Hero Video and an "un-mute" button

[Will Taylor]

Hey Bill,

I totally understand your reasoning behind the Hero Videos being more of an aesthetic feature than a means to transmit content. However, I would love to see how it would look to have a 2 minute hero video that does give a brief overview of some content. Here at Southeastern, our students are used to having a reporter-feel video in front of them. (Here’s an example: https://vimeo.com/120181486) and I’m looking to replicate that on our site, not on our front page, but on 2 different resource pages. However, it’s really annoying to have sound play through speakers upon arriving on a site. Is it possible to have an “un-mute” button for a hero video? I know it’s a stretch, but if you could make that happen, I think it would work great for us.

[Bill Robbins]

Hello Will,

Great question. I believe we can do that. Here’s what to do:

1. Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress dashboard and choose Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose hero-options.php
3. Replace everything in the file with this:

   
   (Be sure to copy that code from the support site and not the notification email).

4. Save your changes.

I believe that will add in a mute button to the hero image videos for you. I gave it a quick trial on my computer and that seemed to do the trick. Let me know if you run into trouble.

Have a great week,
Bill

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