With a showcase, you can organize videos together to share publicly or privately. A showcase is a great way to distribute a collection of videos to any audience. And with password-protection, you can control exactly who gets to see each one.
A Basic member can:
- Create up to three (3) showcases
- Share publicly or privately with a password
Here's what you can do if you upgrade your membership:
Plus
- Create unlimited showcases
- Share publicly or privately (via a password or on your website only)
- Embed your showcase as a playlist
Pro, Business, Premium, and Enterprise
- Create unlimited showcases
- Share publicly or privately (via a password or on your website only)
- Embed your showcase as a playlist
- Customize your showcase's appearance and theme
- Choose your own layout
- Add a custom logo
- Choose accent colors to match your brand
- Allow/disallow downloads
- Create a TV app (Roku channel and Amazon Fire TV app)
- Customize your showcase's domain
Business, Premium, and Enterprise
- Optimize your public showcases with SEO
Enterprise
- Livestream privately to Showcases
You can navigate to and manage your showcases in the left navigation panel of your Video Manager, below your folders.
You’ll also be able to find your showcases by hovering over your profile image, clicking the “Showcases” tab and selecting the appropriate page from the accompanying window.
Creating a showcase
Your Video Manager is the hub for everything you’re working on, including showcases. To create a new showcase, head to your Video Manager, hover over your profile image in the top navigation bar and click “Videos,” and then “Showcase” in the left sidebar. In the new window, click the plus sign (+) next to the "Showcase" header to start building a new showcase. You’ll be taken to a new page where you can input the name and description of your showcase, as well as set its privacy level.
You’ll also be able to edit any showcase you create from your Video Manager.
To create a showcase from the homepage, scroll down to showcases and click the “+” sign.
From there you’ll be taken to a page where you can input the showcase’s title and description, choose the privacy setting, and add in the videos you’d like to include in your showcase. While your videos can’t appear in more than one folder, you can add videos to more than one showcase.
Adding videos
To add a video to a showcase, head to the Video Manager, then click on Showcase in the left navigation panel. Open the showcase you would like to start with then press the grey “+ Add Video” button and select the content you would like to add to the showcase from the lightbox. Then press the blue “Add” button to save your changes.
You can also add videos to your showcase from your Video Manager. To do so, click on “All videos” then select the videos you would like to add to a showcase. Click on “Add to showcases” and choose the specific showcase in the pop-up lightbox window.
Arranging videos
To arrange videos within a showcase, hover the cursor over your profile picture, click “Showcases” then open the showcase you’d like to arrange. In the drop-down menu above your videos, select the drag and drop option to arrange the videos in the order of your choosing.
You can also arrange your videos in the settings page of your showcase under either the "Info & Privacy" or "Assets" tab.
Removing videos
If you decide you don’t want a video in your showcase, go to your “Showcases” tab from the Video Manager and select the showcase you would like to remove videos from. Under the "Assets" tab, click on the three dots to the right of the video you would like to remove and select “Remove” from the dropdown menu.
💡Removing a video from a showcase won’t remove the video from your Video Manager.
Customizing your showcase
Vimeo Pro, Business, and Premium members will also be able to customize their showcases to reflect the identity of their brand, project, or presentation.
Once you’ve created your showcase, you’ll be able to choose from two layout templates, select from a light or dark theme, add or remove Vimeo branding, upload a custom logo, choose an accent color, and allow or disable downloads, among other options.
Just go to your showcase then click on the “Web” tab below “Destinations” in the left-hand panel to make your changes. To the right of the settings menu, you'll see a preview of your showcase.
In addition to the Layout, you can set a custom domain for your showcase by selecting the Domain tab at the top. This allows you to either customize a Vimeo URL or connect your showcase to an existing domain that you already own. Read more on this below.
Interaction tools in showcases
Any video interaction tools (such as end screens, cards, and email capture) that you previously added will now be shown within your showcase to facilitate audience engagement. Once you’ve shared your showcase, your viewers will see your interaction tools when viewing the showcase (in the image below, the interaction tool is an email capture form set to display before the start of the video).
Showcase thumbnails
By default, the cover of a showcase will consist of the video thumbnails from the three first videos inside that showcase. You can edit the thumbnail shown by clicking on “Assets” in the left panel then “Edit Thumbnail.” From here, you can manually select a frame from a video in your showcase, generate a thumbnail at random, or upload a custom image file.
Showcase Privacy
You can designate a showcase’s privacy under the “Info & Privacy” tab by choosing “Password” when creating your showcase. If you’d like to change a showcase’s privacy later, just go to your Video Manager, click Showcases in the left-hand sidebar, select the showcase you want to edit, then visit the “Info & Privacy” tab and open the dropdown menu that appears below the privacy header. All videos within this showcase can now be shared securely.
If you add a private video to a showcase, what happens with that video depends on the privacy settings of your showcase. Putting a private video in a public showcase does not make the video public. Only you will be able to see the video within the showcase.
