I want to give my customer the option of presenting a customised picture file. He wants to be able to show a welcome screen where he can edit the name on the screen.
My idea is to give him a HTML file that he can edit with Powerpoint or Word and then use a XD unit to present it (it will be part of a bigger project).
Is this the best way to do it? I would like to make it as simple as possible and the customer does not want to use bright author, it is to difficult for him.
If the only thing that will be changed on the screen is a text, then you can use the LiveText feature. You can point a unit to xml file, enter new text in xml file, and unit will display it on the screen. The unit can check an xml file every 30 seconds. Customer can use straightforward BrightSign Network webUI to update the text. Demo showing how to use LiveText for a menuboard in addition to using a BSN account:
http://www.brightsign.biz/demos/hd/
Search for "Live Text Menuboard"
You can update the text on the screen via udp commands that you can send to the brightsign unit from a mobile phone, tablet or computer that is on the same local network with the brightsign unit. To do this you need to add variables to the project, add LiveText object to the project, and use the LiveText to displays variables on the screen. The values of variables can be updated via udp or serial commands. See this faq for further details:
http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/23574663-Display-UDP-message-with-Live-Text-How-to-
If you want to update images on the screen and don't want to use BrightAuthor, the easiest way to do it is with a media rss feed. More details in this faq:
http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/20610996-What-kinds-of-Media-RSS-feeds-can-I-use-in-BrightAuthor-
If you have an XD player, it supports HTML5. HTML best practices are covered here:
http://brightsignbiz.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/HTML5%20USER%20GUIDE.pdf
Text can be changed using the LiveText feature. Pictures can be changed using the media rss feed. Live Text can be layered over images or videos. If you're familiar with HTML5, you can create the whole project in HTML5.
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