Article 4: Add or Manage Episodes on a Show Package
This article shows you how to add, delete, reorder, and control the visibility of an episode.
Episodes are created by uploading one or more videos either from your computer or from the Media Library. To save an episode, a teaser and hero image are required. For more details about how to edit the default data that is created in an episode, please see the Article 5: Edit an Episode.
In this article, episodes are added directly to the show. Please see the Article 8: Manage Seasons on a Show Package or the Article 9: Manage Groups on a Show Package for details about adding episodes to seasons or groups respectively.
Step 1: To add Episodes to your Show Package, open a show and click "upload videos" or "browse videos".
Click on "upload videos" if the videos are on your computer. Click on "browse videos" if the videos are in the media library.
Step 2: If you want to upload, click the "upload videos" button, and select one or more video files from your computer then click "Open".
Step 3: The video you uploaded is represented as an episode on the show.
Step 4: If you want to search for a video that is in the Media Library, click the "browse videos" button. Choose one or more videos by clicking the "green check mark" in the upper right corner, and then click the "attach selected" button.
Step 5: Each selected video is now represented on the show as an episode.
Step 6: In order to save the episode, a teaser and hero image are required. Select one of the episodes, add a teaser and click "done".
For more details on this feature, see Article 6: Upload or Browse Teaser / Hero Images for a Show Package or Episode.
Step 7: Repeat the same process for the Hero image.
Step 8: When you have both images in place, click "done".
Step 9: You are returned to the "SHOW" page where you will see the episode with the teaser you attached.
Step 10: Go through the process with the other two episodes and when you press, "done" on the third episode, you are returned to the "SHOW" page. You now see all episodes with the teaser images representing that episode.
Step 11: Click the "save" link.
In moments there will be a green box message stating that the show was saved. (The green box disappears after a few seconds). A grey draft badge now appears in the upper right corner.
Once a show has been saved with its episodes, it can be previewed by clicking on the "preview" button. This allows you to see the display results before committing to publishing it live. Article 10: Preview a Show Package or Episode explains this feature in detail.
Step 12: Show is saved and can be previewed.
Once a show has been saved with its episodes, it can be previewed by clicking on the "preview" button. This allows you to see the display results before committing to publishing it live. Article 10: Preview a Show Package or Episode explains this feature in detail.
Step 13: Click the "publish" button.
In moments there will be a green box message stating that the show was published. (The green box disappears after a few seconds). A green Live badge now appears in the upper right corner.
Step 14: To delete an episode, click the "check box" to the right of the episode, and press the "delete selected" button.
Step 15: Verify you want to delete.
Step 16: You see the episode has been deleted.
Step 17: To move an episode from one position to another in the group, click and drag a "grabber bar" for any episode to change it's position in the list.
After an episode is moved to a new position, note that the position number changes.
Step 18: Now you see the order of the episodes has changed; underwaterscenes is number three.
Step 19: To make an episode visible, toggle the "Visibility" switch to "ON".
When the show is published, only the episodes that are visible will display on the app or website.
Note: An episode is hidden when the thumbnail is greyed and visibility toggle is greyed and set to "OFF".
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