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Digital Signage: Configure display options with the URL
Digital Signage: Configure display options with the URL

This article shows you how you can alter the URL to filter content to display on different screens.

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Written by Johannes Rost
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INTEREST FILTERING

You have a screen in front of your spa and only want to display spa content there? Or do you want to manage for each screen which content will be shown? Then the interest filtering and tag filtering are great solutions for you as you can filter the content shown on a screen by interest. 

URL CHANGE:

HOW TO FIND THE INTEREST ID:

  1. Go to Hotel / Interests (if you are using interests on brand level, go to the brand interests).

  2. Click Edit the according interest or interest group:

  3. Check the URL of the edit page and note down the interest ID or interest group ID:

MULTIPLE INTERESTS?

If you want to show the content of more than one interest, just use the interest parameter multiple times:

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us with which interest or interest group you want to filter the box. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

TAG FILTERING

You can also filter the content shown on a screen by self-set tags. This allows you more flexibility, but also requires you to maintain the content accordingly.

URL CHANGE:

HOW TO ADD TAGS TO CONTENT

Per content (activity, directory entry, offer) you can add the tag.

  1. Go to the detail page of each content you want to show on this screen.

  2. Add the self-chosen tag name into the tag field. (If you don't see the tag field, you need to enable it on the brand level.)

MULTIPLE TAGS?

If you want to show the content tagged with more than one tags, just use the tag parameter multiple times:


COMBINING INTEREST FILTERING AND TAG FILTERING:

You can combine interest filtering and tag filtering. Just add as many interest parameters and tag parameters as required.

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us with which tags you want to filter the box. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

DISPLAY OF CERTAIN DAY RANGE

The default setting for the displayed time range is three days. If you want to display activities that take place in five days or you only need one day to be shown, you can configure that this the day tag.

URL CHANGE:

The tag daysToFetch=[number of days] is already in the URL, where you can simply replace the number.

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us with which number of days you want to be displayed. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

SHOW CONVENTION CONTENT ONLY

Let's say you are hosting a corporate retreat and you want to only show content from the specific convention on the screen in front of the meeting room, then please use the Convention ID.

URL CHANGE:


HOW TO FIND THE CONVENTION ID:

  1. Open you backoffice and click on "Conventions" in the menu bar on the left.

  2. Then copy the convention code.

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us with for which convention you want to filter the box. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

HIDE HANDOVER SCREEN

The handover screen is the screen which is promoting your app. If you don't want that on your DS screen you can disable it.

URL CHANGE:

Please add the following to the URL: &hidehandover=true

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us if you want to enable the handover screen. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

HIDE APP BANNER AND QR CODE

To hide the App banner and QR code in case you do not want to advertise the app on the activity, or if you are only using the web app.

URL CHANGE:

Please add the following to the URL: &hideAppDownloads=true

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us if you want to enable the handover screen. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

HIDE WEATHER FORECAST

In case you don't want the weather forecast displayed on your screen, you can disable it.

URL CHANGE:

Please add the following to the URL: &hideweather=true

If you are using a Chromebox that is in our management, please just inform us if you want to enable the weather forecast screen. And then we will configure the box accordingly.

MODE AND LANGUAGES

When you create your Basic URL, you can already configure and modify some parameters there, such as language and mode.

URL CHANGE:

The corresponding URL additions are:
&mode=interactive or mode=linear

&locale=[chosen language]

You can use them in the same way as described above to edit the URL afterwards.

Please note:
If you add languages to the URL, make sure that the content is also added to the entries in the relevant languages.

If you want to manage which content is visible on which output channels, then make use of tags. Feel free to read the following article for more information on that: Digital Signage: Using tags

Controller for Staff

If you would like to be able to see and check slides then you can easily do so with the controller. This is only for you and the guests will not see this. With the controller you can select the slide you would like to check, the speed at which the slides show, if the slideshow should be enabled, and if animations are active (videos playing).

URL CHANGE:

Please add the following to the URL: &controls=true


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