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iCOMPEL Digital Signage User Guide (V9.2.3)
6. Sharing Content Using Layout Packages
A Layout Package is a single file which contains all the media and control files required to fully install one or more layouts
on another iCOMPEL.
You can distribute layout packages on DVDs, by memory sticks, through file servers. or sent by email.
Transferring layouts from one iCOMPEL to another is a two-step process:
1.
Create the layout package
2.
Upload and install the layout package
6.1 Layout Packages
The Layout Packages page allows you to create, delete, and install layout packages.
The Layout Packages tab lists all the layout packages available on the iCOMPEL. Click the button next to a layout
package to take these actions:
Delete the layout package. This only removes the layout package file (not any media or layouts you have
already installed).
Display information about the layout package content.
Copy the layouts and media contained in the package onto the iCOMPEL. If any of those items already exist on
the iCOMPEL, but have different values, you are asked how you want conflicts handled (see
Conflicts
for details).
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Click the Create tab to display the options for creating a new layout package:
Name – Unique identifier for the layout package. In the name, you can only use the characters a-z and A-Z, the numbers
0-9, or a space.
Description – Optional. A description for the layout package.
Include Layouts – Select the layouts you want in the layout package.
Click the Status tab to see information about layout package operations. The iCOMPEL only displays the Status tab if you
have started a layout package operation or have completed one previously.
6.2 Creating a Layout Package
To create a layout package, follow these steps:
1. Finalize the layout or layouts that you will include in the layout package.
2. On the menu bar, click Layouts and Layout Packages.
3. Click the Create tab.
4. Enter a suitable name and optionally a description for the new layout package.
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