Using DataSets to display meeting room bookings
Please note a new guide is available for 1.8 here: https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/getting-started-guide-datasets/14149 DataSets are remarkably flexible, yet if you’ve not used them before they can appear a little daunting. In this article we’ll walk through producing a layout to show the current meeting in a meeting room, that will update automatically with information from a DataSet. The finished layout will look like this. So to begin with, you need to be using Xibo CMS 1.6.1 or later. V
Published on: 2014-05-27
Xibo 1.6.0 is released, Spring Signage is ready!
Spring Signage are very pleased to announce that last night we released a new 1.6.0 Xibo to the Open Source community. This release represents just over a year of improvements and bug fixes – find out more over on the Xibo Announcement [http://xibo.org.uk/2014/05/03/version-1-6-0-released/]. It was very important to us that our Hosting and Android customers were fully supported immediately after this release, so that is exactly what we have done! Xibo for Android The latest R31 release of Xibo
Published on: 2014-05-04
Scripting Xibo Content Management - A brief tour of the API
Please note: This article refers to Xibo 1.7 only and has been retired from our catalogue of updated Guides. Please refer to the API Introduction Guide 1.8 [https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/1-8-api-introduction/7702] One common use case people put forward is that they want to update a particular piece of content in a layout automatically on a schedule. That could take the form of a video being updated on a daily basis, or an image. Since Xibo 1.5 series, there has been a “work in progress” OAut
Published on: 2014-02-19
Support for Ubuntu 12.04
Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions we get over on Launchpad Answers [https://answers.launchpad.net/xibo] is “Does the Python client run on Ubuntu 12.04 yet”. Until the release of 1.6.0-rc1, the answer has always been no. However thanks to the work of several contributors to the Berkelium project [http://berkelium.org/], Eng Chong Meng, and to Jianjian [https://answers.launchpad.net/xibo/+question/237920], we now have a version of the client that runs on Ubuntu 12.04 and hopeful
Published on: 2014-02-18
New Content in the Xibo Layout Exchange
We’ve added new layouts to the Xibo Layout Exchange today, contributed by various Xibo users world wide. They’re royalty free to use on your Xibo Digital Signage System, so have a look and see if they can help you make your layouts sing! Head over to the Layout Exchange! [/layouts]     just can’t answer every request ourselves. It takes time to replicate each person’s setup to see if the problem is general, or something local to that installation. Th
Published on: 2013-06-05
Open Source Xibo and Xibo for Android
The Xibo Project recently announced [http://xibo.org.uk/2012/11/17/xibo-for-android-by-spring-signage-open-for-private-beta/] that we were opening a private BETA for a “Xibo for Android [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]” application. This has lead to some confusion, which was never our intention. Please be assured that the Xibo Project will always remain open source [http://xibo.org.uk/legal/]! We are committed to keeping the following open and free for everyone: * Xibo CMS (Xibo
Published on: 2012-12-02
Xibo for Android by Spring Signage open for private BETA
The Xibo project has been developed and supported over the years by a small part time team in the UK who are committed to providing a full featured, free signage solution for everyone. In recent months we have taken the difficult decision of writing a client for Xibo which will be commercially available from our sponsor, Spring Signage [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]. We took this decision so that Spring Signage and the Xibo Developers could continue to finance and provide the hig
Published on: 2012-11-17
Introducing a new region Timeline editing window
The next article in the run up to 1.4 looks at improvements to the region timeline editor and layout preview. Our intentions with these improvements are: [](/content/images/2012/06/NewVerticalTimeLine.png)The vertical timeline is a sortable list * To make the region time line more consistent, easy to understand and allow it to support more media modules * Simplify re-ordering the items in the timeline * Make it
Published on: 2012-06-26
Introducing a threaded, more robust Windows Client with improved library management
The next article in the run up to 1.4 looks at improvements to the Windows client’s connection to the Xibo server and its library management. These improvements can be categorised into the following areas: * Reduced “lag” and “display jitter” when the client is connecting to the Server * Concurrent file downloads * Clearing up old and unused files in the library * Information window showing client status, library status and log information * Replacing the splash screen Reduced display
Published on: 2012-06-05
Introducing new features for Service Providers
[](/content/images/2012/06/saas-settings-view-usage.jpg)Usage statistics can be found in the Settings Window under the Content tabThe next article in the run up to 1.4 looks at some small new features for people that use Xibo as service providers. It is difficult to tell how many use Xibo in this manner, as not many come forward – but those that do have mentioned that it wou
Published on: 2012-06-02
Introducing Wake On Lan for Display Clients
The next article in the run up to releasing 1.4 will look at the new Wake On Lan (WOL) feature of Xibo. [](/content/images/2012/05/wol-edit-display.jpg)WOL Settings on the Edit Display FormThere has been a lot of interest over the years Xibo has been running for a solution to be “green”, “save power” and generally not have the Xibo display screen solution on unnecessarily. The Xibo project has been very kee
Published on: 2012-06-01
