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I understand what you mean now, unfortunately I cannot assist as I don't know much about creating/manipulating flash programs.

You can 'google' flash clocks, there are quite a few sites to choose from. Most sites will run you through a clock setup process then give you the code at the end (which you will need to copy and paste)

Hi am4ever I'm unsure what you mean, could you elaborate please?

Here is the amended code for autoplay; Use the region timings to repeat the video (i.e figure out how long the video runs for - change the region timing to match it - create duplicate region to replay)

Hi Ashu, you're trying to use the 'new' youtube embed code. You need to use the old code. Try this:

Ashu, can you post up the embeded code you're using please? Also, are you able to link to the you tube video (and run it) from the client pc?

try and keep the player nice and simple

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Could you post how you managed to get this working Glennda? Ive tried and failed!

I have a flash file that is controlled by an .xml file and so I would like to embed the flash file instead of using the in built function within Xibo. Embedding the file will give me more control. Any ideas? By the way, I have the coding below but it doesn't work

Hi guys We've tried to get Wordpress running on our server alongside Xibo but it's telling us that PHP isn't installed! What version of PHP are you running on? We're worried that upgrading to 5.5 might stuff up Xibo. Please advise! Cheers

I can't open the screenshots

I would be really interested in seeing some screenshots of your work Matt, a full how to would be awesome!

I work in Clitheroe, Lancashire

Hi again! I've finally managed to put together the word 2003 setup, again if anything is unclear or I need to elaborate please let me know! Using MS Word 2003 to show pictures and images on Xibo Word can be used to place images and text onto Xibo. You can do this by converting the .doc file into a .html one. First create a blank document (I resized the page to match the size of the region within Xibo) and save into your chosen location. (server location is best so that all displays can access the document) Now choose the ‘save as’ option then ‘tools’ and ‘security’ to set the document to read only recommended and add a password (this stops the template word document from being changed permanently by the user) Once you’ve created the template and secured the document you’re ready to create a macro, the macro is required to change the .doc to a .html file. Use the following code to create the macro: Save the Macro and close the VB screen, you will now need to create an icon on the toolbar to allow the user to run the macro. To do this right click on the toolbar, select ‘customise’, enter the ‘commands’ tab then scroll down and select ‘macros’ in the menu. On the right you will see an icon with your chosen macro name against it, simply drag this icon to the toolbar. Once the icon is on the toolbar you can amend it to say and look the way you want. Now that you’ve completed this and saved the document, you’re ready to set up Xibo. Create an embedded html region within Xibo and place the following code into it (change to spec): Cheers!

Hi all, I've put something together for Excel, I'll get the word one up as soon as I can! I'm a bit nooby with forums so I hope this comes out clearly enough for you all to understand! I also better point out that i'm not a programmer like Glennda, I've just done the best I can with what I had available. If you can suggest improvements please let me know. Trick to setting up Digital Signage from Excel 2003 with auto updating Excel 2003 can create html pages or images which in turn Xibo can pick up, so the trick to making this work is the creation of these file types. I found that image creation was a more accurate way to display and manipulate cell data on Xibo. To create the required image from cell data within excel you need to use WordArt. Simply create a separate sheet for the digital display images, link the cell data to that sheet (example below shows data linked to cells A1, A2 and A3) then link the WordArt to the linked cell(s). To link WordArt to a cell simply select it and use a function (example=$A$1) Once you’ve set this up youre ready to link it to Xibo. To do this you will first need to ‘publish’ the images to a destination folder (preferably on a server so that it can be accessed by all the machines you’re using to display) To publish within Excel you will need to ‘save as webpage’ (make sure you use web page and not single file web page or the folder you need will not be created). You will then see the following screen, choose ‘selection:sheet’ and change your file name then click on the ‘publish’ icon. On the next screen use ‘range of cells’ in the first drop down box and choose your range then check your file name and tick the ‘auto republish every time this workbook is saved’ option. Finally click on the ‘publish’ icon. Once you’ve done this go to the area where you saved this file, you should see the file and a folder with a similar name. In that folder you will find some .gif files, these .gif files will auto update everytime the workbook is saved. All we need to do now is link this image to Xibo and we can do this via HTML script. Open up Xibo, place a region in the window and add the embedded HTML option. Once you’ve done this use the img src function to point at the .gif. You can display several of the .gifs on screen and postion them using the , align, hspace and vspace commands. (please see example HTML) I hope this helps! Lawro

Hi all I've managed to do the following and it's all working very well! If anyone wants advice please PM me. 1. Linked MS Word to Xibo allowing users to 'post' pictures and text. 2. Linked MS Excel to Xibo via embedded links so that allows Xibo pulls cell data, displays it and updates it automatically every time the spreadsheet is saved. 3. Placed Sky Player onto our reception display (I also figured out how to get rid of all borders and how to get the player to stretch to the region) 4. I have found and used a flash player creator called powerbullet; http://www.powerbullet.com/Powerbullet.html If there is anything you've managed to accomplish with this excellent software that you're proud of please let me know! I'm always looking for ways to improve our displays. Cheers! Lawro

unfortunately that doesn't work, it enlarges the player but not the video feed

Many thanks Glennda, I'll give that a try and let you know if it works

thanks, I've already tried that. What happens is that the screen frame size is increased but the video remains as it was.

Sky News Live Cheers

Hi all I'm trying to set up a few things in Xibo on behalf of the company I work for. 1. I have managed to get the Sky News video feed running via embedded code within Xibo but it's quite small, does anyone have an idea on how to enlarge the video feed? 2. I can display documents/pdf's/images etc from our local intranet onto the Xibo digital signage display and I've figured out how to scroll the document however macro's don't seem to work via hypertext (must be a microsoft security thing). Has anyone any ideas on how to enlarge/zoom the document once it's displayed? FYI, if anyones interested I have managed to figure a way to display figures from Excel within digital signage that update every time the worksheet is saved. Thanks for your help Stephen

I've pasted it into xibo, yeah

Hi guys Is it possible to change the size of the Sky News video feed (i.e zoom the image), I've copied across the embedded XML and it works fine but just a little small to see clearly. Cheers