How to display a widget for the BrightSign to display weather
This is a widget for the BrightSign to display weather.
To add the widget you need to create a HTML file.
- Go to the following website. https://www.booked.net/widgets/weather
- Here are a few designs. Click on the design that suites you. This one allows several places to be added.
- Click on customize, from here you can enter the town and then click the + button to add more locations.
- Once set, click on Get HTML code.
- Now select all the code and copy.
- Now, open up note pad, this is on all window’s PC.
- Then paste the code in the note pad.
- Click save and save it, when you name it for example Weather code you need to Add .HTML at the end. So it will look like this Weather code.html
- Now if you are working on a cloud platform you need to upload it first through media upload.
- Now, open up your presentation and add an Image Zone.
- Go to the Content tab and add a Widget and chose the HTML Widget.
- Click on the Widget, and on the right hand side select Local Site.
13. Click on the file icon, then point to the file location. This is where you saved the HTML file.
14. Now, on the HTML widget is a small icon of a clock. Click on here, this will display the Timeout Event on the right.
15. Enter in seconds how long you would like the widget to update. This would normally be every 30 minutes (1800 seconds)
16. Once added, select save and you can now publish with the weather add to the display.