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Add HTML 5 and Flash players easily to your WordPress website by organizing videos in playlists and having playback options. Download for FREE! Spider Video WordPress Player Demo Demo Admin User Manual Frequently Asked Questions Spider Video Player is a WordPress video plugin that allows you to easily add videos to your website. It has the possibility of organizing videos into playlists and choosing preferred layout for the player. Spider Video Player is one of the best WordPress video players available in WordPress plugin directory. Spider Video Player for WordPress provides a convenient user interface, incorporating all the common features for video players including video quality selection, sharing, full screen, shuffle and more. There is a possibility to edit the themes for the Spider Video Player to make its appearance more relevant to your website design and color scheme. This is an optimal video player solution for your WordPress website, providing effective integration and high level of customization. Spider Video Player comes with a social media integration feature. The player supports HD videos, which is an essential feature for the high quality players. Thus the users visiting and watching the videos on your website will be able to share the videos on most of the popular media (Facebook, Google+ and Twiter). Features of Spider WordPress Video Player: Support for Flash and HTML5 playback Support for listed types of videos into Spider Video Player: Http: You can provide the URL of the video and its HD version (UrlHD) in the video player or select it from the uploaded videos. (Note: Please provide direct link to the video and not the page containing the video) YouTube: You can embed YouTube links. Both Flash and HTML5 are supported. Vimeo: You can embed Vimeo link. Only HTML5 is supported. rtmp: You can fill in the Flash Media Server (FMS) URL of the video for the video player along with the regular URL and UrlHD (HD version). Thumbnails can be added for each video in WordPress Video Player, including Vimeo and YouTube videos .These will represent the video within the video player library There is also an option for adding a thumbnail for the entire video playlist. Spider video WordPress Player has wonderful flash effects. You can add several video players in one page with different themes and playlists. With Spider video player you can have unlimited playlists with unlimited number of videos. The list of other features includes: Multiple playlists for each video player. Possibility to add tags for each video. Parameters for sorting videos and creating video playlists. Customizable height and width of the video player. You can also define the video size adjustment options for the library view Video player full screen mode Multiple different playback options to choose from (auto play, auto next song, etc.) Options to set the transparency level of video player buttons. Options to set the position and colors of video control buttons on the video player Fully enhanced Themes section Customizable color features for library, videos and frames background color Shuffle and repeat videos within the playlists of the video player. Possibility to display the player both in Video/playlist mode and Library mode (where library can host multiple playlists). HTML5 version of the Player has support for .mp4, .ogg and .webm format files, as well as YouTube and Vimeo videos, whereas for Flash option, there are extra file formats (plus YouTube videos) Quick switch to the library and back to the playlist view Shortcodes for adding large playlists or single videos for pages and posts 7 fully customizable default themes HD button support in the front end for switching to the HD version of the video by the site users Video Player embedding feature Social media sharing buttons- Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Positioning options for the playlist (left/right) Playlist out settings Support for required/not required tags for each video Additional options for editing the columns/rows for the library, as well as its text size Drag and drop support for changing the sequence of the control buttons Animation type options for the Flash player load Format priority for the videos (Flash/HTML5 based on device) Option of changing control bar position (up/down) Upgrade to WordPress Player Pro to add features: Possibility to remove WebDorado watermark from the player, as well as possibility to add custom Watermark with Flash videos. Spider video WordPress Player has wonderful flash effects. You can add several video players in one page with different themes and playlists. With Spider video player you can have unlimited playlists with unlimited number of videos. IMPORTANT: If you think you found a bug in Spider Video Player or have any problem/question concerning the plugin, please check out Support Forum in our website. If you do not find a solution here, do not hesitate to contact us at info@web-dorado.com. Supported languages If you need language which is not included in this list, please contact us and we will do the translation within 3 days. If you find any mistakes in the translation, please contact us and we will make relevant corrections within 3 days. Afrikaans (af) Albanian (sq) Arabic (ar) Armenian (hy_AM) Belarusian (be_BY) Bulgarian (bg_BG) Catalan (ca) Chinese, Simplified (zh_CN) Croatian (hr) Czech (cs_CZ) Danish (da_DK) Dutch (nl_NL) Esperanto (eo_EO) Estonian (et) Finnish (fi) French (fr_FR) Galician (gl_ES) Georgian (ka_GE) German (de_DE) Greek (el) Hebrew (he_IL) Hindi (hi_IN) Hungarian (hu_HU) Indonesian (id_ID) Italian (it_IT) Japanese (ja) Korean (ko_KR) Latvian (lv) Lithuanian (lt_LT) Macedonian (mk_MK) Malay (ms_MY) Maltese (mt_MT) Norwegian (nb_NO) Persian (fa_IR) Polish (pl_PL) Portuguese (pt_PT) Russian (ru_RU) Romanian (ro_RO) Serbian (sr_RS) Slovak (sk_SK) Spanish (es_ES) Swedish (sv_SE) Tamil (ta) Thai (th) Turkish (tr_TR) Ukrainian (uk_UA) Vietnamese (vi) Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 1 = Installing Spider Video Player = 1.1 Minimum requirements of Spider Video WordPress Player . WordPress 3.0+ PHP 5.x MySQL 5.x 1.2 Perform a new installation of Spider Video Player. Login to your WordPress site administrator panel and head over the ‘Plugins’ menu Click ‘Add New’ Choose the ‘Upload’ option Click Choose file (Browse) and select the Spider Video Player zip file. For Mac Users Go to your Downloads folder and locate the folder with the Spider Event Calendar. Right-click on the folder and select Compress. Now you have a newly created .zip file which can be installed as described here. Click Install Now button. Once it is complete, activate the plugin. If any problem occurs with Spider Video Player, please contact us at info@web-dorado.com. If you want to update the Spider Video Player plugin while preserving your existing data, you need to deactivate and delete the Spider Video Player from the list of installed plugins (Do not uninstall it using the Uninstall Video Player option of the plugin, otherwise you will lose your initial data) and install the new plugin. Once the plugin is activated, you’ll notice a menu on the left called “Video Player”. Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 2 Adding Tags to Spider WordPress Video Player The Tag is a custom parameter of videos by which you can search videos while creating playlists. Here are some examples of Tags: Year, Date, Artist, Album, Genre, Location, Country, Section etc. 2.1 On the left menu select Video Player > Tags 2.2 In the upper left corner click on the “Add Tag” button for adding tags to Spider Video Player. 2.3 Name. Define a name for the tag for a Spider Video Player (e.g. Artist). 2.4 Required. Choose if the tag has to be defined for each video added or not in Spider Video Player. 2.5 Published. Choose whether to publish the tag or not in Spider Video Player. Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 3 = Adding Videos to Spider Video Player = 3.1 On the left menu select Video Player > Videos 3.2 In the upper left corner click on the “Add video” button to Spider Video Player. 3.3 Title. Add a title for the video 3.4 Type * http: Select the video (URL) and its HD version (UrlHD). You can provide the URL of the video or select it from the uploaded videos of Spider Video Player. * youtube: Provide the youtube link to the video in the URL field. * rtmp: Fill in the Flash Media Server (FMS) URL of the video along with the regular URL and UrlHD (HD version). 3.5 Thumb. Select an image for the video thumbnail out of the uploaded images. Use the “Remove Image” option to remove the selected image. 3.6 Tags. Fill in the available tags for your video in Spider Video Player (see Step 2 for adding tags). Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 4 = Creating Playlists in Spider Video Player = 4.1 On the left menu select Video Player > Playlists 4.2 In the upper left corner click on the “Add playlist” button. 4.3 Title. Choose a title for the playlist in Spider Video Player. 4.4 Videos. Use the “Add” button to add videos to your playlist from the list of existing videos. 4.5 Thumb. Select a thumbnail image for the playlist. Use the “Remove Image” option to remove the selected image. Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 5 = Creating Themes in Spider Video Player = 5.1 General Parameters of a theme in Spider Video Player 5.1.1 On the left menu select Video Player > Themes 5.1.2 In the upper right corner click on the “Add a Theme” button. 5.1.3 Title of theme. Choose a title for the theme. 5.1.4 Width of player. Define the width of the video player. 5.1.5 Height of player. Define the height of the video player. 5.1.6 Start with. Define the mode of the player at start (Video or Playlist). 5.1.7 Show Track Id. Choose whether to show the sequential number of the track in the playlist. 5.1.7 Auto hide time. Define how long the control bar and the playlist stay on screen while being inactive. 5.1.8 Keep aspect ratio. Choose whether to keep the original aspect ratio of the video player or not. 5.1.9 Control bar over video. Choose whether the control bar appears on the video area of the player or above/below the player. 5.1.10 Watermark image. You can add an image to appear as a watermark on the screen. 5.1.11 Watermark position. Choose a position for the watermark image for WordPress Video Plugin. 5.1.12 Watermark size. Select a size for the watermark image for Spider Video Player. 5.1.13 Watermark margin. Select the distance between the watermark image and the edge of the player window. 5.1.14 Watermark transparency. Select the transparency level for the watermark image for Spider Video Player. 5.2 Style Parameters of Spider Video [WordPress Player](https://web-dorado.com/products/wordpress-player.html) 5.2.1 Center button transparency. Define the transparency level of the play/pause button at the center of the screen (‘0’ for complete transparency). 5.2.2 Background color. Choose the main background color of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.3 Video background color. Choose the color of the video background of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.4 Frames background color. Choose the background color of the control bar and the playlist. 