How to Use YouTube Channels

A tour of the new YouTube channels shows you how to do common tasks to work with the new YouTube channel design. Topics include where to go to upload your channel background image and modify your channel design, how to feature a different video on your channel and how to modify your profile.

**Note** YouTube has made some changes to the channel editing options. The "edit" link shown in the video at the top right of the video navigator has been eliminated and replaced by "Videos and Playlist" button located at the very top of the channel which contains same options.
Seems like something that should have been there from the start.

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[grupwrk]

Are favorites and playlist videos now automatically featured in the channel, alongside uploaded videos? I can't find customization options for this anymore.

[epontius]

@grupwrk The new "new" layout (not the one shown here), will show public playlists as well as a "favorites" playlist on the "videos" tab. The only way to not have it show a playlist here is to make it private. For "Favorites" you have to disable the "favorites" setting in your Account's Sharing options. On the "featured" tab you can choose which playlists you want to show as featured playlists.

[SubjectNova]

Hey would you be able to help me, when i try to edit my channel where the edit button is i click it but there apparently is no page? its really bugging me because i want to edit my channel

[epontius]

@SubjectNova The channel design shown in this video is now out of date. There are some annotations that I added that try to explain some of the changes. In this channel design the "edit" was done away with and everything that was within there was added as a button along the top. Much easier to use. The "New" new channel design (cosmic panda) adds back in an "edit channel" button at the top that then drops down a bunch of options...versus having the buttons shown all the time.

[epontius]

@SubjectNova Also, the "New" new channel design eliminates a lot of the customization capabilities that this change design had. YouTube is apparently now wanting all channels to look very much alike without many options for personalization (changing the colors, changing opacities, font colors, etc...)

[Zenuen]

OK I need help ok i don't know what happened but on my front page i had friends on it and I knew how to get it up before but now when I go to Modules this is all it gives me... Ask Your Audience (Respond and Vote)

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Subscriptions.... So how do I get my friends back on my page?

[epontius]

@Zenuen Oh... also you can convert your current friends over to subscriptions using the subscription manager. Go to your home page. You have a "feed" of your subscriptions uploads and activity in the center of the page, at the top of it it says "subscriptions" and then on the next line will say "xx subscriptions" where xx is the number of subscriptions you have. Click that line. This brings you to another page. In the top left corner click "subscribe" in the box that talks about friends.

[DaftBrian]

@learningorganically I HAAAAAAATE IT. My sub box is getting sooo full.

[epontius]

@Zenuen The old "Friends" model is being phased out. Friends are being more merged with subscriptions. So no need for a friends module anymore. Check out your YouTube Inbox.

[Zenuen]

OK I need help ok i don't know what happened but on my front page i had friends on it and I knew how to get it up before but now when I go to Modules this is all it gives me... Ask Your Audience (Respond and Vote)

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Subscriptions.... So how do I get my friends back on my page?