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Add a Weather widget to NexSigns
Add a Weather widget to NexSigns
You can integrate a Weather forecast as part of your digital signage easily by creating a Widget
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Create a Weather widget
- Open a Web Browser
- Navigate to https://weatherwidget.io
Enter your Zip Code / Postal Code and select your Location
- Enter / select your desired settings
- Click on Get Code
- Click on the COPY TO CLIPBOARD
- The WebScript has been copied to your Clipboard - leave this tab open as it may be used later
Add the Weather Widget to a WebScript Channel
- Open a New Browser Tab
- Login to OnePass - (For more information, see How to access OnePass)
- Click on Application then select NexSigns
- Click on Start Action on your intended Product License
- Select Manage Channel located in the left menu
- Click on Create New Channel
- Enter a Channel Name, Description, and Select WebScript in the Channel Type drop down menu
- Select Continue to finish creating a new WebScript Channel
- Paste the WebScript code previously copied on the Weatherwidget.io website into the WebScript / Embed Script Text Box
- Select your desired Reload Interval from the drop down box (1 hour is recommended)
- Click on Update
- You have successfully configured a Weather Widget
Example #1 - Split Screen - Top / Bottom
This Layout displays a Media Area on top along with a Weather Widget on the bottom
This example assumes a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080px (Width x Height)
- Select your desired Layout and select Edit Layout
- Select New Horizontal Container, name it Media Area, set the Ratio to 87, and select Save Ratio
- Select New Horizontal Container, name it Weather Widget, set the Ratio to 13, and select Save Ratio
Connect the Media Area Container to a Channel / Template
In this example, the Media Area dimensions are 1920 x 940px (Width x Height)- Connect the Weather Widget Container to the previously created Weather Widget WebScript Channel
- Publish the Layout to view it on your NexSigns digital signage device
- You are done!
Example #2 - Split Screen - Left / Right
This Layout displays a Media Area on the left along with a Weather Widget on the right
This example assumes a Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080px (Width x Height)
- Select your desired Layout and select Edit Layout
- Select New Vertical Container, name it Media Area, set the Ratio to 90, and select Save Ratio
- Select New Vertical Container, name it Weather Widget, set the Ratio to 10, and select Save Ratio
Connect the Media Area Container to a Channel / Template
In this example, the Media Area dimensions are 1728 x 1080px (Width x Height)- Connect the Weather Widget Container to the previously created Weather Widget WebScript Channel
- Publish the Layout to view it on your NexSigns digital signage device
- You are done!
Recommended Settings
Orientation | Containers | Percentage | Scaling Mode | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Landscape | Horizontal | 12-13% | Default | |
Landscape | Horizontal | 8-9% | Native | |
Landscape | Vertical | 6-12% | Default | |
Portrait | Horizontal | 7-8% | Default | |
Portrait | Horizontal | 5% | Native |
Applies to
NexSigns 2.x, NexSigns 3.X. OnePass 3.1.x
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