FrontFace is well known as a digital signage and kiosk software, especially as a proven on-premise solution. FrontFace can be used to implement a wide range of digital signage applications such as information and advertising screens, welcome screens, interactive digital bulletin boards and much more. FrontFace licenses are permanent and run within your own IT infrastructure without any external dependencies. This makes FrontFace particularly interesting for applications in isolated networks and security-critical areas.
(more…)Scrolling News Ticker for Your Digital Signage Screens
To display news or headlines in a scrolling ticker bar in the FrontFace digital signage software, you can use the “Ticker” media object.
Data Collection and Interactive Forms on Kiosk Terminals
When it comes to self-service terminals, sooner or later there will be a need to capture user input (with forms). Whether it is customer satisfaction surveys, reservations/bookings, or business process data collection (repair orders, purchase orders, etc.), there is always an input mask provided on the terminal that the user must complete on the device.
(more…)Date/Time, World Time Clock, Countdown or Timer for Your Digital Signage Content
With the “Date/Time” media object of FrontFace digital signage and kiosk software, you can integrate the current date and/or time into your screen content.
In addition to displaying the current date or time as a digital or analog clock, this media object can also display a countdown or ‘egg timer’. You can also use the Date/Time media object to create a world time clock!
Digital Signage with Android or Windows: Which is better?
Digital signage software is available for various operating systems. Broadly speaking, there are two types of systems used for digital signage: PC-based and SOC (System on a Chip). While PC-based systems use classic PC hardware, usually based on x86 or x64 processors, SOC hardware has the entire system on a chip and is usually integrated directly into the screen. However, there are also external SOC media players and sticks that connect to the display via HDMI or Display Port like PCs.
(more…)Scheduled startup and shutdown of digital signage PCs running Windows
Not all digital signage systems need to run 24/7. In many cases, there are windows of time when such systems are not needed, or even when they are not allowed to operate due to legal requirements.
To avoid the manual effort of turning systems on and off, they can be started and shut down automatically and time-controlled. We show you how this works!
(more…)FrontFace on the Amazon Fire TV Stick
The FrontFace digital signage software is not only available for Windows, but also for the Android operating system. In addition to tablets, media player boxes and mini PCs with Android as well as TVs with integrated Android TV, the compact Fire TV Stick from Amazon can also be used as player hardware. The multimedia stick from Amazon is particularly suitable for small, budget-sensitive standalone installations. In addition to the normal model, there is also a 4K version, which offers a higher resolution, and a Lite version, which is completely sufficient for digital signage purposes.
(more…)Integration of Excel, Word and PowerPoint in FrontFace Playlists with Office 365 and SharePoint
If you work a lot with Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and eventually, even use SharePoint as your intranet platform, there is often an inevitable need to integrate such files also in digital signage playlists or on interactive kiosk terminals.
When working with FrontFace, there are different ways how such an integration can be done:
(more…)How to Integrate a Scrolling News Ticker into your Touch Menu!
Touch Menus: Back to Home Page & Digital Signage Screen Saver
In this tutorial we will show you two very helpful features for your interactive touch menus with FrontFace: The “Back to Home Page” function automatically returns the menu to the start page if a user leaves the terminal without clicking “Home” button on leaving. With the screen saver feature, you can supply your kiosk terminal with additional, moving content when there is no interaction and usage.
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