Suitable Theme for a GIF or Video Background

[Noelle567]

Hi there, Can anyone suggest a suitable Genesis theme which can have a GIF or Video full screen background? Thanks.

[dt9180]

Hey, Noelle56. I'm currently looking for the same thing. I'm using infinity theme and I was able to get a background video but I'm running into a few other issues. My site is elluxfuror.com

I uploaded video to vimeo and then selected the "share" option to get the embed code. I found a youtube video showing how to add the code to the theme.

I also found that Safari will refuse auto-play unless the video is muted in the embed code. However, vimeo text thankfully covered how to mute in embed code.

I can give you more info if you're interested but not sure if it's worth anything until I get some other items fixed haha

My next problem is being able to use the menu on mobile devices. When I shrink the window size to mobile, you'll see the issues. There's a website thebigbounceamerica.com that has an awesome layout similar to what I want but when you shrink their window size down to mobile, it changes the content to a still image. I have no idea how to do this and would love to figure it out. Struggle.

[Brad Dalton]

David. Here's a solution which enables you to replace the video with a image on smaller screens.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[Noelle567]

Thanks for that, looks like you're nearly finished, just to get the still image on mobile which Brad seems to have given you instructions for. Please show us the final product, would like to see it, thanks.

[Brad Dalton]

To clarify, my solution only works with self hosted ( Added to WP Media Library ) MP4 video files and does not support Vimeo. Nor is it tested with other video file types.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

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