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How to sort your videos while showcasing them on your website and apps?
How to sort your videos while showcasing them on your website and apps?
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Written by Selva Mani
Updated over a year ago

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:

  1. By Title A-Z: Alphabetical order

  2. By Publish date: The date that the content was published on the platform

  3. 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:

  • 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
By Publish date

Video

Show

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Video

Playlist

By Title A-Z
By Publish date
Default Playlist content order

Show

Show

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Show

Category

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Movie

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Show

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Playlist

By Title A-Z
By Publish date
Default Playlist content order

Playlist

Playlist

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

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
By Publish date

Video

Show

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Video

Latest videos

By Publish date

Video

Playlist

By Title A-Z
By Publish date
Default Playlist content order

Show

Category

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Movie

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Show

By Title A-Z
By Publish date

Movie

Playlist

By Title A-Z
By Publish date
Default Playlist content order

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
By Publish date

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
By Publish date
Default Playlist content order

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.

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