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Deployment on a corporate network

Play The Web can use a centralized configuration file for a more efficient deployment. With such a file, every web kiosk will be remotely updated in your organization.

Remove the splash window

This page explains how to remove the splash window displayed when evaluating Play The Web.

Setting page list

This tutorial page shows how to type the web pages addresses you decide to display as your screensaver.

Grab pages

In this tutorial page, we will select pages of a web site as our screensaver, simply by navigating to these pages in navigation mode.

Use a PowerPoint slide show as a web kiosk

This page explains how you can retrieve a PowerPoint slide show from the web and use it as a web kiosk.

Use a Adobe Flash file as a web kiosk

Display Adobe Flash files on a web kiosk and remote update .swf files through the web.

Display a RSS feed on a web kiosk

Automatically display content referred by a RSS feed in screen save mode.

Use a video as a web kiosk

Retrieve videos from the network and display them on a web kiosk.

Easy configuration of a news source with the Page Wizard

Provide the URL of a news source and use the Page Wizard for an automatic configuration of the Page properties.

Customize tool bars

Define and use a new skin for Play The Web.

Hide buttons on tool bars

Read this page to configure tool bars and set which buttons are available to users.

Play The Web documentation

New features in Play The Web 2008SE

This section lists new features added in Play The Web 2008SE.

Play The Web 2008SE

Play The Web product description.

Software installation

Follow operations listed in this page to install Play The Web.

Screen saver tool bar

The screensaver floating tool bar allows you to control the automated presentation that is shown in screensaver mode.

Navigation tool bar

The navigation floating tool bar contains standard functions for web browsing. This tool bar is available in full screen web browser mode.

Configuration dialog box

This dialog box displays every option you can set in Play The Web.

File menu

File menu contains items allowing you to create a new presentation for Play The Web, to open an existing presentation or to save the current one.

Edit menu

Edit menu contains options to edit and display the page list of the current presentation.

Favorites menu

Favorites menu contains options to add and edit internet favorites.

Channels menu

Channels menu contains several samples using famous internet web sites.

Tab menu

Tab menu contains shortcuts to every tab in the Configuration dialog box.

Help menu

Help menu contains links to the documentation you are reading and to Play The Web web site.

General options

The General tab in the Play The Web Configuration dialog box is used to define global parameters used in screensaver and full screen mode.

Layout options

The layout tab is useful to define global properties of the main window or global behavior of the screensaver.

Page list

This part of the dialog box allows definition of the page list to display in screensaver mode.

Properties dialog box

Define properties of a page included in the page list with this dialog box.

Include list

The Include tab in the Configuration dialog box is used to restrict navigation in full screen web browser mode. The include list holds allowed URL.

Include properties

Define properties of an allowed address with this dialog box.

Exclude list

The Exclude tab in the Configuration dialog box is used to restrict navigation in full screen web browser mode. The exclude list holds restricted URL.

Exclude properties

Define properties of a restricted address with this dialog box.

Default options

Define default file for Web Screen Saver or current parameters scope: current user or all users (local machine).

Screen saver tool bar dialog

This tab is useful if you want to edit buttons on screensaver tool bar.

Screen saver tool bar properties

Define properties of a button on screensaver tool bar.

Navigation tool bar dialog

Use this tab to edit buttons on navigation tool bar.

Navigation tool bar properties

Define properties of a button on navigation tool bar.

Reboot dialog

Use this tab if you need to reboot the computer on which Play The Web is running.

Update options

If you manage a large quantity of computers, you would want to prevent all computers always requesting pages from HTTP server. Doing this, you will minimize the network traffic.

Network options

Define network and proxy settings.

Help options

Define a help page for navigation.

About Play The Web

Use this tab to know the exact version of Play The Web and the registration status of the current copy.

Custom automated installation

This page explains how to produce a custom automated installation for a quick and easy deployment on several computers.