Xibo for Android 1.4 R31 is now available
Today we’re announcing 1.4 R31 of the Xibo for Android client! The client is still available on a free 14 day no obligation trial and available to purchase directly from our website at https://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/ [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]. The application is also available directly from ourdownload centre [http://springsignage.com/download/]. Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in theFAQ [https://springsignage.freshdesk.com/solutio
Published on: 2014-04-13
Version 1.6.0-rc2 Development Preview Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.6.0 Release Candidate 2 (Codename “Pons-Winnecke”) is released.This is a release candidate for the first stable 1.6 release, 1.6.0. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION. This is a bug fix release that resolves issues found in the Release Candidate 1. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has tested Xibo and reported problems. The 1.6.0-rc1 Windows Display Client should be used with this release and an updated RC2 Ubuntu Clie
Published on: 2014-04-06
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
Version 1.6.0-rc1 Development Preview Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.6.0 Release Candidate 1 (Codename “Pons-Winnecke”) is released.This is a release candidate for the first stable 1.6 release, 1.6.0. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION. The Xibo Team have been hard at work over the last year to enhance and improve the successful 1.4 series of Xibo. We have gone through 3 development preview releases in our 1.5 series and enhanced the CMS (content management system – Xibo Server) and the 2 display clients with a hos
Published on: 2014-02-16
Sneak preview of things to come in 1.6
Matt Holder has kindly put together the following sneak preview showing a few of the things to come in 1.6. Many thanks to Matt for putting these slides together – enjoy!
Published on: 2014-02-15
Xibo for Android 1.4 R30 is now available
Today we’re announcing 1.4 R30 of the Xibo for Android client! The client is still available on a free 14 day no obligation trial and available to purchase directly from our website at https://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/ [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]. The application is also available directly from ourdownload centre [http://springsignage.com/download/]. Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in theFAQ [https://springsignage.freshdesk.com/solutio
Published on: 2013-12-16
Holiday Opening Times
Please note that Spring Signage will close on Tuesday 24th December at 16:00 for the UK Christmas holidays and will re-open at 9am on Thursday 27th December. We will then be open as usual except for 1st January 2014 when we will close for the UK public holiday. If you require support during those closures, please contact our service desk [https://springsignage.freshdesk.com] and we will be in touch as soon as we are able. The team at Spring Signage wish you all seasons greetings and best wish
Published on: 2013-12-16
Xibo for Android 1.4 R28 is now available
Today we’re announcing 1.4 R28 of the Xibo for Android client – which makes the client better than ever! The client is still available on a free 14 day no obligation trial and available to purchase directly from our website at https://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/ [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]. The application is also available directly from ourdownload centre [http://springsignage.com/download/]. Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in theFAQ [h
Published on: 2013-11-28
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]     is released, this is a feature and bug fix release in the 1.5 Series of Xibo. Note: This is a development preview release of Xibo. This release is working towards the release of Xibo 1.6.0, the next stable line of Xibo. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION. The highlight of this release is Phase 1 of a move to PDO which will make Xibo more secure and portable – for more information about this please see our PDO article [ht
Published on: 2013-11-11
Xibo for Android R26 is now available
Today we’re announcing 1.4 R26 of the Xibo for Android client – which makes the client better than ever! The client is still available on a free 14 day no obligation trial and available to purchase directly from our website at https://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/ [http://springsignage.com/xibo-for-android/]. The application is also available directly from our download centre [http://springsignage.com/download/]. Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in the FAQ
Published on: 2013-10-05
Moving to PDO - Notice to server admins
We have recently taken the difficult decision of migrating the Xibo code base away from the PHP MySQL extension and over to PHP PDO. Despite this being a significant development effort the end user will not notice any changes. This change will be rolled out over the next few releases with core functions/inserts/updates/deletes covered from 1.5 series, and all queries covered from 1.7 series. The advantages to PDO are many – the key ones for us are: * Potential to support different RDBMS (e.g
Published on: 2013-09-15
