Brand your channel - Theming


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Use the Branding tab to customize the top area of your channel page with a banner image, logo, and featured header media.

The Branding tab appears only if it’s enabled by your admin.

The instructions below are for Theming users. If you don't have Theming enabled, please refer to our article Manage a channel.

Who can use this

  • Channel owners
  • Channel managers

Access the Branding tab

  1. From the user menu, select My Channels.
  2. The Channels page displays.

  3. Find the channel you want to edit and click Go to channel.
  4. The channel page opens.

  5. At the far right, click the Actions menu and select Manage content.
  6. The 'Manage content' page opens.

  7. In the left navigation panel, click Branding.
  8. The branding settings display.

Add or update the channel banner

  1. In the Header banner section, click the image field.
  2. Browse to and select the desired image from your device.
  3. The image processes and displays when ready.

    To remove the image or upload a new one, click Edit thumbnail and choose one of the actions.

    Your changes are saved automatically.

Good to know

  • The image is uploaded as-is, so choose a horizontal image that fits the banner space. If the image doesn’t match the layout, parts of it may be cut off in the channel header.
  • Banner images uploaded here aren’t added to My Media.
  • Some channel types or configurations may not allow banner changes.

Add or update a channel logo

  1. In the Channel logo section, click the logo image field.
  2. Browse to and select the desired image from your device.
    The image processes and displays when ready.
  3. To remove the logo or upload a new one, click Edit logo and choose one of the actions.

    Your changes are saved automatically.

Set header media

Header media appears on the right side of the channel header and lets you feature a video. If a video is already set, you can remove or replace it here.

  1. In the Header media section, click the media field.
  2. Browse to a video file on your computer and upload it.
  3. To remove the video or upload a new one, click Edit video and choose one of the actions.

    Your changes are saved automatically.

Things to know

  • Only one media item can be used as header media at a time.
  • To use existing media as header media, go to the Manage content tab.

What viewers see

After updating the branding settings, the channel displays a custom banner, logo, and featured header media at the top of the page.

Channel header with custom image, logo, and media

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