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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)

1.3 Using the web interface

You control the iCOMPEL using a number of pages in your web browser. These pages are known collectively as the

iCOMPEL web interface. You can access the web interface through your web browser by typing in the web address for the

iCOMPEL (your system administrator can provide this address for you).

Pages in the web interface behave like ordinary web pages. You can use your browser's Back, Forward and Refresh

buttons if necessary, as with other web pages.

Some actions are common across many pages in the Web interface.

The Menu bar

The Menu bar lets you select the web interface page you need according to the feature you want to work with.

The Menu bar

You can change the behavior of the Menu bar on the UI Options page.

Using tabbed pages

Many options in the iCOMPEL user interface use tabbed pages

Example of Tabbed pages

To select the options on the tabbed page, click the tab, for example Add Schedule.

Action buttons

You can perform common actions with Action buttons.

Example of Action buttons

These actions include Audition (preview), Delete, Rename, Copy and Edit (usually edit properties)

You can use the Reorder button to drag items to change their position in a list.

Command buttons

Some general commands also use buttons that are common across many pages of the iCOMPEL interface.

The Save All Changes button

The Activate Schedules and Layouts button

Layout thumbnail view

Layout thumbnail views give an indication of the content displayed by a Layout. Clicking on a thumbnail view displays

the Graphical editor for the Layout.

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