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It's incredible how creatively the Vidyard player gets used by our customers. All of the building blocks are there to do really neat things, it's just a matter of picking apart the code we provide. One such request was to allow someone to embed a link in an email message that would direct the mark to a landing page and launch the lightbox player…
<!--
www.mycompany.com - Normal website appears
www.mycompany.com?playvideo=1 - Website appears, Vidyard player launched in lightbox
-->
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Parsing the query string
function get_parameter_by_name(name) {
name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
var regexS = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)";
var regex = new RegExp(regexS);
var results = regex.exec(window.location.search);
if (results == null) {
return "";
} else {
return results[1];
}
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Determine the value of the playvideo parameter and launch the player if 1
var urlParam = get_parameter_by_name("playvideo");
function videoCheck() {
if (urlParam[0]=="1") {
// Get this from the lightbox embed code below
fn_vidyard_MI_gb2lRkMzODtZq8dLE8Q();
}
}
</script>
<!-- Start lightbox embed code -->
<script type="text/javascript" id="vidyard_embed_code_MI_gb2lRkMzODtZq8dLE8Q" src="//play.vidyard.com/MI_gb2lRkMzODtZq8dLE8Q.js?v=3.1&type=lightbox"></script><div class="outer_vidyard_wrapper"><div class="vidyard_wrapper" onclick="fn_vidyard_MI_gb2lRkMzODtZq8dLE8Q();"><img alt="Dancing V-Bot" src="//play.vidyard.com/MI_gb2lRkMzODtZq8dLE8Q.jpg?" width="360" /><div class="vidyard_play_button"><a href="javascript:void(0);"></a></div></div></div>
<!-- End lightbox embed code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
// On page load, check the playvideo parameter value
window.onload = function () {
videoCheck();
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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