Video with text

Available in Whisk versions 4.1.0 and greater

Settings

First section

When this section is the first one at the top of the page, make sure this box is checked. It loads any animated text immediately so it's a better experience for the customer.

Cover image

Select an image that will show on the page before the visitor clicks the play button to watch the video. If there is no cover image, the video thumbnail image will show instead.

Width (desktop)

Choose how wide you want the video to be on desktop. It will automatically fill the width of the screen on mobile. 

Video placement (desktop)

Choose to show the video on the left or right side of the section. The video will automatically be above the text on mobile.

Make video extend over the bottom edge of the container

When this box is checked, the video will overlap the bottom edge of the section. When unchecked, the image will fit into the section with equal spacing around it.

Enable video looping

Loop video so that it restarts playing as soon as it finishes.

Shopify-hosted video

Video

Upload a video to Shopify here to show in this section. These videos can be of any aspect ratio and they will display in their native aspect ratio.

Embed video from URL

Video URL

The full URL of the video from either Vimeo or YouTube. If there is also a video uploaded through Shopify-hosted video, that video will take precedence and display instead of any video here.

Video aspect ratio

The aspect ratio for the YouTube or Vimeo video

Video alt text

Describe the video to make it accessible for customers using screen readers.

Text settings

Text animation

See the documentation for text animations for more details.

Color scheme

Choose from one of the theme's color schemes as the background for the section.

Text alignment (desktop or mobile)

Choose left, center, or right text alignment.

Color underneath section

See our documentation on Color underneath sections to learn more about how to use this setting. This is only relevant when the image is extended below the bottom container.

Section spacing

(Whisk 5.0.0 and above)

Adjust top and bottom padding within the section.

Add space above or below

(Whisk 4.3.1 and below)

Depending on the sections that are above or below this section, you may want to add some extra space for a more pleasing layout.

Blocks

Heading

Heading font style will be the heading font chosen in Typography/Theme settings.

Heading

The text for the block.

Heading size

Select the size of the text for the heading.

Subheading

Subheading font style will be the accent font chosen in Typography/Theme settings.

Subheading

The text for the block.

Subheading size

Select the size of the text for the heading.

Make text bold

Check this box to make the subheading text bold.

Text

Text will be the body font chosen in Typography/Theme settings.

Text

The text for the block.

Text size

Select the size of the text.

Make text bold

Check this box to make the text bold, which can be helpful for legibility on a transparent background.

Buttons

Buttons will be automatically colored based on the color scheme chosen as the text box background. The following applies to both Button 1 & Button 2.

Button label

The text for the button. To hide either of the buttons, leave the label for that button blank. 

Button link

Add a link to the page you want the button to lead to. If it's a page outside of the store, make sure it's the full URL with "https://".

Image

Image

Upload the image you want to use in the block.

Image max width

This will be the width of the image in px unless it's too wide to fit the screen, then it will default to full width and scale with the screen size so it's never cut off.

Image text

If your image includes imbedded text, add that text here so that it can be picked up by screen readers for accessibility, and by Google for better search results.

Make image text h2 heading

If your image has text and is being used as the title for the section, check this box. This also benefit s accessibility and SEO.

Link

Link text

The text label for the link.

Link URL

The url that the link will go to.

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