Signage Live - Getting Started
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Getting Started Guide
Registering your signagelive player Logging on to your signagelive Network Using your Network Dashboard Uploading Media Assets Creating a Playlist Creating a Layout Deploying a Fullscreen Playlist Deploying a Layout
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Registering your signagelive Player Exercises: Exercise One: Logging on to your signagelive Network Exercise Two: Using your Network Dashboard Exercise Three: Uploading Media Assets Exercise Four: Creating a Playlist Exercise Five: Creating a Layout Exercise Six: Deploying a Fullscreen Playlist Exercise Seven: Deploying a Fullscreen Layout Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 10 Page 11 Page 3
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Registering your Player
If you have not installed the signagelive player, please follow the steps below, otherwise go to Exercise One. Before installing the signagelive player please ensure you have the following pre-requisites installed on the PC you are going to install the signagelive software on:
.NET Framework 2.0 Windows Media Player 11 Combined Community Codec Pack Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or above
All of the above can be found on the Downloads page within your signagelive network. When you have installed these software packages you can then install our signagelive software on your hardware player as follows: 1. Download the signagelive client from: https://login.signagelive.com/Downloads/signagelive_setup_display_edition.zip 2. Install the signagelive software client on the hardware you will be playing your content on. It is a good idea to install the signagelive client on a separate PC from the one you are using to manage your signagelive network. This PC should be dedicated to signagelive. If this is not possible you will need to manually start and stop the signagelive player whilst working through this guide (details below). 3. When you have finished installing our client software you may have selected to launch our software automatically and will be presented with the Configuration Tool, if not you can start this by clicking on: Start > Programs > signagelive > signagelive Configuration 3. The signagelive Configuration Tool will now load and you will be provided with three options:
Option 1: Minimum Configuration (No changes will be made to Windows) Option 2: Minimum Configuration (Adds signagelive to your Windows Startup) Option 3: Advanced (Allows you to apply Windows Tweaks to a dedicated signagelive device).
When you have selected your option you will be asked how you would like to activate your player. You can do this with either a 16 digit licence key or by using the activation code. 4. Click on “I have a 16 digit licence code” and enter the relevant details within the Registration window that will appear on your screen. 5. When you have completed entering your licence code, company name and at least one line of address details you can now click on the Register button. 6. When the player has successfully registered and connected to our servers the content will be updated and you will see a series of default signagelive content. If you have installed our software on the same hardware player as you are managing signagelive from then the signagelive player can be manually started by running: Start -> All Programs -> Startup -> Signagelive The signagelive player can be stopped by pressing the Escape key, the hardware player will then show either the Windows Desktop or any other applications you have running in the background. NOTE: You only need to manually start and stop signagelive if you are running the client on the same hardware player as you are managing signagelive from, if you have a dedicated player PC signagelive will automatically receive content updates at the scheduled interval (by default new content is checked for every 5 minutes for the first 24 hours and then hourly after that).
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Exercise One: Logging in to your Network
Now that you have downloaded the software and configured your hardware player, you will now be at a stage where you can login to your signagelive account. You can login to your signagelive account using your email and password details at https://login.signagelive.com. If you have not already created a signagelive account, then you will need to go through the following steps:
Creating a signagelive Account
1. Open up an Internet Explorer browser and go to https://login.signagelive.com 2. You will have been taken to the signagelive login page and you will now need to click on the link “I’ve purchased a licence, get started”
3. When you have clicked the link you will taken into the “Create a new signagelive Account” area and will be required to fill out the requested details to setup a new account.
What you need to do: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Please enter your email address. Please enter your First Name and Last Name. Please enter a password for your account. Please enter a licence code to authorise your account. Read through the End User Licence Agreement. Tick the End User agreement box when completed. Click the Create my Account button to finish.
4. When you have filled out all of the details you will now need to click on the green Create My Account button to proceed to the next stage. You will now be presented with a confirmation message when your account has been successfully created.
5. You will now be sent an account validation email from [email protected] and will be required to click on the Validate Account button to proceed. When you click the validate button you will be taken to the https://login.signagelive.com page and can now enter your password to login.
