ga4gh / ga4gh/gks.github.io

The video thumbnail is not rendered as a video

Open
#4 0 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee Claimed by @melissacline View on GitHub
Dominant language
No language data
Stars
0
Forks
0
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

The GKS video thumbnail looks like a static image, not a video. This is a limitation of Markdown. There are workarounds (thank you, ChatGPT)

2. Overlay a play arrow in the thumbnail image (best practice)

The most reliable and clear approach is to bake the play icon into the image itself.

[![▶ Video title](video-thumbnail-with-play.png)](https://example.com/video)

Why this is best:

Works in GitHub, GitLab, README files, docs, static sites

No Markdown extensions required

Instantly recognizable as a video

💡 Many people simply export a YouTube-style thumbnail with a ▶ overlay.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.