Drake DNP100 Network Media Player - Manual (Page 23)

THE DNP100 DRAKE NETWORK PLAYER
LAYOUTS Tab (continued)
*NOTE: The original IMAGE fi les (and / or CHANNELS) specifi ed and embedded in
ZONES within a LAYOUT that has been DELETED from the LAYOUTS List in DSM will
not be DELETED from your PC / laptop nor will they be removed as available selections
when authoring or EDITING a NEW LAYOUT or PLAYLIST.
The COPY Button will create a duplicate copy of the selected LAYOUT. This function is valu-
able when you wish to have several LAYOUTS that are very similar with only very slight differ-
ences.
Above the LAYOUTS LIST are several other buttons that have not been mentioned yet:
NEW LAYOUT
DESIGNER
EXPORT
EXPORT
HTML
DELETE ALL
The EXPORT Button will EXPORT the highlighted LAYOUT from DSM to a specifi ed folder on
your PC / laptop. This function is essentially the same as the PUBLISH Button on the PLAY-
ERS Tab (Page 9, and in Chapter 5, Loading Playlist and Layout), but is specifi c to LAYOUTS.
The EXPORT HTML Button performs a similar function as the EXPORT Button, but rather then
EXPORTING / saving the LAYOUT as a zipped folder / fi le, EXPORT HTML will EXPORT all of
the LAYOUT confi guration data and settings as HTML code.
The DELETE ALL Button will DELETE ALL of the LAYOUTS in the LAYOUT List. See *NOTE
at the top of this page.
The DESIGNER Button allows you to custom-DESIGN a LAYOUT TEMPLATE (see Page 24).
CREATE A NEW LAYOUT:
A LAYOUT in DSM is the two-dimensional representation of the entire viewable fi eld that is
displayed on a TV or monitor. In DSM, we break up this fi eld into areas, known as ZONES. In
DSM, a LAYOUT can have a large quantity of ZONES without experiencing any performance
issues. Each ZONE has a certain MEDIA TYPE assigned to it (or several TYPES, so that you
can have variety within NEW LAYOUTS, even when derived from the same TEMPLATE).
TYPES of ZONES:
VIDEO / WEBPAGE
TEXT
IMAGE
IMAGE
SLIDE SHOW
RSS TICKER
TABLE
CLOCK
/ DATE
*NOTE: The DNP100 can display only one VIDEO ZONE per LAYOUT.
When authoring a NEW LAYOUT, you must choose to either begin with a pre-designed TEMP-
LATE or to DESIGN your own CUSTOM LAYOUT. First, we will show how to author a NEW
LAYOUT using a TEMPLATE.
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