If you would like to know more detail about logging in and creating accounts, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/forums/20014908-getting-started
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Exercise Two: Using your Dashboard
When you first login to any network you will be presented with a unique dashboard. The initial page you access is termed as the Dashboard and this page provides you with an overview of how the network is performing. Here are what the different sections of the dashboard screen contain:
Network Monitors
Player Search Facility
Your Network Alerts
Recent Player Connections
1. Hover your mouse over any of the Network Monitors and see what data is displayed to you. 2. Click through the High, Medium and Low Alerts to become familiar with the types of alerts available. 3. Try using the Player Search Facility to search for players that are located on your network. 4. Try launching our software on your registered signagelive player and then notice how it will appear within the Recent Player Connections are when it has successfully connected.
If you would like to know more detail about your Network Dashboard and Alerts, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20036752-understanding-your-network-dashboard http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20040082-what-are-signagelive-alerts
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Exercise Three: Uploading Media Assets
signagelive is able to support a wide range of media assets; these include:
Images: JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG Videos: WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, AVI, 3GP, DivX, MPEG 1,2,4, H.264 and MKV Other: Flash (.SWF), Webpages and IPTV.
For a full list of the media assets types that signagelive supports, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20021116-what-media-files-are-supported-in-signagelive
To upload a media asset:
1. If you are not logged in to your signagelive network then you will need to open a web browser and navigate to https://login.signagelive.com and login to your account. 2. When you are logged in you will need to click on the network you wish to upload media to, or you may already be automatically logged in to your desired network. 3. When you are ready to begin uploading media assets, you will need to navigate to the Asset Manager. a) b) c) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Assets. You will now need to hover your mouse over the Assets option and then select Add Assets. You will now be within the Asset Manager within your network.
4. To begin selecting which assets you wish to upload, you will need to click on the Add Files button. 5. You will now be prompted to locate the file(s) on your local computer that you wish to upload. 6. When you have located and selected your file(s) you can click on the Open button and your file(s) will now be added to your Upload Queue within the Asset Manager. If you wish to select multiple files at this stage then you can do so by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and selecting the files with your mouse as normal. 7. When you have added your files into your Upload Queue, you can click on any of the files and they will be highlighted with a blue colour. When selected, you can add tags to the assets to make them easier to locate in the future. You can add tags for all assets or just individuals ones. 8. When ready you can upload your Upload Queue by clicking on the Upload button. 9. You will now be presented with a Confirmation Required screen, which will ask if you happy to continue uploading the files and you will need to tick the relevant prompt and click OK to proceed.
When you have confirmed your Upload Queue you will see the selected media assets being uploaded and will be shown how long each file is likely to take via a progress bar and will receive a confirmation when this has been completed. When complete your new media assets will be available to use on your network. If you would like to know more detail about the process of uploading assets, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/forums/20012617-managing-uploading-your-media
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Exercise Four: Creating a Playlist
1. When you are ready to begin creating playlists, you will need to navigate to the Playlist Creator. a) b) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Playlists. You will now be within the Playlist Creator within your network.
The key features of the Playlist Creator are as follows:
Your Asset Library
Your Folders & Search Facility
Your Playlist Timeline
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When you are ready to begin creating your first playlist, use the Folders & Search Facility to locate the following default assets on your network. Alternatively you can use your own uploaded assets if you have already followed Exercise Three.
Videos: chesterfield.wmv, falling logo.wmv Images: slide1.jpg, slide2.jpg, slide3.jpg
If you wish to select multiple assets at this stage then you can do so by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and selecting the files with your mouse as normal. 3. Your searched for assets, or all just all assets, will appear in Your Asset Library. Therefore you can now use your mouse to drag and drop your assets from Your Asset Library to Your Playlist Timeline. When you have dragged your assets onto Your Playlist Timeline they will appears as follows:
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You can now save your playlist by clicking on the Save Playlist button. You will be prompted to give your playlist a name, please call your playlist: My First Playlist. When you have added your name, please click the OK button when you are happy to proceed.
