Channel Page Setup

Setting up your channel page is one of the most important aspects of being a broadcaster. Your channel page will be where your viewers and other users can find information about you and your broadcast.

### On this page:

* Profile Picture and Profile Banner
* Profile Accent Color and Video Player Banner
* Bio and Social Links
* Stream Schedule
* Channel Trailer
* Auto-hosting
* Home

## PROFILE PICTURE AND PROFILE BANNER

Set your channel apart by uploading a Profile Picture and Profile Banner.

The profile picture and profile banner are two of the most prominent features on your profile. Whether it’s a favorite picture of yours or dedicated branding that you want to use, these images will be one of the first impressions you make on viewers.

1. To get started, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Settings from the drop-down menu.
2. Under the heading “Profile Picture”, click “Add Profile Picture” and upload an image from your computer. Must be JPEG, PNG, or GIF and cannot exceed 10MB.
3. Under the heading “Profile Banner”, click “Update.” You will be prompted with an “Upload a Photo” pop-up where you can select an image from your computer.

The recommended size for a Profile Banner is 1200x480px. Twitch pages (and your banner art) scale based on the width of each user’s browser window. Images shorter or taller than 480px will be scaled to 480px high. Images will also be stretched if a user's browser window is open wider than the width of the image. To ensure a consistent look across all monitor resolutions, it is best to make your image as wide as possible and concentrate the graphics on the left.

## PROFILE ACCENT COLOR AND VIDEO PLAYER BANNER

You can highlight your personal brand around Twitch by choosing an accent color and uploading a Video Player Banner, which will appear when your channel is offline. The Profile Accent Color that you choose will be used to highlight your content on Twitch and be displayed on your channel’s elements.
**Choose accent color**

1. To choose an accent color, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Creator Dashboard from the drop-down menu. Select the menu in the upper left, expand Preferences, and click Channel to view your settings.
2. Choose a color using the color picker on the left; customize your color by using the slider; enter a specific color code if you have one (e.g. #00C7AC).
3. Click ‘Save Changes’ to save your color and update your profile.

**Upload a video player banner**

1. To upload a banner, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Creator Dashboard from the drop-down menu. Select the menu in the upper left, expand Preferences, and click Channel to view your settings.
2. Choose a color using the color picker on the left; customize your color by using the slider; enter a specific color code if you have one (e.g. #00C7AC).
3. Click ‘Save Changes’ to save your color and update your profile.

**Delete a video player banner**

1. To delete your banner, click the trash icon next to "Update" to remove the banner.

## BIO AND SOCIAL LINKS

Writing a bio and linking to your social media accounts helps to introduce yourself to viewers and provides them with an opportunity to check out your other media to get a sense for who you are. These also help improve your channel’s discoverability by providing content for SEO that a search engine can read and then use when people are searching for you or other similar content.
**Add a bio**

1. To add a Bio, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Settings from the drop-down menu.
2. Under the heading “Profile Settings” you’ll see the box to fill in your Bio information beneath “Username” and “Display Name” settings.
3. Once you’ve written your Bio, be sure to click “Save Changes” to publish the Bio to your channel page.

### BIO BEST PRACTICES

A bio should speak from your own voice and give potential viewers more information about yourself. This could include games you like to play and more about your personality on-stream. You have max 300 characters so make it short and sweet.
**Add social links**

1. To add Social Links, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Creator Dashboard from the drop-down menu. Select the menu in the upper left, expand Preferences, and click Channel to view your settings.
2. Enter the name of the social link in the first box (e.g. Follow me on Twitter!)
3. Enter the full URL for the social link in the second box (e.g. https://twitter.com/twitch)
4. Click ‘Add’ when you’re done to add the link to your channel.

**Edit social links**

1. To edit a social link, enter the new text in the first or second box (depending on which you’d like to change).
2. Click ‘Save’ to keep those changes and update your link.

**Delete social links**

1. To delete a social link, click the trash icon next to Save for the link that you want to delete.

## STREAM SCHEDULE

We recommend listing the days and times you usually stream so your viewers know when to tune in. It’s okay if this changes, just keep your schedule up to date.
**Add stream schedule**

1. To add a Stream Schedule, log in and go to Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, and selecting Creator Dashboard from the drop-down menu. Select the menu in the upper left, expand Preferences, and click Channel to view your settings.
2. Select ‘Create New’ to expand the options and set up your first schedule.
3. Select all of the options that are relevant for your stream and enter the corresponding information.
4. Start time:
5. This can be an estimate of when you plan to start streaming.
6. Duration:
7. This can be an estimate of your stream duration. You can always go shorter or longer.
8. Days of the week:
9. Select multiple days of the week if you plan to play the same game or want to cover all of the days you plan to stream. You can always edit individual days and stream info as needed.
10. Category:
11. What are you going to be doing on stream? Which game(s) will you be playing?
12. Title:
13. Create a title that is helpful for viewers to know what your stream will be about as well as interesting to set it apart from other streams.