5.2.5 Frames background transparency. Define the transparency level of the control bar and the playlist. 5.2.6 Control buttons main color. Select the color of the control buttons of Spider Video Player. 5.2.7 Control buttons hover color. Select the color of the hovered control buttons of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.8 Control buttons transparency. Select the transparency level of the control buttons of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.9 Sliders color. Select the color of the sliders of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.10 Hovered item background color. Choose what color a playlist item gets when being pointed on by the mouse cursor. 5.2.11 Selected item background color. Choose what color an item gets after being selected. 5.2.12 Text color. Select the default text color for the player. 5.2.13 Hovered text color. Select the color for the hovered text of WordPress Video Player Plugin. 5.2.14 Selected text color. Choose the color of the selected text of the Spider Video Player. 5.2.15 Loading animation type. Choose what animation is being shown while loading the video of the Spider Video Player. 5.3 Playback Parameters 5.3.1 Auto play. Choose whether the player automatically starts the playback on page opening or not. 5.3.2 Auto next song. Choose whether player automatically switches to the next track in the playlist when the previous one is finished or not. 5.3.3 Auto next album. Choose whether Video Player automatically switches to the next playlists when the previous one is finished or not. 5.3.4 Default volume. Define the default sound volume of the player. 5.3.5 Repeat. Choose whether the player repeats the current track or the whole playlist by default or not. * Off: Do not repeat * One: Repeat the current track * All: Repeat the whole playlist 5.3.6 Shuffle. Choose whether Video Player shuffles the tracks by default or not. 5.3.7 Control bar auto hide. Enable or disable control bar auto hide of the Spider Video Player. 5.4 Playlist and Library Parameters of the Spider Video Player 5.4.1 Playlist position. Choose whether the playlist appears on the left or on the right side of the player. 5.4.2 Width of playlist. Define the width of the playlist. 5.4.3 Playlist over video. Choose whether the Playlist appears on the video area or at the left/right side of it. 5.4.4 Open Playlist at Start. Choose whether to automatically open the playlist after starting the player. 5.4.5 Playlist auto hide. Enable or disable the option of automatically hiding the playlist. 5.4.6 Playlist text size. Define the size of the playlist text. 5.4.7 Library columns. Define the number of columns in the library. 5.4.8 Library rows. Define the number of rows in the library. 5.4.9 Library list text size. Define the size of the text in the library list. 5.4.10 Library details text size. Define the size of the text in the library details. 5.5 Video Control Parameters of the Spider Video Player 5.5.1 Play/pause on click. Enable or disable play/pause by clicking on the player screen. 5.5.2 Play/pause by space key. Enable or disable play/pause of the Spider Video Player by pressing the ‘space’ key. 5.5.3 Volume control by mouse scroll. Enable or disable sound volume control of the Spider Video Player through the mouse scroll. 5.5.4 Control bar position. Choose whether the control bar is at the top or at the bottom of the WordPress Video Plugin window. 5.5.5 Buttons order on control bar. Select the order of buttons on the control of the Spider Video Player bar by dragging and dropping them from one position to another. Click on a button to enable/disable it. Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 6 = Adding a player = 6.1 On the left menu select. Video Player > Spider Video Player. 6.2 In the upper left corner click on the “Add player” button. 6.3 Priority. Choose if you want to add a Flash or HTML5 player. Note that if the device (e.g. mobile phone) does not support Flash, the player will automatically switch to HTML5 mode (videos of unsupported formats will not be displayed). 6.4 Title. Choose a title for the player. 6.5 Select Theme. Select a theme from the existing list. 6.6 Playlist. Use the “Add” button to add playlist to your player. Spider Video Player Step by step guide Step 7 = Publishing the created player = To insert a player into a Page or a Post. 7.1. Press the button named Insert Spider Video Player in a post or a page you want to show the player. 7.2. Select a player from the list and click on the Insert button. Single Video 7.3 Select a Video. Select the video you want to publish. 7.4 Select a Theme. Select a theme to be applied to the player. 7.5 Priority. Choose if you want to add a Flash or HTML5 player. Note that if the device (e.g. mobile phone) does not support Flash, the player will automatically switch to HTML5 mode (videos of unsupported formats will not be displayed). 7.6 Click on the Insert button. 7.7 Save the page or post. Alternatively, you can use Spider Video Player without the button on the toolbar: Add the shortcode [Spider_Video_Player id=”N”] (where N is the id of the player, for the player with id=2, the shortcode must be [Spider_Video_Player id=”2″]) to the pages and posts, where you want the player to appear. For a single video, the shortcode is the following: [Spider_Single_Video track=”Video ID” theme_id=”Theme ID” priority=”0/1″], where Video ID should be replaced with the ID number of the video and Theme ID should be replaced with the ID number of the theme. The value of the priority parameter can be either “0” for Flash or “1” for HTML5 player.