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Exercise Five: Creating a Layout
1. When you are ready to begin creating a layout, you will need to navigate to the Layout Designer. a) b) c) 2. Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Layouts. You will now be within the Layout Manager within your network and will need to click the New button to begin creating a new layout within your network. After clicking the New button, you will be presented with the New Layout wizard. Please set the following criteria within the wizard:
Screen Resolution: 1280 x 768 Orientation: Landscape Template: Blank
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When you are happy with your settings, please click the Select Template button to proceed.
You will now be presented with a blank canvas with the resolution and orientation settings you have set. Please go through the following steps and we will begin to add features to your newly created layout.
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To begin adding some features to your layout please go through all of the criteria below and follow the directions and any window zone coordinates provided: Set a Background Image: Click on the Layout Design tab and then navigate to the Background area within the upper menu. Click on the available drop-down menu and select the background named signagelive blue bevel.jpg.
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You are now ready to begin adding content zones to your Layout. These zones will act as windows where you will want your signagelive playlists to play when deployed to your registered players: Adding Content Zones: a) b) c) d) e) f) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Schedulable Zones area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop two Schedulable Content zones to anywhere on your layout design. Click on one of the zones that you have added and, within the menu, go to Size and Position section. Please can you add the following coordinates: X: 52 Y: 187 Width: 711 Height: 423 Please now click on the second zone you added and, within the menu, go to Size and Position section. Please can you add the following coordinates: X: 807 Y: 187 Width: 425 Height: 423 Adding a Flip Clock Widget: a) b) c) d) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Widgets area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop the Flip Clock widget to anywhere on your layout design. Click on the Flip Clock that you have added and then within the menu click on the Layer Basics tab. Within the Size and Position area, set these coordinates: X: 993 Y: 14 Width: 275 Height: 65
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Exercise Five: Creating a Layout /cont...
Adding a RSS Ticker: a) b) c) d) e) f) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Schedulable Zones area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop a RSS Zone to anywhere on your layout design. Click on the RSS Zone that you have added and then within the menu click on the Layer Basics tab. Within the Size and Position area, set these coordinates: X: 2 Y: 700 Width: 1269 Height: 51 With your RSS Zone still selected, click on the RSS Design menu and go to the Text section. Using the available feature to set your font to be Verdana, Size 30 and White Colour.
Having followed the steps described your newly created layout should look like the following:
Flip Clock
Schedulable Content
Schedulable Content
RSS Ticker
You have now successfully created your first signagelive layout and can now finish by saving your work. You can save your new layout by carrying out the following steps: 5. 6. 7. 8. To save your work, click on the Home tab from the top menu area. You can now click on the Save button and will be asked to give your layout a name. Please name your layout the following: My First Layout. You can then proceed by selecting the Save button and you work will be added to your network.
When you have finished using the Layout Designer you can leave this feature by hovering your mouse over the series of dots located at the upper middle area of the window. When you have done this a drop-down menu will appear and you will need to click Toggle Header to return to the main navigation system.
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Exercise Six: Deploying a full screen playlist
1. When you are wanting to deploy a full screen playlist you will need to carry out the following steps: a) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu hover over the option Deployments. b) When you have hovered over the Deployments option you will need to select Schedules/Interrupts. 2. When you have selected Schedules/Interrupts you will be taken through a series of questions. Below you will find the questions you will be asked and the required answers you will need to give:
Question 1 - How do you want to show your Content? — Please click As a Schedule. Question 2 - When do you want your schedule to Start? — Please click Now. Question 3 - When do you want your schedule to End? — Please click Run until further Notice. Question 4 - When do you wish to show? — Please click Playlist.
You will now be shown a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search and locate the playlist you wish to deploy as a full screen schedule. If you have gone through Exercise Four of this guide, you will have a playlist named My First Playlist. 3. When you have located the My First Playlist playlist you have already created, or any other playlist you wish to use, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired playlist within the window. Alternatively you can click the playlist once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 4. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to add the players without warnings or errors to the deployment list? Please can you select No if you are prompted with this question. You will now be taken to the final deployment phase where you begin to select which players on your network you wish to deploy your fullscreen playlist to. You will notice that there are two key sections shown on the screen and these are named Search Results (on the left) and Deploy To (on the right).
