azab2c
November 5, 2022, 4:11pm
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This Topic is mostly focused on amplifying impact of V1E related videos
Just a quick test of this video page. There are not many options to do this sort of thing, this one is $6 a month. I will be tweaking it a bit and moving it around but there are sections that contain each playlist I can set how many to show and at the bottom of each section is a page list.
Seems to take a second for it to load.
The old way is the playlist use to show a sidebar but youtube took that option away.
Videos – V1 Engineering Inc
Noticed (from inspecting HTML) you’re evaluating using Shopify App YouTube Video Gallery by Elfsight
It’s slow (they do tons of redundant api requests), and layout doesn’t meet some of the curated/sortable/filter requirements mentioned in .
But is better than existing page imo, and can be cancelled anytime if doing monthly plan?
Is there a way to measure the video page’s impact, does Shopify or the gallery shopify app share any visitor/usage stats that’ll help you determine whether it’s worth the cost?
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azab2c
November 5, 2022, 4:29pm
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Video mentions in broader topic:
#1 by vicious13d - ...g more speed runs and prove it can beat/match/keep up with most of these builds for far less money? Video s? I don’t want to frustrate new users if they can not immediately get the kinds of speeds I can, it... #7 by truglodite3d - ...more expensive than mpcnc) that haven’t even heard of mpcnc and would be impressed. Some comparison video s to those cnc’s would be nice. How do you get both machines in the hands of an influencer? For the... #9 by JEsweden2d - Add more official video s/gallery. Add a couple of ”easy” projects (like a no screw/glue shop chair. Steps for CAD to CAM to... #10 by JohnSherman2d - ...ith machinery/computers/abilities since I got into the adult world…40+ years ago. You have seen the video s of my cnc’s running in posts. Pushing the limits is good IMO. Might I suggest a competition much l... #14 by Neilp2d - I actually, literally, just upgraded my 4 year old phone so I can take better video for my YouTube channel. It’s (going to be) a woodworking channel, but did plan to showcase various... #17 by kvcummins2d - ...r specialized experience and existing machinist tools. Granted, it’s fun to have some of the latter video s, to show what’s possible , but focus should be on the former, to show what’s expected . Hell, I mi... #18 by vicious12d - ...long as it is stated I would still like to see the numbers, but you are right probably not for the video playlist. #19 by olijouve2d - ...https://forum.v1e.com/t/new-machine-licensing/32243/36 I know you’re not comfortable with video but maybe taking a marketing or social network student intern/trainee could help you. Rich video co... #20 by Autonomous2d - ...8 https://forum.v1e.com/t/madgrizzles-robot/15155/32 Maybe ask if people have or can make video s of their projects to post on Instagram, Twitter, website blog, etc. #35 by vicious12d - ...d make it better. I am good with that. Figure out some incentives to make some more social posts or video s for everyone is the major point I will be working on. The crown is cool for step one, but we need... #37 by jeffeb32d - ...ng, or breaks down some barriers to entry? More appealing: Demos, media, makers making entertaining video s that makes the process fun to watch. Competitions. Projects with instructions and source files. Al... #39 by turbomacncheese2d - ...ld be. I think, even if it’s the designer/engineer/head-marketer/sole-proprietor making the claims, video is video , results are results. You can make flagship video s with known specs and construction to sh... #42 by vicious12d - ...I see ways to make a bit easier. jeffeb3: More appealing: Demos, media, makers making entertaining video s that makes the process fun to watch. Competitions. Projects with instructions and source files. Al... #46 by turbomacncheese2d - vicious1: I think we are all adults and can not be bummed if I do not feature your video . Love love this. Maybe you could have an ongoing vote thread. Link a video in each post, lock it do... #48 by Autonomous1d - ...rtable lowrider 3 at one or more makerspaces and run through a couple of demo projects while making video s. I am totally down for this and I think there are number of other participants in the V1 forum who... #53 by aaronse1d - ...Partner starts build, sharing progress on pre-agreed schedule. V1E Partner shares their build pics/video , packages and send build to Customer. Funds covering labor cost (fixed rate for stock build, pre ag... #55 by DuffyNW1d - vicious1: Leader board??? That sounds fun, reset the scores every couple months to get fresh video s. To me this is a good option, combating marketing with proof. After you look at the legality of th... #59 by Darwin1d - I was reading through this and something made me think “There’s a video section on the site?” And there’s one of my video s! Fantastic! Getting more YouTube content from th... #60 by c00nphrog1d - ...hey will need to learn this, and may be part of the “business arena” that can be looked at. “How to video series” for a fee, etc. (though there are plenty out there on the youtubes already). NOW…I have jus... #61 by Neilp1d - I didn’t know about the video s section- Where is it? Thanks #62 by Darwin1d - https://www.v1engineering.com/video s/ There are only a couple of video s there. More content in the machine specific galleries. All are... #63 by aaronse1d - lol, been regularly visiting V1E since May and didn’t know there was a video section. When looking to at the page just now I also mistakenly thought there was just 3 video s. Sc... #66 by Neilp1d - I went there earlier and saw 3 video s Definitely needs improvement and to put them high visibility. Some great video s in there! #67 by vicious11d - ...t it themselves. DuffyNW: After you look at the legality of this and provide a waiver for submitted video s a leader board on a couple categories would be great. Leaderboards are fine, contests are where I... #75 by vicious120h - ...couldnt even find a good clip on YT to show a friend what I was gonna build) There are thousands of video s. There are even some from me. I have them all linked here. If you were looking here and YouTube wh... #83 by vicious112h - Just a quick test of this video page. There are not many options to do this sort of thing, this one is $6 a month. I will be tweaki... #84 by vicious112h - Those video s get updated anytime I add one to the playlist. Newest to the first in line. Worth $6/mo? #85 by Neilp11h - If they are linked to your personal YouTube account, just make everyone watch every video once a month, like and subscribe, and monetize it. #89 by aaronse14m - ...want to push forward on? e.g https://forum.v1e.com/t/moving-the-business-forward-website-video -improvements/35124 Compilation of video related suggestions/thoughts (Not complete, will need to dig thru main Topic for full context):
So since I am horrible with the videos, should I start offering something for videos?
