Create a Video Background for Your Web Page

Pete Prestipino
by Pete Prestipino 31 Jul, 2014
Create a Video Background for Your Web Page

Minimalist Web pages have been popular among designers for quite some time, but the trend is evolving in some elegant and sophisticated ways. 

 

Today, for example, you might see standalone websites use video backgrounds on these often sparse pages. One incredibly lightweight (coming in at just 3.6K) jQuery plugin to check out, if a Web page video background appeals to your design sensibilities, is Vide. 

 

The plugin works on all modern desktop browser (including IE9+), and while it has some trouble working on iOS and Andoird devices, it's definitely an option if you're looking to add some depth and interest to your once flat (and probably somewhat boring) single page websites. Designers and developers also have a few control options including those for volume, playback, looping, autoplay, etc.

 

There are, of course, several others jQuery plugins you might want to consider that provide (somewhat) equivalent functionality, including BigVideo, CoverVid and Supersized.

 

 
Pete Prestipino
Pete Prestipino
Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.