If you add a private video to a password-protected showcase, anyone with the password to the showcase will be able to watch any private videos within it, without having to enter any additional passwords. This method is great if you want to share groups of private videos to a specific audience.
Setting your showcase to "hide from Vimeo" will allow you to embed a playlist, but your showcase won't be viewable on vimeo.com (best for users only looking to embed their videos).
Sharing a showcase
Go to your Video Manager and click "Showcases" on the left sidebar then select the showcase you would like to share. On the right-hand side of the page, above the videos that appear in the showcase, you’ll see a Share button. Click on the button to open the dropdown menu, then select “Share”. A lightbox will appear with options to get a link to share on social media, or input email addresses and send to recipients that way.
Customizing a showcase domain
As a Vimeo Pro, Business, or Premium member, you can use a custom domain for your Showcase. Vimeo now supports the ability to add another layer of security to your connected custom domain with HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure).
HTTPS transmits its data security using an encrypted connection, ensuring that the connection to your domain is encrypted, and preventing potential attackers from accessing or impersonating your site. When you connect to an HTTPS-secured server, secure sites will automatically redirect you to the HTTPS version.
To set up a custom domain for your Showcase, you can use a domain that you already own (https://my-rad-site.com), set up a subdomain on your existing website (https://showcase.my-rad-site.com), or purchase a new domain to use (https://my-new-site.com).
- Set up your domain – Purchase a domain from a registrar such as DreamHost.com, name.com, or 1and1.com. Alternately, you can set up a subdomain on your existing site. (Contact your registrar or hosting service for instructions.)
- Update your CNAME Record or A Record – If you want your showcase to live on a subdomain (https://showcase.my-rad-site.com), you will need to follow your registrar's instructions for updating your CNAME Record so that it points to vimeoshowcase.com. If you want your showcase to live on your main domain (https://my-rad-site.com), follow your domain registrar’s instructions to set the domain’s A-Record to 34.67.129.45.
If you currently have an HTTP connection set up, it will stay connected to your Showcase. If you’d like to use HTTPS, you’ll need to update the DNS records on your domain provider’s end. You will find the DNS records to update on your domain provider’s end below:- CNAME: vimeoshowcase.com
- A Record: 34.67.129.45
Note: It may take up to 72 hours for these changes to take effect.
- Update your showcase settings – In your Showcase Settings, enter your domain or subdomain by navigating to Web > Domain > Connect a domain you already own.
- Test your new showcase domain – Open a new browser window and navigate to the domain or subdomain you just set up. You should now see your Showcase! If you don't see it, and it has been more than 72 hours since you updated your CNAME or A-Record, contact your domain registrar for further assistance.
Troubleshooting Your Custom Domain Connection
If you’re having trouble connecting your custom domain, there are a number of factors that could be contributing to the issue. The most common causes are:
- Your domain is expired. The first thing you’ll want to do is check with your domain registrar to ensure that your domain is still active and registered with them before continuing. Then, ensure the domain is disconnected from your Showcase, and attempt to connect it again.
- We were unable to issue an SSL certificate to your domain. Sometimes certificates aren’t able to be issued for a number of reasons. We recommend trying to disconnect the domain from your Showcase, then attempting to reconnect it, before completing further troubleshooting.
SEO Support
Vimeo Business and above level members can use our search engine optimization (SEO) tool to help their Showcase websites and social shares get discovered by new audiences online. Without SEO, the only way for new viewers to find your showcases is via a direct link. However, if you opt into allowing Google to index your public showcases, they will become discoverable via search query, and gain a wider viewership.
Additionally, whenever you share your Showcase to a social platform now, you should see your Showcase’s description below its title, instead of messaging about Vimeo.
Watching a showcase
When a viewer opens your showcase page, they can click any video inside the showcase to watch it. Clicking a video’s title will bring them to a page inside the showcase where they can view the video by itself in a larger player.
When viewing a video, there is an option on the right side of the page to "Autoplay next video" with a list of the following videos in the showcase below it. Leaving this switch toggled on will play the next video in the showcase as soon as the current video concludes.
If a viewer wants to locate a specific video within the showcase, they can use the search function towards the top right corner of the showcase to find the video.
There is currently no way to automatically loop from the end of the showcase to the first video in the showcase, so you may want to advise your viewers to start at the beginning of the showcase.
iOS and Android apps
You can also view and share showcases from the Vimeo app for Android and iOS. Within each app, visit the home tab (“Home” on Android and the Vimeo logo on iOS) and scroll all the way down to view the showcases on your account. From the app, you’ll be able to view and share any showcase; however, you will not be able to create a new showcase or edit existing ones.
TV apps
Showcases cannot be viewed or shared to the Vimeo app found on TV devices (Apple TV, Roku, SamsungTV, etc). However, Vimeo members who are Pro and above can insert Showcases into custom-created Roku channels and Amazon Fire TV apps. For more information on setting up a custom app or channel, please visit this article.