5. When you are this stage of deploying your full screen playlist all you will need to is drag and drop the registered player you wish to deploy to from the Search Results section (on the left) and move this across to the Deploy To section (on the right). 6. When the player is now added to the Deploy To section you can confirm your deployment by clicking your mouse on the green Deploy button which will automatically appear. 7. You will now be presented with a confirmation screen stating your deployment has been successful. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to save this list of players for future use? — Please click No.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout
1. When you are wanting to deploy a full screen playlist you will need to carry out the following steps: a)Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu hover over the option Deployments. b)When you have hovered over the Deployments option you will need to select Schedules/Interrupts. 2. When you have selected Schedules/Interrupts you will be taken through a series of questions. Below you will find the questions you will be asked and then required answers you will need to give:
Question 1 - How do you want to show your Content? — Please click As a Schedule. Question 2 - When do you want your schedule to Start? — Please click Now. Question 3 - When do you want your schedule to End? — Please click Run until further Notice. Question 4 - When do you wish to show? — Please click Layout.
You will now be shown a Open Layout window and will be required to search and locate the layout you wish to deploy. If you have gone through Exercise Five of this guide, you will have a layout named My First Layout. 3. When you have located the My First Layout layout you have already created, or any other layout you wish to use, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired layout within the window. Alternatively you can click the layout item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. You will now be presented with a Configure your Layout window as below:
Playlist needs to be added here..
Playlist needs to be added here..
RSS Ticker needs to be added here..
As you will see from the screenshot above there are three separate zones that will require you to add playlists; these are our two Schedulable Content windows and also our RSS Ticker zone. 4. You will now need to go through each of the areas and begin adding playlists. To begin, please double click your mouse on the top left Schedulable Content window.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout /cont...
5. After you have double clicked on the first Schedulable Content zone you will now be asked the following:
Question 5 - When do you want to show the Playlist? — Click For the duration of the Layout.
You will now be presented with a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search for and select the playlist you wish to show in the selected area of your layout. At this stage you will need to select the playlist you created in Exercise Four and this is named My First Playlist. 6. When you have located the My First Playlist playlist, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired layout within the window. Alternatively you can click the layout item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 7. You will now receive confirmation that your playlist has been added to the schedule and you can now select between two options; please select Scheduling Complete. You will now be taken back to your Layout Preview and your selected Playlist will be added. You will be able to see an image still from your playlist within the selected area. 8. You will now need to repeat steps 4 to 7 for any other Schedulable Content windows on your layout design until they have had playlists added to them. For the secondary Schedulable Content zone we recommend that you use the playlist named Stills. When you have double clicked the RSS Feed Zone at the bottom of your layout design you will be shown a Add RSS Feeds window and can now select between two options. Please select Add Playlist.
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10. After you have selected Add Playlist option you will now be asked the following:
Question 6 - When do you want to show the Playlist? — Click For the duration of the Layout.
You will now be presented with a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search for and select the RSS Ticker playlist you wish to show in the ticker area of your layout. At this stage you will need to select the playlist named Ticker. 11. When you have located the Ticker playlist, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired playlist within the window. Alternatively you can click the playlist item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 12. You will now receive confirmation that your playlist has been added to the schedule and you can now select between two options. Please select Scheduling Complete.
13. You have now successfully added content into your layout design. You can now click the green OK button to proceed to the final deployment phase.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout /cont...
You will now be taken to the final deployment phase where you begin to select which players on your network you wish to deploy your layout to. You will notice that there are two key sections shown on the screen and these are named Search Results (on the left) and Deploy To (on the right).
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When you are this stage of deploying your full screen playlist all you will need to is drag and drop the registered player you wish to deploy to from the Search Results section (on the left) and move this across to the Deploy To section (on the right). When the player is now added to the Deploy To section you can confirm your deployment by clicking your mouse on the green Deploy button which will automatically appear. You will now be presented with a confirmation screen stating your deployment has been successful. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to save this list of players for future use? — Please click No.
