which are able to convert the online video to an MP4 format. Anyway, before doing this, please check that you are meeting the terms of use of your Internet provider and you are not infringing any copyright. We are not responsible for any unauthorized use of this application.
Cloud4Wi Dashboard configuration
Find the “Video Advertising” application in the Marketplace, if available on your account. To get there, go to Manage → Apps and search in Marketing or Dev Suite.
In the application you have to configure the following parameters:
- Let Venues make Venue-Level changes
This option enables Location Managers to override the options set in the Organization. - Video URL
Please enter here the full public URL of your video minus the .mp4 final extension (if your video is https://example.com/video.mp4, then you have to type https://example.com/video).
Please add the hostname to your walled garden, if necessary.
(note: it is recommended to enter an URL using HTTPS) - Image URL
Please enter here the full public URL of a preview image to show before the video is run by users (e.g. https://example.com/preview.png). - Number of seconds before continue button is shown
When the video starts, you may want users to see the video for a set amount of time before allowing him to go online. Please set the number of seconds here. - Text to display on the continue button
Please enter here a text like “Continue”, “Next”, or “Proceed” in your preferred language.
Under these options, you will find the Flow Text Settings button. Once you click it, the following options get visible:
- Text to display before video starts playing
Please enter here a text like “Please watch this short video...” in your preferred language. - Text to display to the left of the number of seconds
Please enter here a text like “Continue in ” (the complete text will be: “Continue in X seconds”). - Text to display to the right of the number of seconds remaining
Please enter here a text like “seconds”.
- Text to display after countdown has completed and continue button is displayed
Please enter here a text like “Click here to go online”.