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| Task1 | What is a Web web panel? |
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| Task2 | Adding a Web web panel |
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| Task3 | Customising a Web web panel |
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| Task4 | Web panel - overview video |
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What is a
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web panel?
A web panel is - as the name suggests - a panel which displays a web pageallows you to display a web page in any section of your display board. In the display board example below, you can see the BBC News page is displayed on the right-half hand side of the board, alongside a leaderboard panel.
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Adding a web panel
To add a Leaderboard web panel, click on the
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button, as shown below:
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The list of available panels types will disappear and the mouse pointer will transform in a white, cross-like pointer sign indicating where your panel will begin. Simply drag your mouse across the screen and you can size the panel, After selecting the web panel button, the mouse pointer changes into a white crosshair pointer, indicating that the designer is ready to draw your panel. Click and hold your left mouse button, starting at the point defining the upper-left corner of your new panel. Whilst still holding down the left mouse button, drag the marquee that will appear to the point that will define the lower-right corner of your panel, as shown below:
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Customising a Web panel
To customize your Leaderboard a web panel, click on the
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to switch to panel selection mode. Hover your mouse pointer over the label panel you want to customise and click on the
Image Added icon, when it appears towards the top-
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icon to customise the panel, as shown below:
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The following screen will appear Web page panel properties window will open, containing the following tabs:
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Content
Type The Content tab allows you to add the URL and title of the web page you would like to appear or Ctrl V to paste. Then pressAdd. This will appear as followswant to display. Click on the Add button to add the web page to the panel, as shown below:
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Background
By default the background of the Web panel is black with a lighting effect. However you can add an image source as the background and either choose to have that image centered in the panel or repeated by typing in details. In that case, you may even want to set a transparent background for your image. Alternatively, just pick a colour from the colour palette and leave the Image source field blank, as shown below:The Background tab allows you to configure the background properties of your web panel.
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Metrics
The width and height of the panel containing the Web page will be picked up automatically. You can change this by using your mouse to drag this to a different size or by changing the number of pixels to define the panel size.
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| Image source | If you want your panel to display an image, type its source here. Remember, the path is relative to the folder on disk from which the web content is served, and is different for each class of web user |
| Image style | Choose how the image should be displayed |
| Colour | Choose the background colour of the panel; if you are adding an image, you may want to select Transparent so that this does not interfere with your image |
| Apply lighting effects to this panel | Tick this option to apply a shine effect to the entire panel; if you are using the panel to display an image, this may adversely affect how it appears |
Metrics
The Metrics tab allows you to define the shape of the panel, by entering values for its position and size. You are also given the option to determine the refresh frequency of the page, by entering a value in the
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When you have finished configuring the properties of your Web panel, click on the Save button to apply the changes.
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Embedding Excel in a Web Panel
If using Office 365/Microsoft 365, in Excel online:
- Go to File, Share, Embed
- Select viewing options as required (show/hide grid lines, headers etc)
- Copy the src address from the embed code part
- Paste that as the address for a web panel in the display board
Web panel - overview video
For a live demonstration on of how to design and customise a Web web panel, watch the video below:
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