Digital Signage Theme with U.Va.

Alerts

WordPress + Digital Signage Theme

In an emergency messages will

display full screen.

How It Works

What You Need To Do

Create a WordPress site in UVaCollab.
Activate the digital signage theme.
Enable and configure the required
plugins.
Adjust the digital signage theme
settings.
Create content for your signage.
Set up your hardwares browser to point
to your WordPress digital signage site.

tps://wiki.shanti.virginia.edu/display/KB/Getting+Started+with+WordPres

Activate The Theme

Enable Needed WordPress

Plugins

More Fields
Plugin
1.
Create a Digital
Configuration

Signage box.
2. Add a
Background
selection list
field.
3. Add a Subhead
text field.
4. Add a Web
Address text field
5. Add an Image
text field
6. Add an Image
Alignment
selection list
field.

Theme Options You Can Adjust

New Post Page with Plugins Enabled

Digital Sign Inputs

Choose a background
color for the post.
Provide a subheading if
desired.
Optionally include a
URL where more details
are available.
Add an image to the
post if you want, and
indicate which half of
the display it should
appear on.

Posts Stop Showing Automatically

Use the Post
Expirator box to
specify the date the
post stops displaying
on the sign:
Check the enable
box
Specify the
expiration date.

Documentation on this using and Configuring

this WordPress theme can be found here:
https://wiki.shanti.virginia.edu/display/KB/
Using+the+Digital+Signage+and+UVa+Alerts+
Theme

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

WordPress Digital Signage

Theme
Objective: Using a laptop
with projector, spend 30
minutes demonstrating
the WordPress digital
signage theme and how
to configure it for use.
LSPs are able to confirm
the 4 required plugins are
active, configure 1 plugin,
and active/configure the
theme on their own
SHANTI WordPress site
instance.

Context:
Information sharing
sessions at a day
long university
conference for
Local Support
Partners.