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Registering your signagelive player Logging on to your signagelive Network Using your Network Dashboard Uploading Media Assets Creating a Playlist Creating a Layout Deploying a Fullscreen Playlist Deploying a Layout
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Registering your signagelive Player Exercises: Exercise One: Logging on to your signagelive Network Exercise Two: Using your Network Dashboard Exercise Three: Uploading Media Assets Exercise Four: Creating a Playlist Exercise Five: Creating a Layout Exercise Six: Deploying a Fullscreen Playlist Exercise Seven: Deploying a Fullscreen Layout Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 10 Page 11 Page 3
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Registering your Player
If you have not installed the signagelive player, please follow the steps below, otherwise go to Exercise One. Before installing the signagelive player please ensure you have the following pre-requisites installed on the PC you are going to install the signagelive software on:
.NET Framework 2.0 Windows Media Player 11 Combined Community Codec Pack Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or above
All of the above can be found on the Downloads page within your signagelive network. When you have installed these software packages you can then install our signagelive software on your hardware player as follows: 1. Download the signagelive client from: https://login.signagelive.com/Downloads/signagelive_setup_display_edition.zip 2. Install the signagelive software client on the hardware you will be playing your content on. It is a good idea to install the signagelive client on a separate PC from the one you are using to manage your signagelive network. This PC should be dedicated to signagelive. If this is not possible you will need to manually start and stop the signagelive player whilst working through this guide (details below). 3. When you have finished installing our client software you may have selected to launch our software automatically and will be presented with the Configuration Tool, if not you can start this by clicking on: Start > Programs > signagelive > signagelive Configuration 3. The signagelive Configuration Tool will now load and you will be provided with three options:
Option 1: Minimum Configuration (No changes will be made to Windows) Option 2: Minimum Configuration (Adds signagelive to your Windows Startup) Option 3: Advanced (Allows you to apply Windows Tweaks to a dedicated signagelive device).
When you have selected your option you will be asked how you would like to activate your player. You can do this with either a 16 digit licence key or by using the activation code. 4. Click on “I have a 16 digit licence code” and enter the relevant details within the Registration window that will appear on your screen. 5. When you have completed entering your licence code, company name and at least one line of address details you can now click on the Register button. 6. When the player has successfully registered and connected to our servers the content will be updated and you will see a series of default signagelive content. If you have installed our software on the same hardware player as you are managing signagelive from then the signagelive player can be manually started by running: Start -> All Programs -> Startup -> Signagelive The signagelive player can be stopped by pressing the Escape key, the hardware player will then show either the Windows Desktop or any other applications you have running in the background. NOTE: You only need to manually start and stop signagelive if you are running the client on the same hardware player as you are managing signagelive from, if you have a dedicated player PC signagelive will automatically receive content updates at the scheduled interval (by default new content is checked for every 5 minutes for the first 24 hours and then hourly after that).
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Exercise One: Logging in to your Network
Now that you have downloaded the software and configured your hardware player, you will now be at a stage where you can login to your signagelive account. You can login to your signagelive account using your email and password details at https://login.signagelive.com. If you have not already created a signagelive account, then you will need to go through the following steps:
Creating a signagelive Account
1. Open up an Internet Explorer browser and go to https://login.signagelive.com 2. You will have been taken to the signagelive login page and you will now need to click on the link “I’ve purchased a licence, get started”
3. When you have clicked the link you will taken into the “Create a new signagelive Account” area and will be required to fill out the requested details to setup a new account.
What you need to do: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Please enter your email address. Please enter your First Name and Last Name. Please enter a password for your account. Please enter a licence code to authorise your account. Read through the End User Licence Agreement. Tick the End User agreement box when completed. Click the Create my Account button to finish.
4. When you have filled out all of the details you will now need to click on the green Create My Account button to proceed to the next stage. You will now be presented with a confirmation message when your account has been successfully created.
5. You will now be sent an account validation email from [email protected] and will be required to click on the Validate Account button to proceed. When you click the validate button you will be taken to the https://login.signagelive.com page and can now enter your password to login.
