What's inside this article:
- Basic information
- Upload the video file
- Complete the video settings
- Stealth publish the video
- Embed a stealth video
- Find a stealth video
Basic information
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This article explains how to stealth publish a video and how to find and use stealth videos in Pangea CMS.
What is stealth publishing?
When a video is stealth published:
- The video does not have a content page.
- The video does not have a public URL.
- The video is not indexed by search engines and does not appear on results pages.
What is the purpose of stealth publishing?
Stealth publishing has two purposes:
- Create a video for use as an embed: Stealth videos are available to embed on text content pages. Use stealth publishing for supporting content that adds context to an article but does not need its own page. For example, you can stealth publish a short video with footage of the events described in an article.
- Send a video to a third-party CMS: Some language services use a third-party content management system (CMS) to maintain an OTT app for mobile and smart TV. For these services, a special API connects Pangea CMS to the third-party CMS and delivers content automatically. When you stealth publish a video, it is delivered to the third-party CMS through the API but is not published on the web.
NOTE: You can also embed regularly published videos on text content pages. The difference is that regularly published videos also have a standalone content page.
How can I stealth publish a video?
To stealth publish a video, follow these steps:
- Upload the video file to Pangea CMS.
- Complete the video settings.
- Select the 'Stealth published' status and publish the video.
Upload the video file
To start the upload, go to Create > Multimedia > Video.
For detailed upload instructions, see the following article:
Complete the video settings
Go to the relevant information, depending on the purpose of the video:
Prepare a video for embedding
You cannot save the video until you complete the following required settings on the video edit page:
- Title: Enter the title that appears in the player for the embedded video.
- Categories: Select one or more categories. For stealth videos, categories support internal organization in Pangea CMS and are not publicly visible.
When preparing a stealth video, focus on the settings that affect the look of the embedded video. Review and update the following settings if necessary:
- Thumbnail
- Watermark
You can also add an introduction (General > Introduction). For stealth videos, this text only appears in Pangea CMS. It provides additional information for editors and can help the video to appear in internal search results.
NOTE: See our Publishing an on-demand video article for detailed information about the options on the video edit page.
Prepare a video for sending to a third-party CMS
You cannot save the video until you complete the following required settings on the video edit page:
- Title
- Categories
You can add any additional metadata that you want to send with the video.
The API sends all metadata from the video edit page to the third-party CMS, but which data appears in the third-party CMS depends on what that system supports.
NOTE: See our Publishing an on-demand video article for detailed information about the options on the video edit page.
Stealth publish the video
To stealth publish a video:
- Select Stealth published in the status selector.
- Select Publish or Publish & close.
- Select Publish in the confirmation dialog.
The video is now published with the Stealth published status.
Embed a stealth video
You can embed a stealth video on the following types of text content pages:
- Article
- Blog
- Factcheck
- Feature
- Feature story
- Live blog
- News
- Transcript
Follow these steps on the edit page for the text content item:
- On the Editor subpage, position the cursor where you want to insert the video.
- Click Insert embedded content in the toolbar.
- On the Search & attach dialog, select Content in the left panel.
- Find and select the stealth video you want to embed.
For detailed instructions on how to embed content, see the following article:
Find a stealth video
When you search for content in Pangea CMS, a filter is available to find stealth videos. To show only stealth videos in your results, select Stealth published under Status.
In the search results, stealth videos are marked with the Stealth published icon.
