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The Touch Hotspot on the NowSignage platform will allow users to set up a web page that can then be triggered by an end user that will divert them from the current running playlist of a screen to the URL.
Please note - If the Touch Hotspot feature is not available in your account, please contact support@nowsignage.com and we will enable this.
To enable this feature, please follow the guidance below:
- Once logged into your NowSignage account begin by going to the 'Apps' area of the platform, then scroll down to find the 'Touch Hotspot' app:
- Click on the app then 'Install App' to activate it:
- Once the app has been activated, click the icon and you will be taken to the screen below.
- Provide the hotspot with a name
- Enter the website URL you wish to be triggered.
- Click the 'Active' toggle (this will ensure the end user will see a 'button' to press to trigger the content)
- Set a timeout for inactivity (when the user is done and walks away this is the duration before the app will revert back to the original playlist set on the screen)
- Optional - You can toggle the 'hide button' to hide the close hotspot button (this appears after the webpage has been triggered on the display).
- Optional - You can toggle the 'prevent users from leaving the website?' to prevent users from leaving the triggered webpage (for example if there's external links within the webpage to social media sources, this will prevent the user from clicking on them).
- Once you are happy with the above, click 'Save' and it'll take you to this area:
- Finally select the screens you wish to push this feature to (it can be multiple screens at once).
- Once you have selected the screens you wish to enable this on, click 'finish' which will create the touch hotspot.
- Now this has been set up, either enter your pin into your screen or reboot the NowSignage app and you will see a "Touch Here' button in the bottom right of the screen.
- Once this has been pressed the user will be taken to the website URL entered in the set up stage.
- The user will be able to exit the web page URL by pressing the 'Close' button, that would then take them back to the original playlist.