Adding slides to a screen
Add a slide directly to a single screen. For shared content across multiple screens, build a playlist instead.
Introduction
A screen plays its content as a continuous slideshow, looping top to bottom. Each item in that slideshow is a slide. This article walks through adding slides directly to a single screen. If you want the same content on multiple screens, build a playlist instead and assign it to those screens.
Step 1: Open the screen
Find the screen in the Platform:
- Sign in to app.infoboxi.com.
- Open InfoBox screens (FI: InfoBox näytöt) from the side menu.
- Click the screen you want to add content to.
Step 2: Click Add new slide
Open the content picker:
- At the top of the screen's slide list, click Add new slide.
- The Add new content window opens with content types grouped into categories: Media, Web, and Integrations.
Step 3: Pick a content type
Pick a category, then a content type. What you see depends on the screen:
- Media → Image / PDF: JPG, PNG, or GIF images, or a PDF file. Pick from the Media Library or upload a new file.
- Media → Video (Pro screens): MP4 (H.264). Plays without sound.
- Media → Playlist: embed an existing playlist as a single slide on this screen. The card shows how many playlists are available.
- Web → Website (Pro screens): show any web page on the screen. Paste a public HTTPS URL: this also covers YouTube videos and Power BI dashboards.
- Integrations → Google Slides (Pro screens): import a Google Slides or PowerPoint presentation from Google Drive and keep it in sync. A badge on the card shows whether your Google account is connected.
- On Basic screens, image content is available; video, website, and integration types are Pro features.
Tip
If you've already uploaded files to the Media Library, picking from there is faster than uploading a new file each time. Files in the Media Library are reusable across screens and playlists.
Step 4: Configure the slide
Fill in the type-specific fields:
- For images, videos, and PDFs: pick an existing file from your Media Library, or upload a new one.
- For Website slides: paste the URL.
- For playlists: pick which playlist to embed.
- For Google Slides: pick a presentation from your Drive. See Google Slides presentations.
- Click Add to insert the slide into the screen.
Step 5: Reorder and adjust
Tune the slideshow:
- Drag slides up or down in the list to reorder.
- Click any slide to fine-tune its settings (display duration, schedule, rotation, visibility). See Slide settings.
- Click the preview button (FI: Esikatselu) to see what the slideshow will look like before publishing.
Step 6: Publish
Push the slideshow live:
- Click Publish (FI: Julkaise) at the top of the editor.
- A success toast confirms publishing.
- Within a few seconds, the screen starts playing the new content.
Note
Publish does more than save. It pushes the slideshow to the paired Android device via a multi-phase resync. Devices typically pick up new content within 5-30 seconds.
Direct slides vs playlists
When to use each approach:
- Direct slides are right when content is unique to one screen and unlikely to be reused.
- Playlists are right when the same content should play on multiple screens, or when you'll want to reuse it elsewhere later. See What's a playlist.
Summary
Adding a slide is a click-add-publish flow: pick a category, pick a type, configure, publish. For content that should reach more than one screen, use a playlist.
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