Planning Video Content for Future Growth

So you want to post all your videos in your blog, do ya? Choose a video host and start embedding your videos. But what happens when you need to change video hosts?

Exactly! You need to plan for that now, BEFORE you start dropping videos into your content, before you get over a thousand videos embedded by multiple authors in multiple blogs using inconsistent coding styles.

See, I’m about to embark on replacing over 1,000 videos in thousands of posts across 9 blogs, becuase I didn’t think to plan for this a few years ago, and I don’t want YOU to suffer this same pain!

Here’s the thing. Video hosting is just now starting to get stable but the industry is changing rapidly, so the host you have today may not be the host you need in a year or two. Just look at VideoEgg – first they were a video host, then they dumped video hosting to become an ad network, then VideoEgg bought SixApart with aspirations of being a  media dynasty.

Plan for a Change in Video Hosts Now

So plan smart, plan for video content with the knowledge that you’ll migrate hosts someday.

You need to be able to replace your video embed code easily and without searching through thousands of blog posts.

It would be ideal if you could do it in your database, wouldn’t it?

Well….yes! And here’s how.

• First, choose a video host.
• Second, just embed your videos using Simple Code Embed.

And that’s it!

Here’s Your Embed Code in the Database

You know what your embed code looks like in content – it looks like a big blob of code in the middle of your nice content, and it often gets stripped out if you’re not careful. Keep it in the database where it’s safe.

Well, here’s what it looks like in the database:

Video Embed Listed Code in PHPMyAdmin

And here’s that embed code, just ready for you to swap it out.

It's Easy to Replace Video Embed Code in PHPMyAdmin

I’m obviously a little bit infatuated with Simple Code Embed, but it’s because you really need a good way to MANAGE content and media, and this underappreciated plugin can play a big part in your content management process.

Use Simple Code Embed to manage your video content and you’ll always be ready to switch video providers in a planned migration, when you need to get it done in a hurry, like if they shut their doors.

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