Concerto Template HTML files?

[Paul Dufresne]

I'm still getting acquainted with Concerto. When you create a custom template in Concerto, does it generate an HTML template based on the template you build in Concerto, or does it generate that HTML code in-stream? If there is an HTML template file somewhere, then perhaps it would be possible to modify that template manually to add some static content to the template, and control how the elements overlap.

Can anyone answer how, this is generated, and where these template files are stored? I rooted around the file system for a while, but I couldn't find anything.

ThanX!

[August]

If you’re looking to create a custom template, I would begin by examining the template zip files (linked on http://www.concerto-signage.org/help_pages/38) and working from those. The only thing Concerto itself does is store field positions and such for the template.

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[Paul Dufresne]

That actually looks like it will solve one of my problems, as it looks like I can define custom fields, but it doesn't look like the template gives me the ability to add any custom non-field content to the template, such as a static image or static text. I know it would be possible to add that to the background image, but then they would always be behind the field content, which is not what I'm looking for.

Thank you.

[August]

Yeah-the styling and architecture of the templates/frontend is geared towards displaying content over some background template. We’re not aware of any use case for letting the template background take precedence over the content coming in from Concerto itself.

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[Paul Dufresne]

Yeah, I was just hoping the template was stored as an HTML file that could be modified to add static elements. 

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[Paul Dufresne]

After playing with the templates, it seems importing a template will still limit you to only one field of any given type. This is an unfortunate limitation of the software.

I hope this is an adjustment that will come in future releases.

[August]

In my past experiences, this has not been the case (dual-graphic layouts have been common), but I’ll post an issue to our bug tracker asking someone with more current knowledge of the fronted to look into it.

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[Paul Dufresne]

I appreciate that. I found the documentation on templates to be a little thin, so perhaps I just did something wrong.

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[Marvin Frederickson]

I believe it will still work if you give your fields different names.  This might help: https://github.com/concerto/concerto/wiki/Templates

[Paul Dufresne]

I tried that, but when I imported the template, it didn't work, or at least the fields didn't show up in the template editor. Perhaps that was my mistake? I hadn't included a CSS file, or spent much time on the style, I was just looking for confirmation that it could be done.

<template>

  <name>LDHSS Screen</name>

  <width>1920</width>
  <height>1080</height>

  <field>

    <name>Sponsors</name>
    <type>Graphics</type>

    <style>border: solid 2px #ccc;</style>

    <left>0.72</left>
    <top>0.85</top>
    <width>0.25</width>
    <height>0.106</height>

  </field>

  <field>

    <name>Text</name>
    <type>Text</type>

    <style>border: solid 2px #ccc;</style>

    <left>0.03</left>
    <top>0.36</top>
    <width>0.25</width>
    <height>0.596</height>

  </field>

  <field>

    <name>Graphics</name>
    <type>Graphics</type>

    <style>border: solid 2px #ccc;</style>

    <left>0.3</left>
    <top>0.044</top>
    <width>0.67</width>
    <height>0.776</height>

  </field>

  <field>

    <name>Ticker</name>
    <type>Ticker</type>

    <style>border: solid 2px #ccc;</style>

    <left>0.3</left>
    <top>0.85</top>
    <width>0.40</width>
    <height>0.106</height>

  </field>

</template>

[Marvin Frederickson]

Oh, yeah.  I think the import might skip fields that have names that don't match to types.  In the database, you'd probably have to manually add the field (make sure you set the kind_id to 1 (Graphics) and then add a position via the GUI that referenced that new field.  Then set up your subscriptions.

[August]

This turns out to be something of an oversight on our part. While a “template maker” was initially intended, the process has remained rather manual. Manual, in fact, to the point that there’s no user interface exposed for creating new fields. It can be a bit confusing, but there is a “kind” called Graphic and a “field” called Graphic - which is essentially an instance of that. In our next build, you’ll find a link to create new fields on the template#edit page.

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On February 17, 2015 at 10:56:29 PM, Paul Dufresne (prduf...@gmail.com) wrote:

[Paul Dufresne]

Good to know. I think where it falls apart, for me, is that I haven't been able to verify that my custom fields actually exist anywhere, and I haven't figured out how to add feeds to those fields. I haven't really gone much deeper that the web interface at this point.

Thank you for the feedback.

Paul Dufresne

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