How to Setup your Personalized Hosted Live Page?
Create your own streaming space with OneStream Live's Hosted Live Pages. It is a perfect solution for users who don't have their own website. It's like having your particular corner on the internet without paying extra for hosting. Learn how to easily share your videos on your custom-hosted Live web pages, whether Pre-recorded or happening in real time. Customize your page, follow the steps, and you're all set to start streaming in a snap!
Log in to your OneStream Live account and click the three-dot icon to expand the left-hand sidebar.
Click Hosted Live Pages from the Destinations section.
Click Create Hosted Live Page.
Enter the name of your new hosted live page and its primary URL, and click the Create & Continue button.
To edit the name of your hosted live page, click the Edit icon beside the page name, enter your desired name and click the Save Changes button.
In the Logo section, you can select your desired Logo or apply custom Logo(s) by clicking the ➕ button.
You can show/hide the Logo by toggling on/off the button beside the Logo.
You can modify your live page font, headline, and text body. Font size, font style, and font colour are also customizable.
The call to action button serves as an indicator, encouraging the viewers to take a specific action. This prevents the viewers from struggling to recognize the path to purchasing a product or signing up for a service.
You can customize the text of the call-to-action button and insert the desired hyperlink where you'd like your viewers to re-direct to upon clicking the call-to-action button.
You can modify the font size, font style, font colour of the text, and the button's background colour.
You can add your Email address and contact number and customize their font size, style, and colour.
The Email and contact number are not shown on the live page. So, you need to toggle on the toggle button beside them and save the changes once customized by default.
You can customize your page background by setting up a background colour or uploading an image from your device by clicking the ➕ button.
In the Social Media Links section, enter the links to your desired social media platforms in the relevant fields. Click the ✔ icon beside the social media links you want to display on your hosted live page.
Only 4 social media links can be displayed on your hosted live page at a time.
Upcoming Events Information will keep your viewers updated about the forthcoming events on your hosted page to keep them engaged. Clicking on the Events Tabs will expand the tab and display all the information related to the upcoming events on the hosted live page.
You can set the position of the upcoming events information tab and place it on either the left or right of your hosted live page.
The viewers can see the details of the upcoming events on the hosted live page by clicking on the Events tab and expanding it.
Within the Landing page tab, select Page Layout. From here, you can customize the layout of your hosted live page.
Within the Landing page tab, select Player Settings. From here, you can design the player of your hosted live page.
You can customize the player background by clicking the ➕ button and uploading your desired background image(s).
You can modify the player colour by choosing your desired colour.
You can customize the video control panel and show/hide different video control panel options by checking or unchecking the relevant checkbox(es), such as Play Button, DVR, Current time, Volume, Fullscreen, and Picture-in-picture.
To customize the live chat of your hosted live page, navigate to the Chat section.
If you do not want to display live chat on your page, turn off the toggle button beside it.
You can adjust the position of the live chat on your page and place it either on the bottom left or right.
You can customize the appearance of your live chat, including the text font, chatbox background, comments background, and comments text colour.
Reset to default option will reset all your live chat settings to their default settings, removing any of the customizations you made.
By default, the live chat box opens up only when you click on it or when a live message is received on the chat. However, you can keep the live chatbox open by default on your hosted live page by checking the Keep chatbox open on my page checkbox.
Once you're done customizing your hosted live page, click the 'Save Changes' button.
Navigate to the 'Domain Settings' tab and select Basic Subdomain.
Enter your primary domain name and click the Verify & Save button. You can enter any primary domain name as long as it is available.
First, you must set up a primary domain and verify a custom one.
Head to your domain registrar and add a CNAME record in your domain's DNS settings. Configure the following:
Type: CNAME
Name: Enter your custom domain name here. Depending on your domain registrar, you may have to enter the entire custom domain here, like john.abc.com or just the first part of the subdomain, e.g. john.
Target: Enter hostedpage.onestream.live in the target field
Proxy: If your domain registrar has proxy status, turn it off
TTL: Set TTL to Auto or a low value like 1 min so that the DNS records propagate quickly. Once the custom domain is verified, you can set this value to a higher number, like 1 hour. To set up your custom domain, navigate to the Custom domain option, add your own custom sub-domain, and click the Verify & Save button to verify your domain ownership.
Add your custom sub-domain and click the Verify & Save button to verify your domain ownership.
