Displaying a clickable video

  • Sorry, but I am not sure exactly what version I am am on. The top of my admin screen says to upgrade to 4.1. I wanted to come here first and ask about doing that before I did it, because from what little I have gleaned about themes, they are not compatible with every update of WordPress. If you tell me how to find the version, I will report it here.
    My real question, however, relates to displaying a clickable video. This is the page I am having a problem with:

    https://www.prayingwithdavidjesusandpaul.com/

    I never see video boxes like this without seeing the start of the video that I am going to click on. Why doesn’t my media show the start of the video?
    The code for it is

    [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.prayingwithdavidjesusandpaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PrayingwithDavidJesusandPaul-Promov2.mp4"][/video]

    Also, while I hate web sites that have only tiny fonts–I don’t even bother with those because I can’ read them readily–I don’t know how I got such a ginormous font.
    Thanks for your help.

    Is there anything like a WordPress cookbook or a book that is like a programming book, which would walk me through all the things I can or might want to do? (Nothing very advanced.) Thanks.

    Ken

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  • Hi AJavaJedi. I think you need to define a “poster”, or image placeholder, in your video shortcode. Check the video shortcode information in the Codex.
    There are a great number of free WordPress tutorials online; just do a search for “wordpress tutorial”. There are also a number of “WordPress for Dummies” books available. I haven’t read any of them but might be a good place to start. Hope that helps.

    Hi AJavaJedi,

    I would like to suggest you consider using YouTube as your video host for a number of reasons.
    ? They get to do the heavy lifting with holding running the content
    ? They are owned by Google, so Google likes to shows its stuff
    ? One more way for you to be found in another search area
    ? Use an HTTP:// to create a hyper link back to your website for both an incoming link as well as driving visitors
    ? It may be easier to then just bring YouTube into your site.

    Just my two cents

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