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Tagged: Infinity Pro, video background

  • This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 1 month ago by Brad Dalton.
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  • May 1, 2018 at 8:36 am #219483
    Noelle567
    Member

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

    May 1, 2018 at 8:07 pm #219492
    dt9180
    Member

    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.

    May 5, 2018 at 3:10 am #219552
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

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


    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

    May 9, 2018 at 2:37 am #219656
    Noelle567
    Member

    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.

    May 9, 2018 at 3:38 am #219659
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    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.


    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

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