Content Units
Getting started
Content units show videos from your library on your site in ready-made layouts: a player with thumbnails, a lightbox, a vertical video feed and more. You create and configure them in the CMS; your page only needs the embed code.
Content unit types
Unit | What it shows | In the CMS | Help Center |
|---|---|---|---|
Playlist | A player with a row of video thumbnails below it. | Content Units | |
Native | A player with a text panel beside it and an optional header. | Content Units | |
Mid-article | A player with a column of video thumbnails on the left or right. | Content Units | |
Simple | A player with a description panel that can stick to the top or bottom of the screen. | Content Units | |
Standard lightbox | Video thumbnails; a click opens the video in a popup player. | Content Units | https://helpdesk.target-video.com/standard-lightbox-content-unit- |
Vertical lightbox | Vertical video cards; a click opens the videos in a vertical player. | Vertical Units | |
OTT traffic driver | Video thumbnails that link to the videos on your OTT site. No player. | Content Units | |
Reels | A full-height, vertically scrolling video feed for a page of its own, plus optional thumbnail cards that link to it. | Vertical Units |
An overview of all types is in the Help Center: https://helpdesk.target-video.com/hc/en-us/articles/4416658174610-what-are-targetvideo-content-units
How content units work
In the CMS, a unit is built in steps: choose a player (not for Reels), choose the videos, set up the layout, and get the embed code.
The player chosen for the unit is the one used, with its skin, ads and autoplay settings, even if the embed code names a different player ID.
The embed code only names the unit. Its settings and videos are loaded when the page opens, so changes you make in the CMS apply without a new embed code.
Next steps
Content unit embed codes: the script, embed code and JavaScript access for each type.
Content unit parameters: each type’s settings, and how to override them in the embed code.