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Task1What is a web panel?
Task2Adding a web panel
Task3Customising a web panel
Task4Web panel - overview video

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<p>A web panel is, as the name suggests, simply a panel which displays a web page.</p>

<p>In the display board below, you can see BBC News page on the right half of the board.</p>

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What is a web panel?

A web panel allows you to display a web page in any section of your display board. In the example below, the BBC News page is displayed on the right-hand side of the board, alongside a leaderboard panel.

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<h2>How do I add a Web panel?</h2>

<p>To add a web panel, click on the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/></a>

Adding a web panel

To add a web panel, click on the

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 toolbar button to expand the list of panel types and choose the
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After selecting the web panel button, the mouse pointer changes into a white crosshair pointer, indicating that the designer is ready to draw your panel. Click and hold your left mouse button, starting at the point defining the upper-left corner of your new panel. Whilst still holding down the left mouse button, drag the marquee that will appear to the point that will define the lower-right corner of your panel, as shown below:

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<h2>How do I customise my Web panel?</h2>

<p>To customise your web panel, click on the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/></a>

Customising a Web panel

To customize a web panel, click on the

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toolbar button to switch to panel selection mode. Hover your mouse pointer over the label panel you want to customise and click on the Image Added icon, when it appears towards the top-right corner of the panel, as shown below:

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The Web page panel properties window will open, containing the following tabs:

Content

The 

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Background

The 

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FieldDescription
Image sourceIf you want your panel to display an image, type its source here. Remember, the path is relative to the folder on disk from which the web content is served and is different for each class of web user
Image styleChoose how the image should be displayed
ColourChoose the background colour of the panel; if you are adding an image, you may want to select Transparent so that this does not interfere with your image
Apply lighting effects to this panelTick this option to apply a shine effect to the entire panel; if you are using the panel to display an image, this may adversely affect how it appears

Metrics

The 

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When you have finished configuring the properties of your Web panel, click on the Save button to apply the changes.

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Embedding Excel in a Web Panel

If using Office 365/Microsoft 365, in Excel online:

 

  1. Go to File, Share, Embed
  2. Select viewing options as required (show/hide grid lines, headers etc)
  3. Copy the src address from the embed code part
  4. Paste that as the address for a web panel in the display board 

Web panel - overview video

For a live demonstration of how to design and customise a web panel, watch the video below:

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