Content Layouts
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A Content Layout consists of a Display Schema with specific Content Design assignments for each Day Part.
Use Content Layouts to add and manage the Content Layouts that are deployed to company sites. The following is an overview of the Content Layouts homepage:
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1 | Create a new Content Layout. | |
2 | Name | Name of the Content Layout. |
3 | Content Thumbnails | Content thumbnails of the displays in the Display Schema. To view all the thumbnails, select the right-arrow next to the Content Layout name. |
4 | Display Schema | Name of the Display Schema assigned to the Content Layout. |
5 | Last Update | Date/time when the Content Layout was last updated. |
6 | 3-Dot Menu | From the dropdown, select an action to perform on the Content Layout:
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Create Content Layout
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To create a Content Layout:
From the Content Layouts homepage, select Create Content Layout.
From the Create Content Layout window, define the following settings:
Setting
Description
Content Layout Name
Name of Content Layout.
Description
Description of Content Layout.
From the Create Content Layout window, select the Display Schema to assign to the layout.
From the lower-right of the window, select Next to view a visual representation of the Content Layout.
The Display Schema is displayed for each Day Part.
From the upper-right of the Content Layout, select the 3-dot menu to edit or delete the Content Layout.
From the bottom of the Content Layouts screen, select Add Content Layout to add additional layouts.
From the upper-right of Content Layouts, select Assign Content Designs to assign specific Content Designs to each display in the Display Schema for each Day Part.
From the upper-left of Assign Content Designs, select a Day Part.
From an unassigned display, select +Add Content Design.
From the Content Design Catalog tab of the Select Content Design window, select the Content Design to assign to the display.
The Content Design Catalog tab only lists Content Designs with a resolution that matches the selected display.
The Added Content Designs tab lists Content Designs that are assigned to a display.
From the lower-right of the Select Content Design window, select Add Content Design.
In the following example, Content Design 1748_1 is assigned to the first display in the Display Schema for the Breakfast Day Part.
To edit a Content Design assignment, select the pencil located below the display icon.
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Review Content Layout
Once a Content Design is assigned to each display in the Display Schema for each Day Part, review the Content Layout:
From the upper-right of the Assign Content Designs screen, select Review.
From the upper-right of the screen, select Save.
Deploy Content Layout
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Importante
A Content Design must be assigned to each display in the Display Schema before a Content Layout is eligible for deployment to company sites.
To deploy Content Layout:
From the Content Layouts homepage, select the Content Layout to deploy.
From the upper-right of the Content Layouts screen, select Ready to Deploy.
The Content Layout is added to the Ready to Deploy tab of Content Deployment.
Alternate method:
From the Content Layouts homepage, locate the Content Layout to deploy.
From the 3-dot-menu on the row of the Content Layout, select Edit.
From the Save dropdown in the upper-right of the Content Layout screen, select Ready to Deploy.
The Content Layout is added to the Ready to Deploy tab of Content Deployment.
Synchronized Content
The following describes how to synchronize multiple XDMB screens in a Content Layout so that the same media plays on all screens simultaneously.
Screen content is synchronized on startup and day part change. All synchronized screens display the content simultaneously when the day part begins.
If a device is offline, its screen synchronizes with the other screens in the layout when the device is back online.
Benefits of synchronized content:
Eliminate disjointed visual experiences and enhance customer engagement.
Display complementary promotions to increase sales opportunities.
Synchronize Content on Multiple Content Designs
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To synchronize video and image components, set the playtime duration of the media carousel to the same value on all layers on all Content Designs in the Content Layout:
From the Content Designs homepage, select the Content Design.
From the Layers pane, select the media carousel.
From the lower-right of Carousel Settings, locate the video component.
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In the Duration(s) field, type the number of seconds to play the video.
Set the duration of video components to a whole number. Decimal values are not supported when synchronizing content.
In this example:
An image is displayed for ten (10) seconds (a different image file may be used on each screen).
A video plays for fifteen (15) seconds.
Importante
Content Designs that require synchronization must be part of the same Content Layout.
The sequence in which the components are displayed within a media carousel must be identical across all Content Designs in the layout.
From Carousel Settings, select and drag the control to the left of the listed components to sort them in the desired sequence.