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We have redesigned channels to improve the overall user experience
As you can see here, many of our partners and users have already migrated to new channels
The purpose of the redesign is to make the channel your home on YouTube
A place that lets your visitors interact and engage with you, your videos, and what matters to you
Reflect your identity, be your hub for storing and showing all of your uploaded and favorite videos
and a way for your friends to connect with you
Very customizable and easy to edit so that you can control and personalize the design
Some of the major changes:
Our new video navigator: Users can watch all your videos on the channel itself, instead of jumping from video page to video page
We have taken many of the best elements of the normal video watch page including Comments, Favorites, and Sharing
Easy to link to a particular video on your channel
Copy and paste the URL and send it to a friend. They will land on the channel and it will start playing that specific video
Ability to edit modules, colors, and themes directly on the channel page
I'm going to move my subscriptions above the friends module and I want to show three rows of subscriptions, not two
To edit my themes and colors I pick a theme and my channel changes immediately
I can go for the advanced options and edit the colors even further. I'm going to pick a different background color
Can also choose exactly which video content you would like to display and how it is presented in the video navigator
Click the edit link and choose which of the tabs on the top of the screen to make visible
In the featured content set, choose which of the videos are available on the right hand side. I'm going to start with my play lists
Then I'm going to chose which featured video to show on the left side. Then I change which play list I want to show
Here we are on my channel showing that featured video and a list of my play list
Advertising will run on channels
How can you convert your old channel to this new channel?
Sign in, go to your channel in the top right corner
Click on the Edit Channel link and click on the "Upgrade my channel!" button
There is your new channel
For those with custom backgrounds and themes, we'll transfer as much of your old design as possible
You may have to make a few small changes to your colors and backgrounds, especially if you have a very custom background
We will soon be transferring all channels to the new design automatically, so you don't need to
Visit the YouTube blog at youtube.com/blog to find out the exact date
Start customizing your new channel
We will be continually improving and adding features based on your feedback, so check back frequently