Managing many embeds across your CMS becomes messy because each one needs to be styled and updated separately. Cincopa allows you to create a reusable layout so all embeds across all pages follow a single unified design. Any future style or branding change is done once in the template – no need to re-embed anything. This keeps every page consistent, scalable, and easy to maintain.
Why is a Layout Needed?
Repetitive Embedding
If you upload many media files, each one normally requires separate embedding. You copy the embed code, paste it into a page, adjust its size, tweak the alignment, and repeat the same steps again on the next page.
Doing this for a few items may still feel manageable. But once you’re handling multiple files, the process becomes repetitive, time-consuming, and prone to mistakes. Small inconsistencies—like different widths or mismatched fonts—start appearing across pages without you even noticing.
Limited Customization When Done Manually
When each embed is added manually, customization options become restricted. Styling changes—such as fonts, colors, or controls—must be applied one by one. If you later decide to update your media player’s design, you must revisit every embed across your site and change them individually.
This creates design drift and makes it difficult to maintain a unified visual identity.
Scalability Issues
Manual embedding and styling does not scale. As your media library grows, maintaining consistency becomes harder. There is no central place to adjust layouts, and every embed exists as its own independent piece of code. The larger your site becomes, the more chaotic the editing process becomes.
Cincopa’s Predefined Templates Solve This
Predefined Templates for Different Media Types
Cincopa provides predefined templates that offer a structured layout for every type of media you work with. Whether it’s a video gallery, an audio playlist, a document viewer, or an image gallery, you can choose a Cincopa template designed specifically for that media format.
The selected Cincopa template becomes the base layout for everything you embed on your site.
Customize Once, Apply Everywhere
Cincopa allows you to customize each template to match your branding or layout requirements. Typical adjustments include:
- Font size
- Branding with your logo
- Player controls
- Password protection or access rules
- Advanced custom CSS
Once the template is customized, any media item you embed using that Cincopa template will automatically follow the same layout. You no longer need to individually edit or restyle each embed.
Centralized Updates
One major advantage of using Cincopa’s templates is centralized control. If you later update your font size, brand colors, or player design, you simply modify the template once, and the changes instantly apply across all pages that use it.
This central management removes the need for page-by-page edits and ensures consistent design across your entire site.
Step-by-Step Workflow in Cincopa
Step 1: Log in to your Cincopa account and click View All Templates.
Step 2: Browse the available templates and select the one that fits your media type.
For example, choose a video template for video content. Click “Use This Template” to proceed.
Step 3: Customize the template according to your needs. The left-side panel will display options such as:
- color
- Branding with your logo
- Popup behavior
- Search options
- Lead Generation
- Advanced custom CSS
- Player control
- Video watermark
- Download permissions
Step 4: Give a name to your gallery so you can manage your galleries easily
Step 5: After customizing, click “Save & Next” to move to the Upload & Manage step.
Step 6: Upload your media and add details like the title, description, and tags.
Step 7: Once your media is uploaded, click “Next” to access the embed options.
Step 8: Choose your embed format based on how you want the media to appear on your site:
- Regular – Standard HTML embed code
- Popup – Opens the media in an overlay window
- Iframe – For CMS platforms that do not support JavaScript
Step 9: Copy the embed code and paste it into your website wherever you want the gallery or player to appear.
Quick Template Preview
Cincopa provides a wide range of templates for different media types—video, audio, images, and documents. Each category includes several variations, and it’s common for users to feel unsure about which template will look best on their site.
The usual approach is to test templates manually, one by one, which can be time-consuming.
To avoid this, Cincopa allows you to preview any template instantly using the template’s FID and your asset’s RID.
You can also preview any gallery you created earlier by using the gallery’s FID with a different template FID.
This gives you a quick way to compare layouts and choose the right one without recreating your gallery repeatedly.