If you would like to know more detail about logging in and creating accounts, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/forums/20014908-getting-started
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Exercise Two: Using your Dashboard
When you first login to any network you will be presented with a unique dashboard. The initial page you access is termed as the Dashboard and this page provides you with an overview of how the network is performing. Here are what the different sections of the dashboard screen contain:
Network Monitors
Player Search Facility
Your Network Alerts
Recent Player Connections
1. Hover your mouse over any of the Network Monitors and see what data is displayed to you. 2. Click through the High, Medium and Low Alerts to become familiar with the types of alerts available. 3. Try using the Player Search Facility to search for players that are located on your network. 4. Try launching our software on your registered signagelive player and then notice how it will appear within the Recent Player Connections are when it has successfully connected.
If you would like to know more detail about your Network Dashboard and Alerts, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20036752-understanding-your-network-dashboard http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20040082-what-are-signagelive-alerts
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Exercise Three: Uploading Media Assets
signagelive is able to support a wide range of media assets; these include:
Images: JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG Videos: WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, AVI, 3GP, DivX, MPEG 1,2,4, H.264 and MKV Other: Flash (.SWF), Webpages and IPTV.
For a full list of the media assets types that signagelive supports, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/entries/20021116-what-media-files-are-supported-in-signagelive
To upload a media asset:
1. If you are not logged in to your signagelive network then you will need to open a web browser and navigate to https://login.signagelive.com and login to your account. 2. When you are logged in you will need to click on the network you wish to upload media to, or you may already be automatically logged in to your desired network. 3. When you are ready to begin uploading media assets, you will need to navigate to the Asset Manager. a) b) c) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Assets. You will now need to hover your mouse over the Assets option and then select Add Assets. You will now be within the Asset Manager within your network.
4. To begin selecting which assets you wish to upload, you will need to click on the Add Files button. 5. You will now be prompted to locate the file(s) on your local computer that you wish to upload. 6. When you have located and selected your file(s) you can click on the Open button and your file(s) will now be added to your Upload Queue within the Asset Manager. If you wish to select multiple files at this stage then you can do so by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and selecting the files with your mouse as normal. 7. When you have added your files into your Upload Queue, you can click on any of the files and they will be highlighted with a blue colour. When selected, you can add tags to the assets to make them easier to locate in the future. You can add tags for all assets or just individuals ones. 8. When ready you can upload your Upload Queue by clicking on the Upload button. 9. You will now be presented with a Confirmation Required screen, which will ask if you happy to continue uploading the files and you will need to tick the relevant prompt and click OK to proceed.
When you have confirmed your Upload Queue you will see the selected media assets being uploaded and will be shown how long each file is likely to take via a progress bar and will receive a confirmation when this has been completed. When complete your new media assets will be available to use on your network. If you would like to know more detail about the process of uploading assets, please refer to the following: http://signagelive.zendesk.com/forums/20012617-managing-uploading-your-media
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Exercise Four: Creating a Playlist
1. When you are ready to begin creating playlists, you will need to navigate to the Playlist Creator. a) b) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Playlists. You will now be within the Playlist Creator within your network.
The key features of the Playlist Creator are as follows:
Your Asset Library
Your Folders & Search Facility
Your Playlist Timeline
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When you are ready to begin creating your first playlist, use the Folders & Search Facility to locate the following default assets on your network. Alternatively you can use your own uploaded assets if you have already followed Exercise Three.
Videos: chesterfield.wmv, falling logo.wmv Images: slide1.jpg, slide2.jpg, slide3.jpg
If you wish to select multiple assets at this stage then you can do so by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and selecting the files with your mouse as normal. 3. Your searched for assets, or all just all assets, will appear in Your Asset Library. Therefore you can now use your mouse to drag and drop your assets from Your Asset Library to Your Playlist Timeline. When you have dragged your assets onto Your Playlist Timeline they will appears as follows:
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You can now save your playlist by clicking on the Save Playlist button. You will be prompted to give your playlist a name, please call your playlist: My First Playlist. When you have added your name, please click the OK button when you are happy to proceed.
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Exercise Five: Creating a Layout
1. When you are ready to begin creating a layout, you will need to navigate to the Layout Designer. a) b) c) 2. Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu select Layouts. You will now be within the Layout Manager within your network and will need to click the New button to begin creating a new layout within your network. After clicking the New button, you will be presented with the New Layout wizard. Please set the following criteria within the wizard:
Screen Resolution: 1280 x 768 Orientation: Landscape Template: Blank
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When you are happy with your settings, please click the Select Template button to proceed.
