Video Instead of Featured Image on Minimum Theme

[robertpacheco]

Hello,

I am working on a project using Minimum theme and I was asked to place an MP4 video on the FEATURED-IMAGE section of the homepage. HELP!!!!! I have tried all sorts of snippets with no luck. I am sure there's definitely a way to do this.

Thanks

Rob

[cehwitham]

On my site using Minimum I wanted to replace the large image on the homepage with a slideshow instead of a static image. I amended the function in functions.php to the following:

/** Add the featured image section */
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'minimum_featured_image' );
function minimum_featured_image() {
if ( is_front_page() ) {
wooslider( array( 'slider_type' => 'slides', 'smoothheight' => 'true' ) );
}
elseif ( is_singular( array( 'post', 'page' ) ) && has_post_thumbnail() ){
echo '';
echo get_the_post_thumbnail($thumbnail->ID, 'header');
echo '';
}
}

In this case I'm outputting the WooSlider. I suggest you would output a video. It may be easier to use a video service like YouTube rather than trying to integrate your own player.

The Responsive Video Embeds plugin may also help you:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-video-embeds/

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