**Edit schedule**

1. Once you’ve set a schedule, you can edit the individual streams by selecting the edit icon (pencil) next to each stream.
2. You can edit any/all of the specifics for each stream.
3. Click ‘Save’ to update the stream info or click the trash icon to delete that specific stream from your schedule.

**Cancel an individual stream**

1. You can cancel an individual stream if you aren’t able to stream that day, by toggling on the “Cancelled” button and saving. The stream will stay cancelled until you uncancel or edit the other information about the stream.

**Delete Schedule**

1. If you want to delete your entire schedule you can select ‘Delete schedule’ located at the top of the Stream Schedule section, next to ‘Create New’. You’ll get a confirmation that you actually want to delete your schedule.

**Vacation Mode**

1. Select Vacation Mode using the toggle button at the top of the Stream Schedule section to let viewers know that you’re away.
2. Set the Start and End dates for your vacation time.
3. Click ‘Save’ to update your schedule.

## CHANNEL TRAILER

Channel Trailers are currently only available to Affiliates and Partners.

Channel Trailers are short videos to introduce yourself to new viewers while you're offline. Your trailer will show up at the top of your offline channel page when a new viewer visits. Keep it short and sweet, this quick introduction video can be up to 60 seconds. **And keep it classy - Trailers must follow the Twitch Community Guidelines, are reportable content and subject to review.**
**Trailer Best Practices**
First and foremost, be yourself! Introduce yourself, tell viewers what types of content you typically stream, and remind them to follow you and turn on notifications so they’ll be notified the next time you go live. If you stream regularly, consider sharing that schedule.

If you don’t stream regularly, consider pointing viewers to your stream schedule to know when to tune in next.

Your trailer should be 60 seconds or less, keep it short and sweet! If you include music in your trailer please make sure that any music in your trailer follows Twitch's DMCA guidelines and is approved for use.

There's plenty of cleared music out there, like Anjuna’s playlist curated exclusively for Twitch and its community.
**Trailer Technical Requirements**
Your channel trailer needs to be stored in your VOD library.

* MP4, MOV, AVI and FLV file formats
* AAC audio
* h264 codec
* Up to 10Mbps bitrate
* Up to 1080p/60FPS

**Setting a channel trailer**
You can set your Trailer from either the Channel Settings or directly from the Video Producer.

1. Under the Channel Trailer heading select "Choose a video"
2. Review the onboarding tips then dismiss the welcome message
3. **If you need to upload a trailer:** Select Video Producer at the top of the setup page.
4. Click "Upload" and select the video to upload from your computer
5. Once the upload is complete, click the three dots menu of the upload you wish to set as a trailer, review it and the trailer title and then select "Set as Trailer" and you're done!
6. **If you already have an uploaded trailer:** Select the video from your library. Review it and the trailer title and then select "Set as Channel Trailer" and you're done!

**Removing a channel trailer**
Removing your trailer does not delete the video from your VOD library. See the next section on how to delete a trailer.

1. Once a trailer is set, it can be removed as your trailer from Channel Settings by clicking the "Remove" button under the Channel Trailer heading and confirm by clicking "Remove Trailer".
2. A Trailer can also be removed from Video Producer by first filtering to see your Channel Trailers, then clicking the three dots of your trailer and selecting "Remove as Channel Trailer" and confirm by clicking "Remove Trailer" in the confirmation box.

**Deleting a channel trailer**

1. To delete a trailer from your VOD library, follow the steps to delete your a video in the Videos on Demand article.

## AUTO-HOSTING

Auto-hosting allows you to host another channel when you're offline. This is a great way to support other streamers and introduce your community to channels you enjoy or are part of the same team.

Your channel page will display these at the bottom of the Home view. Any channels you list in your host list will show up in their own shelf.
**Enabling Auto-hosting**

1. Go to your Channel Settings by clicking your profile icon in the upper right, select "Creator Dashboard" from the drop-down menu. Select the menu in the upper left, expand Preferences, and click "Channel" to view your settings.
2. Check that the toggle is turned on for "Auto host channels", turn it on if it is not.

**Adding channels to your auto-host list**

1. Select "Host list"
2. Search channels that you want to add
3. Click "Add" to add them to your host list

**Removing channels from your auto-host list**

1. Select "Host list"
2. Find the channel you want to remove.
3. Click the "trash" icon to remove them from the list

## HOME

**Re-order Videos shelf**

The videos shelf is pulled from the first shelf on your Videos tab. If you’d like to customize this, you can customize your video layout on the Videos tab.