You will now be presented with a blank canvas with the resolution and orientation settings you have set. Please go through the following steps and we will begin to add features to your newly created layout.
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To begin adding some features to your layout please go through all of the criteria below and follow the directions and any window zone coordinates provided: Set a Background Image: Click on the Layout Design tab and then navigate to the Background area within the upper menu. Click on the available drop-down menu and select the background named signagelive blue bevel.jpg.
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You are now ready to begin adding content zones to your Layout. These zones will act as windows where you will want your signagelive playlists to play when deployed to your registered players: Adding Content Zones: a) b) c) d) e) f) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Schedulable Zones area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop two Schedulable Content zones to anywhere on your layout design. Click on one of the zones that you have added and, within the menu, go to Size and Position section. Please can you add the following coordinates: X: 52 Y: 187 Width: 711 Height: 423 Please now click on the second zone you added and, within the menu, go to Size and Position section. Please can you add the following coordinates: X: 807 Y: 187 Width: 425 Height: 423 Adding a Flip Clock Widget: a) b) c) d) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Widgets area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop the Flip Clock widget to anywhere on your layout design. Click on the Flip Clock that you have added and then within the menu click on the Layer Basics tab. Within the Size and Position area, set these coordinates: X: 993 Y: 14 Width: 275 Height: 65
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Exercise Five: Creating a Layout /cont...
Adding a RSS Ticker: a) b) c) d) e) f) Click on the Content Zones tab and then navigate to the Schedulable Zones area on the upper menu. Please now drag and drop a RSS Zone to anywhere on your layout design. Click on the RSS Zone that you have added and then within the menu click on the Layer Basics tab. Within the Size and Position area, set these coordinates: X: 2 Y: 700 Width: 1269 Height: 51 With your RSS Zone still selected, click on the RSS Design menu and go to the Text section. Using the available feature to set your font to be Verdana, Size 30 and White Colour.
Having followed the steps described your newly created layout should look like the following:
Flip Clock
Schedulable Content
Schedulable Content
RSS Ticker
You have now successfully created your first signagelive layout and can now finish by saving your work. You can save your new layout by carrying out the following steps: 5. 6. 7. 8. To save your work, click on the Home tab from the top menu area. You can now click on the Save button and will be asked to give your layout a name. Please name your layout the following: My First Layout. You can then proceed by selecting the Save button and you work will be added to your network.
When you have finished using the Layout Designer you can leave this feature by hovering your mouse over the series of dots located at the upper middle area of the window. When you have done this a drop-down menu will appear and you will need to click Toggle Header to return to the main navigation system.
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Exercise Six: Deploying a full screen playlist
1. When you are wanting to deploy a full screen playlist you will need to carry out the following steps: a) Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu hover over the option Deployments. b) When you have hovered over the Deployments option you will need to select Schedules/Interrupts. 2. When you have selected Schedules/Interrupts you will be taken through a series of questions. Below you will find the questions you will be asked and the required answers you will need to give:
Question 1 - How do you want to show your Content? — Please click As a Schedule. Question 2 - When do you want your schedule to Start? — Please click Now. Question 3 - When do you want your schedule to End? — Please click Run until further Notice. Question 4 - When do you wish to show? — Please click Playlist.
You will now be shown a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search and locate the playlist you wish to deploy as a full screen schedule. If you have gone through Exercise Four of this guide, you will have a playlist named My First Playlist. 3. When you have located the My First Playlist playlist you have already created, or any other playlist you wish to use, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired playlist within the window. Alternatively you can click the playlist once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 4. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to add the players without warnings or errors to the deployment list? Please can you select No if you are prompted with this question. You will now be taken to the final deployment phase where you begin to select which players on your network you wish to deploy your fullscreen playlist to. You will notice that there are two key sections shown on the screen and these are named Search Results (on the left) and Deploy To (on the right).
