STC Digital Signage System

About

Matt Chan's project for IB ITGS HL, May 2013 examinations. Developed for use on information displays in Sha Tin College, Hong Kong.

Requirements

Google Chrome recommended. A web server or local XAMPP stack required for PHP file uploader.

How to use

1. Download and open index.html
2. Modify the parameters in the index.html file to change:

Slideshow settings:

getParameters(<total number of images>,<time interval in ms>,<randomize slideshow Y N>);
runSlideshow('carousel');

RSS slider settings:

ticker(<rss item id>,<rss container id>,<time delay in ms>,<speed in ms>);

3. Modify the parameters in the feeds.js file to change the RSS links

   var rss=['feed1.rss','feed2.rss','etc',];

To use the PHP uploader, the source files must be run from a server supporting PHP. Download and install a copy of XAMPP, and modify the .htaccess file to point to your password file.

AuthUserFile </absolute/path/to/password>

Consult the Apache docs for information on how to generate the password file.

Reference materials and code

Documentation and How-tos:

• http://www.w3schools.com/
• http://docs.jquery.com/
• http://www.php.net/manual/en/
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/

RSS feed loader:

• https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/
• http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/?exp=feeds
• http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/googleajaxfeed.shtml

RSS slider:

• http://workshop.rs/2011/09/news-ticker-in-4-lines-of-jquery/

Slideshow:

• http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/make_a_javascript_slideshow/

PHP slide uploader:

• http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php
• http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php