Creating and Sending Library Presentations

Wiredrive presentations are delivered as an email inviting your recipients to view your video reels or media galleries. You can also send multiple presentations in one email using our Bundled presentation feature.

1. Click Presentation List and locate your presentation.
2. Click on a presentation name to add it to the presentation panel.
3. Click Share in the presentation panel menu.
4. Enter the email addresses of your recipients; separate multiple emails with a comma or hard return
5. Enter a subject.
6. Enter a message for your recipient(s); customize your message using the text editor (just be careful to not copy and paste rich text from an external source).
7. Choose your presentation preferences (see “Settings” below).
8. Click Send.

Generating Presentation Links

You can also create links to presentations via the Get Link button.

1. Click Presentation List and locate your presentation.
2. Click on a presentation name to add it to the presentation panel.
3. Click Get Link in the presentation panel menu. 
4. Enter a recipient in the Track Recipient as box. (This is for your internal tracking to know the purpose of the link).
5. Choose your presentation preferences (see “Settings” and "Theme" below).
6. Click Create Link and the link will be generated.

Presentation Preferences

• Disable Send email as HTML when sending to recipients with aggressive spam filters
• Enable Send me a confirmation when viewed to send a notification when your recipients first view your presentation
• Allow download
• Allow comments place a link to a comments form in your presentation; recipients can use the comments form to email their feedback
• Allow forwarding places a forward button in your presentation; your recipients must use the forward button to track additional file views
• Allow podcast allows your recipients to download your presentation files to iTunes so they can be synched to media devices and viewed without having to be connected to the Internet; podcasting is also required to create a media RSS-powered website
• Set presentation to expire to set a time limit on how long the presentation link will remain active
• Use a small thumbnail image to emphasize the message in your presentation email
• Require Password allows you to add a password to the reel.  The password must be communicated to the end user outside of Wiredrive.

Enable Autoplay in Your Browser

A reel presentation is designed to autoplay upon opening the presentation. However, autoplay is determined entirely by an individual viewer’s browser settings. These settings might be configured – either manually or by default – to block autoplay if a video is not muted, or to block autoplay altogether. In the event autoplay is blocked, a viewer must hit the play button in order to start playback. In this section, we’ll review how you can allow autoplay in different browsers: 

Chrome

1. Open a presentation, and click the lock icon in the address bar. (This applies to both macOS and Windows.)

2. This will open a menu where you can select Site Settings. 

3. On the Site Settings page, scroll down to Sound. 

4. Turn on Allow.

You can learn more about Chrome’s sound permissions here.

Safari

1. Click on Safari in the menu bar and then select Preferences. 

2. Next, select Websites from the menu across the top of the window.

3. On the left side of the window, click Auto-Play. 

4. Select the option Allow All Auto-Play. Note that you can allow autoplay for all websites or specific websites, based on your preferences.

You can learn more about Safari’s autoplay settings here. 

Firefox

1. On a Mac, click on Firefox in the menu bar and then select Preferences. On a PC, click the hamburger button (three horizontal lines) in the top right corner and then select Settings. 

2. Next, select Privacy & Security from the menu on the left. 

3. Scroll down to the Permissions section and find Autoplay. 

4. Click the Settings button next to Autoplay. 

5. Then, turn on Allow Audio and Video. Note that you can allow autoplay for all websites or specific websites, based on your preferences. 

6. Click Save Changes.

You can learn more about Firefox’s autoplay settings here. 

Edge

1. Click the three-dots button in the top right corner of the Edge toolbar and then select Settings. 

2. On the left side of the Settings page, select Cookies and site permissions. 

3. In the Site permissions section, click on Media autoplay. 

4. Then, select Allow from the dropdown menu. Note that you can allow autoplay for all websites or specific websites, based on your preferences.

You can learn more about Edge’s autoplay settings here.