HowTo Video Series - Adding Users and Groups
As your Xibo installation grows, you’ll want to add more users and groups to the system. Matt Holder shows you how!
Published on: 2013-02-16
HowTo Video Series - Adding Displays and Display Groups
In these two videos, Matt Holder shows you how to add a new Display in to the Xibo system and how to incorporate that display in to a Display Group for easier management later on.
Published on: 2013-02-12
HowTo Video Series - Scheduling Layouts
This time Matt Holder covers scheduling your new layout to a display.
Published on: 2013-02-08
HowTo Video Series - Changing the Timeline Order
In this video Matt Holder shows you how to re-order items in the region timeline. It’s much easier than it used to be!
Published on: 2013-02-04
HowTo Video Series - Layouts and Permissions
In the first of our series of “howto” videos by Matt Holder, Xibo Contributor, we’re going to look at creating layouts and setting permissions on those layouts using Xibo 1.4 series server. We plan to release several of these little howto videos over the coming few days to give people a better idea how to use some of Xibo’s features. Many thanks to Matt for putting these together for us.
Published on: 2013-01-31
Version 1.4.1 Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.4.1 (Codename “Brorsen”) has arrived and is available for download. This is the first bug fix release in this stable series of Xibo and we recommend that everyone upgrade. The release notes are available on our Wiki here: https://xibo.org.uk/manual-tuttle/en/release_notes_1.4.1 and you can download this release from our Launchpad project page here: https://launchpad.net/xibo/1.4/1.4.1. Among other things this release addresses the issues with text s
Published on: 2012-12-02
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
Version 1.4.0 Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.4.0 (Codename “Brorsen”) has arrived and is available for download. This is the first release in a new stable series of Xibo and we recommend that everyone upgrade. It has been a little over 18 months since the last stable release and in that time there have been 5 development preview releases introducing 27 new features and fixing 108 bugs. Some of the highlights include: * Significant improvements to permissions: http://xibo.org.uk/2012/05/06/
Published on: 2012-10-28
Version 1.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.4.0-RC1 (Codename “Brorsen”) is released, this is a release candidate for the 1.4 Series of Xibo. Note: This is a release candidate of Xibo. This release is working towards the release of Xibo 1.4.0, the next stable line of Xibo. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION. For a complete list of changes and instructions for trying out this preview, please refer to the release notes. The release notes are available on our Wiki here: https://xibo.org.uk/m
Published on: 2012-09-19
Version 1.3.3 Development Preview Released
We are proud to announce that Xibo version 1.3.3 (Codename “Faye”) is released, this is a feature preview release in the 1.3 Series of Xibo. Note: This is a development preview release of Xibo. This release is working towards the release of Xibo 1.4.0, the next stable line of Xibo. This should NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION. For a complete list of changes and instructions for trying out this preview, please refer to the release notes. The release notes are available on our Wiki here: https://xibo.
Published on: 2012-07-11
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
