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FUN BILLBOARD DEMO USER MANUAL
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Fig. 17. View of a message on the big screen if the option “Show time in front of messages on the
screen” is checked.
„Don’t show nick in front of message text”
If this option is checked, the incoming messages appear on the screen without showing
the nickname of the sender in front the message. This option is useful for example for
asking questions during a seminar, where the nickname of the sender does not really
matter.
„Don’t show number in front of message text”
Usually the messages sent by mobile phone users are numbered for reference. At the
beginning of each new Fun Billboard session the counter is reset to 1 and the messages
received are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. If you check this option, the system won’t display
numbers in front of messages.
„Real time export to XML file”
This option is useful, when you want other systems to read the incoming messages. E.g.
you may want to display incoming messages on your web page in real time. The
incoming messages are saved to an XML file in real time. “Banned words” filter is applied.
(More about banned words in the chapter 7.5)
7.4.Menu „Settings -> Templates”
The functionality contained in the menu “Settings -> Templates" allows the user to
change the appearance of the screen and to do the “screen branding”, which in turn
makes it possible to obtain revenue from sponsors. Example screen brandings can be
found at http://www.xplorex.pl
7.4.1.Static and dynamic lower banner
The user can choose whether the lower banner is static or dynamic. A static banner does
not change its content over time. A dynamic banner might change its content and show
several different messages over a period of time.
1. Lower banner is static, when the option "Use dynamic banner" is not selected. The text
of the static banner can be changed after clicking on the button Edit selected template
and then by editing the text box "Text on the lower banner."
2. Lower banner is dynamic, when the option "Use dynamic banner" is selected (Fig. 18).
The user can configure the options of lower banner by clicking on the button Dynamic
banner settings. Clicking on the button Add (Fig. 19) lets the user create a message
that will be displayed on the lower banner. The user can add an unlimited number of
messages to the banner. Each of them will be displayed for a certain period of time
defined by the user. By right-clicking on a message the user can choose to edit or delete