Google Drive folders and files

Introduction

Google Drive is the easiest cloud-storage integration for InfoBox. Drive supports public sharing on every file, and Google Slides has a built-in Publish to web feature that makes the iframe flow trivial. Three common patterns: a single file (image, PDF, video), a Slides presentation that auto-advances, or a Sheets dashboard.

Pattern 1: Single file (image, PDF, video)

If you have one file in Drive you want on screens:

• Right-click the file in Drive → Share.
• Set sharing to Anyone with the link with Viewer access.
• Copy the link.
• Better path: download the file from Drive and upload it directly to InfoBox's Media Library. Faster on screens, no Drive dependency, no public-link concerns. Skip iframe entirely.
• Use the iframe path only when you want Drive to remain the source of truth and edits to flow automatically.

Pattern 2: Google Slides presentation

A great way to build animated, multi-page signage content:

• Open your Slides presentation.
• Click File → Share → Publish to web.
• Pick Embed and choose your auto-advance interval (e.g. 5 seconds per slide).
• Pick whether to start automatically and restart after the last slide.
• Copy the iframe `src` URL.
• Paste into an iFrame slide in InfoBox.
• Caveat: Slides treats the auto-advance interval as the master timing. Set it to your desired per-slide duration in Slides itself, then make the InfoBox slide duration long enough to play through the whole presentation (or set Slide duration in InfoBox to match the loop length).

Pattern 3: Google Sheets dashboard

Sheets makes a passable dashboard for live numbers:

• In Sheets, click File → Share → Publish to web.
• Pick the sheet or specific range.
• Pick auto-republish on edit if the data changes.
• Copy the embed URL.
• Add as iFrame in InfoBox.
• Set a refresh interval (e.g. 5 minutes for live data).
• Design tip: format the sheet for screen viewing. Large fonts, simple colour-coding, no formula columns visible. Hide rows and columns that aren't needed in the published view.

Design tips for Drive content

Get screen-friendly results:

• For Slides: native 16:9 layout matches landscape screens. Use 9:16 for portrait.
• For Sheets: design the dashboard at 1920×1080 px viewport. Test by viewing in a private browser at that size.
• For PDFs: stick with the InfoBox PDF slide type rather than Drive iframe. Better playback.
• For images and videos: just upload to InfoBox Media Library directly.

Summary

Google Drive is iframe-friendly. Slides + Publish to web is the cleanest path for animated multi-page content. Sheets work for simple live dashboards. For static files, just upload to InfoBox directly.