The Featured Category carousel appears prominently at the top of your catalog page, displaying videos from your selected category.
This interactive carousel automatically scrolls through your featured videos, cycling and looping through the content to capture your audience's attention.
ℹ️ INFO: Viewers can also manually navigate through the carousel, making it an engaging way to highlight important content, new releases, or special collections.
Add Featured Category Images or Videos
For a polished, professional look, first prepare custom images or videos for each piece of content you plan to feature.
Navigate to Content > Videos
Edit the video you want to customize
Scroll down to the Thumbnails card
Click Add featured category image/video
For an image
Click the No Image box and upload your image (recommended size: 1900x800px)
For a video
Use the dropdown to select a video from your catalog
💡 TIP: When adding a featured video, we recommend also adding a featured category image to serve as a fallback. The image will only appear briefly as a placeholder while the video loads. This ensures your carousel looks great even if the video takes a moment to load or encounters playback issues.
Select Your Featured Category
After preparing your content with custom images or videos, set up the featured category:
Navigate to Website
Go to the Catalog tab
Under the Categories card, select from the dropdown the category you want to feature in your Catalog
Click Save & Apply
Once saved, your featured category will appear as a carousel at the top of your catalog page.
💡 TIP: The featured category will only appear in the carousel and not be repeated in the rows below, since the carousel is interactive.
Organize your Featured Content
The order of videos in your featured category carousel directly impacts what your audience sees first. Control this order to highlight your most important content:
Go to Content > Organize (Categories)
Select your featured category
Scroll down to the Manage Content card
Drag videos to reorder them, randomize, or sort by predefined options
ℹ️ INFO: The content at the top will appear first in the carousel.
🔗 Learn more about Organizing Content inside Categories
The carousel automatically cycles through your content in the order that you've specified. It loops back to the first slide after reaching the last slide.
📝 NOTE: While the carousel can technically display up to 40 content items, we recommend limiting your featured category to fewer than 12 for optimal performance and user experience. Too many videos in the carousel can cause longer load times and may overwhelm your viewers.
Platform Differences
All platforms support the featured category, but there are important differences in how content is displayed:
Website
Up to 40 videos (though fewer is recommended)
Shows as a carousel that automatically scrolls and loops
TV & Mobile Apps
The carousel is interactive but does not auto-scroll
Mobile apps display the featured category carousel with static images
💡 TIP: Make sure your first few featured items are particularly compelling, as they'll be what users see first on all of the platforms.
Best Practices
Keep it focused: Limit your featured category to fewer than 12 videos for faster loading times
Use high-quality images: Create custom 1900x800px images for a professional look
Keep videos short: Featured category videos should be under 1 minute; the shorter, the better
Update regularly: Refresh your featured content to keep your catalog looking current
Avoid text in images as much as possible: Text may get cropped on different screen sizes, or at least keep the text centered in the image
FAQs
Can I have more than one featured category?
Can I have more than one featured category?
No, you can only have one featured category at a time on your catalog page.
What happens if I don't set a featured category image?
What happens if I don't set a featured category image?
If you don't set a custom featured category image, visitors will see the first frame of the video or the regular thumbnail.
How do I remove the featured category?
How do I remove the featured category?
Disabling or removing the featured category is as easy as selecting one. Simply click the X icon on the dropdown, right beside the selected featured category.
Why is my featured category not showing up?
Why is my featured category not showing up?
Make sure your category has at least one published video assigned to it. Categories without published content won't appear in your catalog.
Can I display duplicated rows rather than a carousel?
Can I display duplicated rows rather than a carousel?
No, when you set a featured category, it appears only in the carousel format at the top of your catalog page and won't be duplicated in the rows below. Although not advisable, you can create a new category with the same contents as the featured category, as a workaround.