Sorting videos in a logical and intuitive way can make it easier for users to navigate through your website and find what they're interested in.
Moreover, you can highlight certain videos by sorting videos in a particular way, For instance, the latest episode of a show can be made to appear first to draw more attention to it.
Overall, sorting videos while listing them on a website can help improve the user experience, make it easier for users to find what they're looking for, and increase the content's visibility and traffic.
You can sort your content in the following:
By Title A-Z: Alphabetical order
By Publish date: The date that the content was published on the platform
Default Playlist content order: Content order you have arranged on the playlist.
Important note:
Content is sorted alphabetically if no sorting is selected.
How to add a listing and add the sorting:
First, decide how you will showcase your content, - a grid listing or a horizontal listing
Then go about selecting what type of content you want to showcase. You can list videos, playlists, movies, or even shows in a listing.
Now, decide how you want to sort them.
The following tables can be helpful for you to select the relevant listing content for your app and website
Horizontal listing sort options:
Individual listings can be sorted based on the option selected on the platform.
Content-Type | Group By Content | Available Sort By options |
Video | Video | By Title A-Z |
Video | Show | By Title A-Z |
Video | Playlist | By Title A-Z |
Show | Show | By Title A-Z |
Show | Category | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Movie | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Show | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Playlist | By Title A-Z |
Playlist | Playlist | By Title A-Z |
Grid listing sort options:
Similar to horizontal listings, Grid listing can be sorted based on the option selected on the platform.
Content-Type | Group By Content | Available Sort By |
Video | Video | By Title A-Z |
Video | Show | By Title A-Z |
Video | Latest videos | By Publish date |
Video | Playlist | By Title A-Z |
Show | Category | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Movie | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Show | By Title A-Z |
Movie | Playlist | By Title A-Z |
Grid listing Special cases:
Different Playlists/Shows were mapped and listed on the same page.
Here there are two sorting options available
Sorting Shows/Playlists listed on the main page of the grid listing
Sorting videos within the Show/Playlist:
a) Shows/Playlists listed on the main page of the grid listing-
The Shows/Playlist listed on the main page of the grid listing can be re-arranged using the drag-and-drop option. Once the order is updated you need to select the save button to save the changes. They will not be saved automatically here.
For example: In the below screenshot, you can see the shows were sorted Alphabetically. If you want to list the shows/Playlist based on popularity, you can simply drag and drop to reorder them.
b) Sorting videos within the Show/Playlist:
Unlike the other sorting option, this sort option will be used to sort the videos listed within the Show/Playlist of the Grid listing.
Show Grid listing explanation:
Content-Type | Group By Content | Available Sort By | Note |
Show | Show | By Title A-Z | Sort by works for the videos within the shows listed |
Playlist Grid listing explanation:
Content-Type | Group By Content | Available Sort By | Note |
Playlist | Playlist | By Title A-Z | Sort by works for the videos within the playlists listed on the main page. |
Additional use cases:
Recently added- You can sort by publish date for this section.
Recommended videos- You can sort by Playlist content order for this section.
All videos- You can sort by Alphabetical order for this section.