At any given point in time the user should be able to pause or stop the video, or resume playing it as the case may be. It is important that those controls are prominent and easily noticed \u2013 particularly if your design doesn\u2019t have the standard player controls located right below the video. That being said, the fact that that location is such a well-accepted standard for controls is something you should take advantage of, and is the best position for controls because it is the first place users will look for them.<\/p>\n

As you can see, these best practices are intended to make sure that your website is able to fully maximize the potential of video content while not letting it encumber or annoy any users. Some of it may be subjective and situational, which is why if there is no obvious choice then your best bet would be to try out different approaches and test them against one another to see which suits your website and audience best. All in all, however, you should have a clear idea of the overall best practices when incorporating video content, and can look to your website to see how it can adopt them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"