Digital Signage Widget Training

01 YouTube Widget

Learn how to add and configure YouTube videos in Display5 using the YouTube widget, including playback controls, timing options, and display settings.

  • Adding a YouTube widget to a panel playlist
  • Widget custom settings
  • Adding a video using a YouTube link
  • Searching YouTube directly within the widget
  • Previewing videos inside the panel preview window
  • Understanding autoplay requirements for browsers and players
  • Automatic detection of video duration
  • Using start and end points to play video segments
  • How time window settings adjust slide play duration
  • Playback options, including closed captions and mute
02 The Time and Date Widget

In this video, we go over the Time & Date widget, looking at the many different ways the time and date can be formatted and positioned within a panel.

Alignment
The four ways the Time & Date can be aligned within the panel and the tools for fine tuning their position in the panel and relative to each other.

Date Variables
How to format the Date and the options to display the Date:

Select language
Toogle on / off: Day of week, or year
Use short form vs full form for day & month
Switch Date / Time positions
Time Variables
How to format the time and the options to display the time:

12 hour or 24 hour clock
Upper or lower case AM / PM
Switch Time / Date positions
Using Local Cookies for Time and Date
How to use the local cookies of a player for the time and date vs the default time zone settings for the Show.

03 Display5 and Design Templates from Canva and PosterMyWall

In this video, we will see an overview of how design templates from Canva & PosterMyWall seamlessly work with Display5.

Over 100,000 Designs
Canva and PosterMyWall offer thousands of designs which can be instantly brought into Display5

Select, Modify, Schedule & Play
Select a design, customize it for your organization, play it instantly or schedule it to play at a designated time.

04 The PosterMyWall Widget

In this video, we will learn how the Display5 PosterMyWall widget allows us to pull in the PosterMyWall Editor & design templates directly into Display5.

Display5 Access to the PosterMyWall Editor
The Display5 PosterMyWall widget and how it directly connects and pulls the PosterMyWall editor into Display5

Re-sizing a PosterMyWall Design
How to quickly re-size a PosterMyWall design for either full screen display or for a panel on the display.

Selecting a Design Template
How to select a design template and bring it into Display5

Saving a PosterMyWall Design in Display5
How to save an image design or a design which includes video, and ensure the video loops for the entire slide duration.

05 The Image Widget

In this video, we go over the Image widget, looking at the many different ways an image can be formatted and positioned within a panel.

The 4 Setting Categories
The four settings: adding the image; settings to fit the image in the panel; opacity settings, for the image; and lastly, sizing how much of the image shows in the panel.

Image Look & Feel
How to alter the look of the image other than sizing it differently.

Image Sizes
How different image sizes are rendered in the panel in which they are being brought into and how to alter the image in the panel.