Digital Signs in WCMS Slides

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1 Digital Signs in WCMS Slides Log into WCMS with your IU Northwest username and passphrase. To navigate to your site folder. At the top left of the page, click on the drop down arrow for SITES: Go to Site and select IUN-IUN- CAMPUS.digitalSigns Type here to filter Sites list o. J IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.web 8 IU-COM-IET.common 1rd IU-FRAM E-W EBS.common IU -FRAM E-W EBS.sandbox IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.d igitalsigns f ro a S, IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.iun.ed u-secure IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.news I Your website folders should appears to the left of the screen. Next, navigate to the main folder by clicking on the folder name or icon.

2 I u N-IU N-CAM PUS.d igita I Signs Trash _internal arts css dev js main test The folder you will updated is the main/slides folder. This is where you will add your images into the slides folder, Digital Signs: How to add a slide Click on the slides folder in the main folder inside the IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.digitalSigns

3 main archives files sides ~ _welcome.jpg ~ 2017 _fall reg1str at,on... ~ Coming Soon IUNW.p... ~ One d1g1tal s1gnage -... ~ index In the top black menu bar, choose: click on the Add Content > image Main Folder CJ ~fault cf g til Slgn ~ html block ~ Image ~ image Miin folder ~ Vldeo fde

4 ntent Mecada~a Configure Full scree., Jraftsa,;ed File Name * Placement Folder * slides IUN-IUN-CAMPUS.dig,1:a-S1gns: /main/slides Timer in milliseconds Drop file(s) here or choose some from your computer The New File dialog box opens. Click on the dotted dashed area Drop file(s) here or choose some from your computer to select the file you want to or drag and drop your file into the dotted dash area. File name *Follow the naming convention: lowercase hyphen for spaces. Note: It is best to name your pdf on your computer in the same format needed for the file name. EX: iun-students-in-garden Placement Folder Verify the Placement Folder is the correct location (slides) and then submit your changes. Timer in milliseconds This will set the length of time the slide will display. The slide are defaulted to 10 seconds. It is not required to enter a value for the timer input. If you would like to adjust the time of the slide use this formula below, or you can search on the web for seconds to milliseconds converter.

5 Math Formula for Timer in milliseconds. This will set the length of time the slide will display. (It is important remember this timer use milliseconds. You can use the equation 1000 * (seconds + (minutes * 60)). For a slide to display for 2 minutes and 45 seconds the formula would be 1000 * (45 + (2 * 60)) = Math! You can submit your changes in two ways Option 1 Then click on the Save & Preview button then Submit button the top right of the screen. Option 2: You can click the vertical three dots next to Save & Preview and click the Submit button. Submit Close Comment on the changes you made. First version. Submit now or perform guided content checks. Submit Check Content & Submit After you upload your image, you will need to publish the image. After we have some slides in place, we will need to publish the digital sign.

6 This will make this signs available at ; use this URL to verify your slide has been published and it is in the desired order. mu, ) I I d Click Hover over the main and right click. Click Publish Click "Submit" Your sign should now be updated. **Once you upload the slide, remember you will need to publish the slide. Then you will need to publish the main folder. **When you remove a slide, you will need to republish the main folder If you forget to republish the main folder after removing an image, you may see the image still on the digital slides or you may see a blank slide. To rearrange the order of the slides. Name... Order... ~ One digital signage- 1920x1080.png 0 ~ Coming Soon IUNW.png ~ 2017 _fall registration_ds.jpg ~ 1_welcome.jpg 4

7 Check the checkbox next to the slide s file name to display the Action Arrows at the top of the screen. Then you can drag and drop the files into a specific order OR you can use the action arrows at the top to reorder the slides. NOTE: After publishing, the signs may take a couple of hours to appear on the digital signs. The system the digital signs has to refresh -