Shorts changelog

Every Short in the AIO Player, with advertisements

• Added Every Short in the feed is an AIO Player - the same quality, advertisements, watermark, gestures and settings menu as the watch page, with a small gear in the corner; a player is made only when its Short comes near the screen, and the player's files go into the page once
• Added An advertisement item between the Shorts (the Advertising plugin's "Between Shorts" placement) and a skippable pre-roll before every few Shorts; scrolling away stops it
• Added A promoted Short slipped into the feed, marked Promoted; any promoted video may play before the Shorts
• Added How often each comes, and whether the player is used at all, under Admin - Shorts

PlayTube's Shorts links

• Added PlayTube's /shorts and /shorts/title_ID.html addresses lead to the Shorts player

Counted on "Watching now"

• Added A Short that is playing is listed on the panel's "Watching now" page

A Shorts tab on channels

• Added Every channel that has Shorts gets a Shorts tab beside Videos: its Shorts as upright cards, newest first

Imported Shorts play

• Fixed YouTube Shorts, Instagram and Facebook Reels and TikToks brought in by link did not play in the Shorts player
• Added An imported Short is recognised by its link or its upright shape, up to three minutes long
• Added A YouTube Short plays driven by our own tap, sound button and progress line, without YouTube's buttons

In the Studio

• Added A Shorts tab in the member Studio; Shorts kept out of the Videos tab

The first release

• Added Vertical swipe feed with its own player
• Added Upright videos under the limit become Shorts by themselves