Advanced Video Manager

Advanced Video Manager is a CS-Cart add-on that provides full video management in the admin panel and flexible video display across the storefront.

Full Feature Overview

1) Video Management in Admin Panel

• a dedicated “Video Manager” section to create, edit, and delete videos;
• bulk actions: mass delete and mass status update;
• video statuses: active, hidden, disabled;
• sorting and filtering of the video list (by name, type, date, status, position);
• position support to control display order.

2) Video Sources

• upload your own video files to the server (file type);
• embed external videos via HTML embed code (YouTube/Vimeo and etc);
• store and edit video name, description, date, author, and HTML code;
• upload images for videos:
  • video icon/preview;
  • player preload image (poster).

3) Player and Playback Behavior

• configure playback options for video files:
  • start video playback automatically;
  • repeat video playback in a loop;
  • start playback with sound off;
  • show player control buttons;
  • play inline on mobile devices;
• apply module default values when creating/updating videos.

4) Product Integration

• a dedicated “Video” tab in product editing;
• link one or multiple videos to a product;
• per-link options:
  • choose a main video for the product;
  • show video in the product gallery;
• automatic priority for primary video in display order;
• optional video playback in a popup;
• optional video output in product listing pages;
• product video badge/indicator support.

5) Storefront Display

• output videos on the product page (Video tab/block);
• display format options: grid or scroller;
• dedicated “All videos” page;
• dedicated company (vendor) videos page in MultiVendor;
• place video blocks on any storefront page via Block Manager.

6) Video Blocks in Block Manager

• separate “Video” block type;
• manual video selection through a picker;
• block templates:
  • grid;
  • scroller;
• block-level settings:
  • number of columns/items;
  • video dimensions;
  • show/hide name, description, author, date;
  • scrolling settings (speed, pause delay, per-page scrolling, outside navigation);
  • popup playback.

7) Global Add-on Settings

• maximum uploaded video file size (MB);
• separate setting groups for:
  • product page appearance;
  • product page content visibility;
  • default player behavior;
  • gallery/listing integration;
  • display on “All videos” and company pages.

8) MultiVendor / Ultimate and Permissions

• support for company (vendor) ownership of videos;
• company ownership handling in data selection and storefront output;
• automatic company video cleanup when a company is deleted;
• dedicated privileges:
  • view access;
  • management access.

9) Localization and Data Model

• multilingual video content (title, description, and embed code by language);
• RU/EN language files;
• product-to-video links with per-link display flags.

10) Business Value

• makes product pages more informative;
• improves customer engagement and trust;
• provides centralized, scalable control over storefront video content.