To create and schedule messages, you will use the "message wizard". You can access it from the Your Messages or Your Emergencies pages. It contains four steps:
- Content
- Screens
- Schedule
- Confirm
For a brief, detailed tutorial, see Message Creation Tutorial.
Note: Once you have accessed a page in the message wizard, while creating a message, you can advance and reverse pages as needed with the Previous and Next buttons.
Note: Only users with the Can prepare an emergency message permission can view the Your Emergencies page. If you need this permission, contact your domain administrator. For more information, see Users and Groups Permissions.
To access the message wizard:
- Log in to Broadsign Publish with the credentials your Admin provided.
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On the Your Messages page, select Create a new message.
The message wizard opens to the Content page. You must select content to continue with the wizard.
Note: Once you have accessed a page in the message wizard, while creating a message, you can advance and reverse pages as needed with the Previous and Next buttons.
On the Content page, you can select the content that will appear in your message. You can search through a list of existing content, and sort them by name, type, date or folder. You can also sort them by their status: unapproved, approved, or rejected.
Once you select a content, you can update the fields that your Admin supplied (for example, title, sub-title, dates, time, etc.).
Note: Once you have accessed a page in the message wizard, while creating a message, you can advance and reverse pages as needed with the Previous and Next buttons.
For a brief, detailed tutorial, see Message Creation Tutorial.
On the Screens page, you can select the screens on which you want the message to play.
Note: Your Admin will set up your list of available screens.
Tip: The Screens page may not be visible if Media Owners allow their clients to manage their campaign creatives. See Manage Creatives - Advertisers.
Note: Once you have accessed a page in the message wizard, while creating a message, you can advance and reverse pages as needed with the Previous and Next buttons.
For a brief, detailed tutorial, see Message Creation Tutorial.
On the Schedule page, you can select the message duration, date range, days of the week and times during which the message can play.
You can set the number of times (frequency) that the message will play compared to others.
You also have the following choice:
- Enter specific start and end dates by clicking the Specific button. This is the default behavior.
- Enter only a start date by clicking the No end button. Your message will play until you either enter specific start and end dates or you delete it.
Note: Once you have accessed a page in the message wizard, while creating a message, you can advance and reverse pages as needed with the Previous and Next buttons.
For a brief, detailed tutorial, see Message Creation Tutorial.
On the Confirm page, you will have a chance to review your message and give it a title (for example., Midwest malls medical offices). If you want to make any changes, you can select Previous or choose a numbered step at the top of the page.
Once your message is ready to go, click one of the following buttons, depending on what is available on your screen:
- Publish: You have the permission to publish a message without approval. The Your messages page opens and your new message appears in the list.
- Approve & Publish: You have the permissions to approve a message and publish it. The Your messages page opens and your new message appears in the list.
- Send for Approval: You do not have the permission to publish a message without approval. The Your messages page opens and your new message appears in the list with the
icon. Your admin will need to approve the message before it is published. - Prepare Message: You are preparing an emergency message. You cannot publish it right away. It can only be saved for later publishing when it is activated. For more information, see Activate an Emergency Message.
For a brief, detailed tutorial, see Message Creation Tutorial.
You can use the mobile version of Broadsign Publish to create a message directly from your mobile.
The message wizard steps are similar to those of the regular Broadsign Publish web page.
You will be able to upload a photo or video from your mobile and use it to create a message, as described in Upload a Photo or Video from a Mobile.
