After gathering your content or creating a playlist, you can now combine these files to create a template. Templates allow you to take advantage of multizone functionality by creating independent zones that can hold a variety of content, such as clocks, web applications, webpages, playlists, and singular media files. Once you have made templates, there is a template editor that allows you to edit or change current templates.
What You’ll Need
- A compatible digital signage player e.g. Mvix, BrightSign, etc.
- Mvix CMS Software with a supported feature package
- Internet Connectivity
- Media files, playlists, or general content you wish to add to the template.
If you meet the requirements listed above, simply follow the steps below to learn how to create and edit templates within xhibitsignage.
Navigating to the Template Editor
- Hover over the “TEMPLATES” tab and click “CREATE TEMPLATE”.
- Click the category and app that corresponds to the media you are looking to display.
- A zone will appear on the template canvas. This represents an empty media container that can hold and display any compatible media content.
- If you would like to add multiple zones, simply click an app again, and an additional zone will appear.
- NOTE: To remove a zone at any time, click the X icon in the top right corner of the zone that appears when you mouse over it.
- NOTE: Newly added zones will always appear in the top left corner, and will need to be dragged to their desired location.
- To resize any zone, click and drag the edges or corners as needed.
- To specify content for this zone, click the pen icon near the bottom right corner of the zone.
- A window will appear that lists all compatible content for that zone. Click to select the file of your choice and click “SAVE” when done.
- Please note that Zones will act as a container for the media, and will not always display media in the full size of the provided zone.
- The native resolution of the Media will determine playback size based on the space provided in the zone:
Adding a Playlist Zone
- Select “PLAYLIST” from the categories and click the Playlist app.
- A new zone will appear in the template canvas.
- To assign a playlist to your zone, click the pen icon near the bottom right corner of the zone.
- A window will pop up listing all available playlists.
- Click your desired playlist from the list and you’ll see the contents shown on the right.
- Confirm by hitting “SAVE”.
Additional Template Editor Tips
- The template editor allows you to change the background image of the template. Select the “Template Background”, located next to the “Preview” and “Save” buttons.
- You can click anywhere outside of the template to disable/remove an opaque layer in the template.
- When configuring a template for a Videowall, hover over the options menu (gear icon on the left side of the template menu bar) and select the “Videowall Layout” optio to convert the template to a Videowall template.
- You can also use the options menu to change screen orientation for your template, and manage the resolution of your displays when showing the template.
Problems, Questions, Corrections: If you have any further questions, problems, or corrections you would like to see made, please open a support ticket.