There are a lot of folks who are starting small side businesses with those low end over seas cnc’s (yet far more expensive than mpcnc) that haven’t even heard of mpcnc and would be impressed. Some comparison videos to those cnc’s would be nice. How do you get both machines in the hands of an influencer?
For the maker market, maybe post stls/info on more maker sites, YT craft influencer videos, things like that. It’s worked so far but maybe there’s more width available there?
A quick comment about speed runs: try to shy away from heavily modified rigs. What you want to showcase is what the Average Joe™ can slap together in their garage, not what Garry Gearhead™ can tinker with and enhance using their specialized experience and existing machinist tools. Granted, it’s fun to have some of the latter videos, to show what’s possible , but focus should be on the former, to show what’s expected . Hell, I might be inspired to “finish” my build (or rebuild it as a Primo), to get some video of a low effort/low skill build.
I know you’re not comfortable with video but maybe taking a marketing or social network student intern/trainee could help you.
I think, even if it’s the designer/engineer/head-marketer/sole-proprietor making the claims, video is video, results are results. You can make flagship videos with known specs and construction to show what’s possible as advertised and disclaim and end-user’s mechanical abilities, printer squareness, pla quality, tubing straightness, or whatever, then point to a repository of community videos (like your YouTube playlist).
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vicious1
November 5, 2022, 5:04pm
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It can.
The only other choice is a custom script that shows basically what was already there and a side bar that used to be there. javascript - How to embed a youtube playlist with a sidebar - Stack Overflow
Beyond that it is hand picking and I do not have time to keep that current.
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vicious1
November 5, 2022, 5:06pm
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no, not really.
I am going to try to link more stand out videos in other places but that is a bit tricky. Ever seen “The MPCNC makes coffee” it can get outdated pretty fast.
azab2c
November 5, 2022, 7:48pm
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@jeffeb3 @vicious1 Are there any existing scheduled tasks (cron jobs) that build the V1E website daily/weekly? Or do you have to manually kick off an update when docs/code is changed? Or, does the site auto update when changes are merged-to, or edited in the main branch?
Looks like V1E is a static site generated based on https://github.com/V1EngineeringInc/…/mkdocs.yml using mkdocs .
Reason I ask…
One option for having control over being able to have a fast loading page, and fulfill all the video requirements previously mentioned is to generate video index/metadata at website build time. Then have a page query and render the desired video User Experience. Hopefully someone familiar with mkdocs can chime in on whether executing scripts (e.g. python/javascript) during website build is possible/straight forward to implement, integrate and maintain?
Depending on how, and how often the static website content is generated, another option is to decouple generating the video index/metadata. For example, create a scheduled task (e.g cloud function) that periodically runs. The task executes YouTube APIs (using secret API Key for API access) to generate video index/metadata that some v1e.com/.../videos page will GETs when loaded by the User’s browser.
YouTube APIs require an API key (that gets throttled/billed…) that needs to be kept secret, only available to V1E Admin. Guessing an ancillary V1E repo containing these scripts and API key makes sense?
vicious1
November 5, 2022, 8:42pm
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That only builds the Docs side of the site. It builds anytime we merge an update.
Currently the main site is wordpress, and the shop is shopify. Soon, like next couple of days I hope. The main site will all be on shopify and the Docs will stay the same. The goal is to get rid of the wordpress side and make it a slightly more cohesive experience.
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vicious1
November 5, 2022, 9:10pm
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Nothing special built into the new theme and that page looks especially lame. I can’t change the width.
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