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megan replied on May 15, 2009 21:48 to the question "Schedule bulletin formatting/alignment issues" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Okay here is what I get when I do that... Notice that the preview is different than the result.

megan replied on May 15, 2009 21:24 to the question "How do I change the text size of the digital clock?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Hi Chad,

I don't want the digital clock to scale to the size of the zone, because then it is out of alignment and doesn't match the other text. Plus I would like to be able to turn off the text outline, as it does not match any of my other text.

As for the date/time overlay, that doesn't work, because in that zone, I want the time to cycle with the logo, and the temperature. The date/time overlay does not cycle.

This would be a much better feature if users had better control of it.

Megan

megan replied on May 15, 2009 18:25 to the question "How do I change the text size of the digital clock?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Okay, I see now that there is not a way to do this. The lack of ability to format the text of the clock makes this feature pretty useless in a design that need to be very clean. Tightrope you need to fix this problem.

megan asked a question in Tightrope Media Systems on May 15, 2009 18:15:

How do I change the text size of the digital clock?

HELP! How do I change the text size of the digital clock? I *thought* there was once a way to do this? I need to make it much smaller, not auto size... Suggestions anyone?

megan replied on May 13, 2009 21:07 to the question "Schedule bulletin formatting/alignment issues" in Tightrope Media Systems:

What is really baffling is that the preview is correct, but the actual bulletin is different. This same issue came up with the line-break issue.

megan asked a question in Tightrope Media Systems on May 12, 2009 23:13:

Schedule bulletin formatting/alignment issues

My schedule bulletin is not formatting properly. Why? I've got it set to a space of 15 px, when I preview it after I work with the template it is correct, but when I publish it to play it drops the time down to the next line. See the images.

megan started following the idea "Able to bold, italic, change size, font, etc within a single text box." in Tightrope Media Systems.

megan shared an idea in Tightrope Media Systems on May 12, 2009 21:29:

No default shadow and outline on bulletin text blocks

Please, please, pleeaassee set bulletins up so that when I add a text block all I get is basic Arial text with no extra features like shadow, outline, border... I've spent hours and hours setting up new bulletins and most of that time is spent turning off these features... one at a time... very... very... slowly. You guys did right by eliminating this problem in the default template, now make my next wish come true. :)

megan replied on May 12, 2009 19:24 to the question "Trying to get an RSS Buellitin to format correctly..." in Tightrope Media Systems:

Also, the NYT image feed appears to be formatted differently media:content url.... See the link http://feeds.nytimes.com/nyt/rss/Home.... How do I format this? Is it still #ItemImageURL#? Is it even possible?

thanks

megan replied on May 12, 2009 19:07 to the question "Trying to get an RSS Buellitin to format correctly..." in Tightrope Media Systems:

Can you tell me how to make a template that reads multiple items? Do I just list #ItemTitle# #ItemDescription# multiple times?

megan shared an idea in Tightrope Media Systems on May 12, 2009 17:56:

RSS feed ItemImageURL Wrap/No Wrap

When adding #Item Image URL# to a RSS feed, the #ChannelTitle# and #ItemTitle# need to wrap IF there is an image, AND if there is no image for that feed it needs to stay in the same place. Right now, it is hard to plan a RSS template layout if the RSS feed does not always supply a media file. If you try to put the image in front of the title, and there is no image that day, then you end up with a big empty space.

megan reported a problem in Tightrope Media Systems on May 08, 2009 22:08:

Why is the digital clock not updating?

The digital clock template is not updating. This is similar to the problem I was having with RSS feeds updating. It is very frustrating.

megan started following the problem "Web picture not updating in Carousel 5.2.3" in Tightrope Media Systems.

megan shared an idea in Tightrope Media Systems on April 02, 2009 17:46:

Carousel Monitor Control Schedule

I would like more options for turning monitors on and off using the Carousel Monitor Control Schedule... Now I only have weekly controls, but it would be nice if I could have monthly controls that would allow me to turn the monitors off on Holidays... something that could be programmed for six months or a year in advance. Sustainability is an important topic right now and we don't want our signs playing to no one.

megan replied on April 02, 2009 16:50 to the question "Why does the RSS bulletin take so long to update?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

Okay, so I've experienced a couple of different but perhaps related problems... I'll have an RSS image feed working in one channel, and then I want that same feed to work in another channel. When I create an RSS feed from scratch and put in the RSS URL for the first time, the image will not come up for an extended period of time... But if I copy the RSS image feed bulletin that is working in one channel to the other channel it works immediately. BUT if I then alter the layout of the that bulletin, it won't update and the image won't come up. In general I find that changes to the RSS feed bulletin layout do not update very quickly.

What else can I tell you that might help?

megan asked a question in Tightrope Media Systems on April 01, 2009 17:53:

Why does the RSS bulletin take so long to update?

Why does it take so long (many hours) for the RSS bulletin template to update on the sign? What's the hold-up? If I create a new RSS bulletin and alter the template, it takes a long, long, time to register the changes... The same thing seems to happen with RSS images #ItemImageURL# takes 24 hours to read the image when the same RSS feed works fine on other displays. Can anyone solve this mystery for me?
Thanks,
Megan

megan replied on March 19, 2009 16:13 to the question "Interactive bulletin formatting?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

JJ- Apart from making a frame of zones around my interactive page, is there an other work around that you can think of? This is an important display we are demoing... Ideas welcome.
Thanks,
Megan

megan replied on March 18, 2009 19:30 to the question "Interactive bulletin formatting?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

I mean, for web pages with live-data, which is what I have.

megan replied on March 18, 2009 19:29 to the question "Interactive bulletin formatting?" in Tightrope Media Systems:

I think it would be nice to add some basic formatting functions to your interactivity feature for cases like this where web pages are just being displayed by carousel and not created specifically for this purpose...

Megan

megan asked a question in Tightrope Media Systems on March 18, 2009 19:16:

Interactive bulletin formatting?

Is there any way to change the default background color of the interactive bulletin? Is there a way to center the interactive bulletin? (I don't have access to the original website or I would just do it there.)

Thanks.