Video Card

This content type can allows you to embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo in a card format, with options for different background colours.

How to use

This content type can be used to load videos from YouTube or Vimeo onto your page.

The following URLS will display the video:

YouTube links

https://youtu.be/DbZALsDfLuU?feature=shared - share link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbZALsDfLuU - full URL

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbZALsDfLuU?si=CDXYoOAOwgbR3R8j - embed URL

Vimeo URL

https://vimeo.com/415806305

To add a video to your page, you will need to know the Video web address (URL), title and description.

The background colour is optional.

Video Card with Dark Grey Background.

This is a description about the video to introduce visitors to the content of the video. Our university is pulsing with people, energy and ideas. Discover more about our community of staff, students and alumni, and how one of the world’s great cities is home to one of the world’s great universities – Trinity College Dublin.

About Trinity

Video Card with Light Grey Background

This video card has a Light Grey background and is displaying a video from YouTube.

Video Card with No Background

This video card has no background. It is displaying a video from Vimeo.

Video card Content Type

ID: 332
Name: Video card
Description: Used to add video card to site.

The Video card content type will allow you to enter a YouTube or Vimeo ID and this will be rendered automatically.

Page layouts

This can be used on all page layouts but would advise full-width layouts.

Content Element Details

NameDescriptionSizeTypeRequired
NameThe Name Element80 CharactersPlain Texttrue
Video URLEnter Video URL.150 CharactersPlain Texttrue
TitleEnter the title150 CharactersPlain Texttrue
Screen Reader TitleA hidden title that will be read by screen readers. This should provide a concise and descriptive summary of the video content250 CharactersPlain Texttrue
DescriptionEnter Description 430 CharactersHtmltrue
Background ColourSelect colour from list80 CharactersSelect Boxfalse
Link Text80 CharactersPlain Textfalse
Internal Link80 CharactersSection/Content Linkfalse
External Link200 CharactersPlain Textfalse
Button colour80 CharactersSelect Boxfalse