5. When you are this stage of deploying your full screen playlist all you will need to is drag and drop the registered player you wish to deploy to from the Search Results section (on the left) and move this across to the Deploy To section (on the right). 6. When the player is now added to the Deploy To section you can confirm your deployment by clicking your mouse on the green Deploy button which will automatically appear. 7. You will now be presented with a confirmation screen stating your deployment has been successful. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to save this list of players for future use? — Please click No.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout
1. When you are wanting to deploy a full screen playlist you will need to carry out the following steps: a)Click on the Content menu and from the drop-down menu hover over the option Deployments. b)When you have hovered over the Deployments option you will need to select Schedules/Interrupts. 2. When you have selected Schedules/Interrupts you will be taken through a series of questions. Below you will find the questions you will be asked and then required answers you will need to give:
Question 1 - How do you want to show your Content? — Please click As a Schedule. Question 2 - When do you want your schedule to Start? — Please click Now. Question 3 - When do you want your schedule to End? — Please click Run until further Notice. Question 4 - When do you wish to show? — Please click Layout.
You will now be shown a Open Layout window and will be required to search and locate the layout you wish to deploy. If you have gone through Exercise Five of this guide, you will have a layout named My First Layout. 3. When you have located the My First Layout layout you have already created, or any other layout you wish to use, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired layout within the window. Alternatively you can click the layout item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. You will now be presented with a Configure your Layout window as below:
Playlist needs to be added here..
Playlist needs to be added here..
RSS Ticker needs to be added here..
As you will see from the screenshot above there are three separate zones that will require you to add playlists; these are our two Schedulable Content windows and also our RSS Ticker zone. 4. You will now need to go through each of the areas and begin adding playlists. To begin, please double click your mouse on the top left Schedulable Content window.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout /cont...
5. After you have double clicked on the first Schedulable Content zone you will now be asked the following:
Question 5 - When do you want to show the Playlist? — Click For the duration of the Layout.
You will now be presented with a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search for and select the playlist you wish to show in the selected area of your layout. At this stage you will need to select the playlist you created in Exercise Four and this is named My First Playlist. 6. When you have located the My First Playlist playlist, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired layout within the window. Alternatively you can click the layout item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 7. You will now receive confirmation that your playlist has been added to the schedule and you can now select between two options; please select Scheduling Complete. You will now be taken back to your Layout Preview and your selected Playlist will be added. You will be able to see an image still from your playlist within the selected area. 8. You will now need to repeat steps 4 to 7 for any other Schedulable Content windows on your layout design until they have had playlists added to them. For the secondary Schedulable Content zone we recommend that you use the playlist named Stills. When you have double clicked the RSS Feed Zone at the bottom of your layout design you will be shown a Add RSS Feeds window and can now select between two options. Please select Add Playlist.
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10. After you have selected Add Playlist option you will now be asked the following:
Question 6 - When do you want to show the Playlist? — Click For the duration of the Layout.
You will now be presented with a Choose a Playlist window and will be required to search for and select the RSS Ticker playlist you wish to show in the ticker area of your layout. At this stage you will need to select the playlist named Ticker. 11. When you have located the Ticker playlist, you can instantly move to the next stage by double clicking your desired playlist within the window. Alternatively you can click the playlist item once and it will be highlighted yellow; you can then proceed by pressing the green OK button. 12. You will now receive confirmation that your playlist has been added to the schedule and you can now select between two options. Please select Scheduling Complete.
13. You have now successfully added content into your layout design. You can now click the green OK button to proceed to the final deployment phase.
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Exercise Seven: Deploying a Layout /cont...
You will now be taken to the final deployment phase where you begin to select which players on your network you wish to deploy your layout to. You will notice that there are two key sections shown on the screen and these are named Search Results (on the left) and Deploy To (on the right).
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When you are this stage of deploying your full screen playlist all you will need to is drag and drop the registered player you wish to deploy to from the Search Results section (on the left) and move this across to the Deploy To section (on the right). When the player is now added to the Deploy To section you can confirm your deployment by clicking your mouse on the green Deploy button which will automatically appear. You will now be presented with a confirmation screen stating your deployment has been successful. You may now be asked the following question: Do you wish to save this list of players for future use? — Please click No.
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