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Setting up a Personalized Hosted Live Page
Log in to your OneStream Live account and click the three-dot icon to expand the left-hand sidebar.
Click Hosted Live Pages from the Destinations section.
Click Create Hosted Live Page.
Enter the name of your new hosted live page and its primary URL, and click the Create & Continue button.
To edit the name of your hosted live page, click the Edit icon beside the page name, enter your desired name and click the Save Changes button.
In the Logo section, you can select your desired Logo or apply custom Logo(s) by clicking the ➕ button.
You can show/hide the Logo by toggling on/off the button beside the Logo.
Customizing the Page Text
You can modify your live page font, headline, and text body. Font size, font style, and font colour are also customizable.
Customizing Call-to-Action Button
The call to action button serves as an indicator, encouraging the viewers to take a specific action. This prevents the viewers from struggling to recognize the path to purchasing a product or signing up for a service.
You can customize the text of the call-to-action button and insert the desired hyperlink where you'd like your viewers to re-direct to upon clicking the call-to-action button.
You can modify the font size, font style, font colour of the text, and the button's background colour.
Adding Email and Contact Number
You can add your Email address and contact number and customize their font size, style, and colour.
The Email and contact number are not shown on the live page. So, you need to toggle on the toggle button beside them and save the changes once customized by default.
Customizing the Page Background
You can customize your page background by setting up a background colour or uploading an image from your device by clicking the ➕ button.
Customizing Social Media Links
In the Social Media Links section, enter the links to your desired social media platforms in the relevant fields. Click the ✔ icon beside the social media links you want to display on your hosted live page.
Only 4 social media links can be displayed on your hosted live page at a time.
Customizing Upcoming Events Information
Upcoming Events Information will keep your viewers updated about the forthcoming events on your hosted page to keep them engaged. Clicking on the Events Tabs will expand the tab and display all the information related to the upcoming events on the hosted live page.
You can set the position of the upcoming events information tab and place it on either the left or right of your hosted live page.
The viewers can see the details of the upcoming events on the hosted live page by clicking on the Events tab and expanding it.
Customizing Page Layout
Within the Landing page tab, select Page Layout. From here, you can customize the layout of your hosted live page.
Customizing Player Settings
Within the Landing page tab, select Player Settings. From here, you can design the player of your hosted live page.
You can customize the player background by clicking the ➕ button and uploading your desired background image(s).
You can modify the player colour by choosing your desired colour.
You can customize the video control panel and show/hide different video control panel options by checking or unchecking the relevant checkbox(es), such as Play Button, DVR, Current time, Volume, Fullscreen, and Picture-in-picture.
Customizing Live Chat
To customize the live chat of your hosted live page, navigate to the Chat section.
If you do not want to display live chat on your page, turn off the toggle button beside it.
You can adjust the position of the live chat on your page and place it either on the bottom left or right.
You can customize the appearance of your live chat, including the text font, chatbox background, comments background, and comments text colour.
Reset to default option will reset all your live chat settings to their default settings, removing any of the customizations you made.
By default, the live chat box opens up only when you click on it or when a live message is received on the chat. However, you can keep the live chatbox open by default on your hosted live page by checking the Keep chatbox open on my page checkbox.
Once you're done customizing your hosted live page, click the 'Save Changes' button.
Configuring your Own Domain
Navigate to the 'Domain Settings' tab and select Basic Subdomain.
Enter your primary domain name and click the Verify & Save button. You can enter any primary domain name as long as it is available.
First, you must set up a primary domain and verify a custom one.
Head to your domain registrar and add a CNAME record in your domain's DNS settings. Configure the following:
Type: CNAME
Name: Enter your custom domain name here. Depending on your domain registrar, you may have to enter the entire custom domain here, like john.abc.com or just the first part of the subdomain, e.g. john.
Target: Enter hostedpage.onestream.live in the target field
Proxy: If your domain registrar has proxy status, turn it off
TTL: Set TTL to Auto or a low value like 1 min so that the DNS records propagate quickly. Once the custom domain is verified, you can set this value to a higher number, like 1 hour. To set up your custom domain, navigate to the Custom domain option, add your own custom sub-domain, and click the Verify & Save button to verify your domain ownership.
Add your custom sub-domain and click the Verify & Save button to verify your domain ownership.
Create and live stream on your personalized webpage; Learn More.
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Updated on: 03/05/2025
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