Publishing a Layout to show between certain dates and times

How do I Publish my Layout to show between certain dates and times?

You can set up a schedule to show a layout between certain times of the day and even on certain days of the week. You can also create multiple schedules to show different layouts at different times of the day. This article will explain how to create those schedules and publish your Layout.

Watch this video to learn more about using the Publisher to publish your Layout between certain dates and times:

To create a schedule and Publish your Layout, follow these steps:

• Login to your Signagelive Network as Administrator or User
• Select Content
• Select Publish
• Select ‘Between the chosen dates and times’
• Set your start date and time
• Leaving this option as the current time and date will start the content playing on all Players it is Published to, but only when they meet this time/ date, in case they have a different timezone set
• Select when to end your schedule
  • ‘Until further notice’ will continue to show this Layout indefinitely
  • ‘Choose date’ allows you to set an end date and time for this schedule
• Select which days you wish to show this Layout
  • ‘Play everyday’ will show the Layout every day
  • ‘Play on selected days’ allows you to choose which days of the week the Layout will be shown
• Select the time of day you wish this Layout to show on the selected days
  • ‘Play all day’ will continue to show this Layout all day on the selected days set in the previous step
  • ‘Play between selected times’ allows you to stipulate the times within the selected days that your Layout will be shown
• Select ‘What do you want to publish?’
• Select ‘Layout’
• Select which Layout you wish to be published and press OK
• Select any Schedulable Playlist Zone on your layout (click on one of the selectable zone thumbnails, or use the zones listed to the right of your layout preview)
  • This Playlist will be added to run within the zone indefinitely, if you wish to show numerous Playlists showing at different times, simply add another Playlist and continue to follow the instructions below to add timings to each.
  • Add your Playlist to this zone by clicking the blue + button
  • Select which Playlist you wish to use within this zone
  • To add a second (or more) Playlist within the same zone, press the blue + button again
  • Select the additional Playlist and press OK

• You will now be asked when you would like this additional Playlist to show within the selected Schedulable Playlist Zone 
• Select ‘Start of Schedule’ to begin playing this Playlist when your Scheduled Layout begins
• Select ‘Choose Date’ if you wish to begin playback of this Playlist at a certain time and date
• Enter your chosen start date and time
• Choose ‘End of Schedule’ to end playback of this Playlist using the scheduled time and date previously set on your Layout
• Repeat this process for all Schedulable Playlist Zones
• Select any Ticker Zones  and press the blue + button
• Select an RSS feed from your Asset Library
• Press OK
• Please Note: You can only select one RSS feed per zone, to change the selected feed, press the blue + button again and select a new feed, which will overwrite the first chosen feed

• Once you have populated each Schedulable Zone on your Layout, you can select the ‘Which Players do you want to publish to?’ section
• Press ‘Select Players’
• Select at least one Player from your Player Manager
• You can use the search bar and folders and Smart folders here to easily access your Players
• Select ‘OK’
• You will see the Players being checked for compatibility before being shown with any notifications (if any)
• When you are happy that your content can be published to the selected Players, press ‘Review & Publish’
• You will be shown a summary of your publication, again, press ‘Publish to Players’ when you are happy to proceed

Please note: You will be shown a notification within each segment of the Publisher, showing it has been completed or if there is any information missing/ stopping you from continuing.

Once Published, the Layout and its Schedule information will be sent to the Signagelive Cloud where it will wait for the Player to perform its next Content Check. When the Player performs this Content Check, it will recognise it has content to download and once downloaded, will store (offline) the Layout, content and schedule information, ready to be Played within its set schedule.

How can I find out more?

More information about the Publishing content is available in this Help Centre section. You can also speak with the Signagelive Support Team via Live Chat or by emailing support@signagelive.com.