We would like to announce the release of the first patch for Xibo CMS v2.2. The codename for this series is “Olbers”.
4 issues have been fixed in this release.

Our recent 2.2.0 release was released without updating the minimum PHP requirements to 7.0.8 or later, for which we apologise. Thank you to those who highlighted this!

An issue was also identified with the new Image processing feature:
bug#2032

Images with any dimension larger than 1920 uploaded since 2.2.0 will be in a corrupted state. If you are running on Xibo in the Cloud these have been fixed for you. If you are running on a self-hosted or Docker installation, 2.2.1 will fix future images. We have made a task available to fix existing ones.

Repairing existing corrupted images

Cloud customers do not need to run this task as this has been fixed for you.
To run this task log into your CMS, navigate to Administration -> Tasks and click "Add Task". Find the "Clear Cached Media Data" task in the list and click Save. The task will run once, repair the images and disable itself.

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

If you have a v2.1 Xibo in the Cloud CMS then you have been updated with this patch automatically.

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this patch. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Please find below a complete list of changes in this release.

• 2032: Image Resize Task - not updating md5 and fileSize
• 2030: Sub Playlist Widget: 0 Widgets/Spots and Spot Fill fields set to 0
• 2026: Environment - Bump min required PHP version
• 2028: Print Style Sheet for POP Report

Future development

Beyond 2.2 we've begun developing 2.3, which will focus on incorporating the feedback we've received on the Layout Designer and on Geo-scheduling.

Sneak peak of the upcoming improved Layout Designer...

...and Geo-scheduling!

With the release of 2.2.0 you can create Reminder Notifications when scheduling Events.

Once you have completed the form fields to schedule your Event click on the Reminder tab...

...use the form fields to create Reminders for this Event.

Your created Notifications will be shown in the Notification Centre and if you have ticked Notify by email you will get an email too!

Another great reason to upgrade!

Did you know you can now set an Expiry Date to remove your Media files from the CMS library from v2.2.0?

From the Library use the row menu for your media file and Edit...

...simply select a date and time that you want the file to be deleted.

On the date and time you set your selected Media file will be removed completely from the Xibo CMS!

We are pleased to announce the release of our first development preview for the 2.3 version of Xibo. The codename for this version is “Wolf”.

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 8.74a (Julian years). Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It is particularly interesting as its perihelion and orbital period change due to the influcence of Jupiter.

2.3.0-alpha is a development preview only and should not be used in production. You can upgrade to this release from 1.8/2.x series.

Layout Designer

The version 2 Layout Designer that was introduced in 2.0 received mixed reviews from users. The majority adapted to the changes and appreciated the new workflow, but we found that some of our users have not been able to upgrade from 1.8 because the new designer did not fit their workflow. We have listened to all feedback presented and have already made small improvements in 2.1 and 2.2 to act as a stop-gap whilst making the larger changes.

Xibo 2.3 represents a larger set of improvements which brings the designer workflow more inline with how they were and hopefully fixes the issues for all users.

We have designed a simplified view with 3 elements instead of 4:

The top left designer window now operates in a similar manner to 1.8. You can view the contents of each Region with the preview arrows and in Edit mode you can drag/drop and add Regions.

The timeline has been reorganised to provide a clearer view of the play time of each Widget along with an overview of where the Region is situated on the Layout. You can also open a Playlist editor for each Region should you wish to edit those entries vertically in a similar interface to 1.8.

The Library search has been redesigned as a popup window with tabs where you can add a single or multiple items to any point in a Regions Playlist.

The Widget Toolbar has been redesigned to take up less space and to allow each user to add favourites for their most used Widgets so that they appear at the start of the list:

In addition we have gone over the user experience to improve the position of the buttons, and to make workflows operate with as few clicks as possible.

Playlist Manager

We have introduced a Playlist Manager dashboard which gives a user a simpler user interface to manage Library content on a Playlist.

An administrator configures a Sub-Playlist Widget to have one or more Playlists which the Playlist Manager User has permissions to edit, the dashboard will show them the number of Spots that has been configured and allow them to add/replace and optionally remove those items.

Scheduling

We now support Geo-Scheduling such that each event can optionally have geo-data associated with it. Player support for this feature will be added over the coming releases.

Also, you can now delete a single occurence of a repeating Schedule Event.

Docker update

We have updated the base image for our Docker containers to Alpine 3.11 and PHP 7.3.13. This brings us continued security updates and support for the operating system and PHP.

The XMR container has also been updated with the latest Alpine 3.11 and XMR release-0.8 has been pushed into Docker Hub.

Download

We're making this alpha available for people to try using our recommended installation method, Docker. We will be providing release files for the stable 2.3.0 release for those of you running without Docker in due course.

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows

Changelog

• 2069: Add Licence Check XMR Action for Android/webOS/Tizen Players
• 2048: Timeline: Expiry Dates icon based on state
• 2047: Timeline: Scroll to selected widget
• 2046: Timeline: Scroll to invalid region/widget on Invalid Layout
• 1849: Suggestion: Adding Widgets to a region and choosing where in the Timeline they are.
• 5: More advanced scheduling options
• 2068: Add an orientation/resolution property to the Display
• 1996: Dashboard: Playlist Manager
• 2055: Playlist Editor inside Layout Designer: Use region's dimensions for the CKEditor
• 2050: Layout Designer: Multiple tweaks/fixes
• 2025: Geo Scheduling
• 2010: Docker deployment recursive chown is really slow thanks to @pascallieverse
• 2002: Playlist Page: Open editor after add playlist
• 1995: Docker: flag to disable XTR CRON in the container
• 1993: Remote DataSet: Add CSV file to the sources that can be selected
• 1939: Investigate move to alpine 3.11 / php 7.3 for official Docker images
• 1931: CKEditor: Fix empty paragraph height
• 1919: Scheduling: Separate event types for Campaign and Layout
• 1917: Commands: Add Permissions for who can Schedule Events for Commands
• 1915: Campaign: Copy functionality
• 1914: DataSet Data View: Delete Multiselect

Future development

Our immediate development work will be to prepare a 2.3.0-beta release which will add more polish to all the features we've put in 2.3 so far. We will also be responding to your feedback and any bug reports.

Beyond 2.3 we've begun planning 3.0, which will focus on architecture changes, material design and later in 3.1 interactive signage.

We are pleased to announce our 3rd patch for Xibo CMS v2.1. The codename for this series is “Brooks”.

We have fixed 22 issues in this patch and would therefore recommend that everyone should upgrade to benefit from those fixes. Thank you to everyone who has already moved to version 2 of Xibo!

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

If you have a v2.1 Xibo in the Cloud CMS then you have been updated with this patch automatically.

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this patch. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux
• Xibo for Tizen

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Please find below a complete list of changes in this release.

• 2076: Sub-Playlist widget preview: Region preview error
• 2074: Twitter Widget Preview: JS error with empty results
• 2064: Weather Widget returns seconds from cache duration instead of minutes
• 2023: Permissions Window Name filter issue.
• 2013: When the media gets deleted from the Library, it does not remove from the layout.
• 2012: Schedule Menu: Deleting Display Group while selected in Filter causes error
• 2008: Show All on schedule page can't be translated
• 2006: Event range incorrectly calculated for No data Template in Calendar Widget
• 2001: Pagination on Display Statistics menu not working correctly
• 2000: Google Authenticator 2FA returning error on set up in 2.1.2
• 2075: Document region loop in the CMS to prevent confusion
• 2044: Unreleased can be downloaded to the Player incorrectly.
• 2024: Internet Explorer grid view crashing
• 2020: Display Group Switching between non-dynamic and dynamic doesnt clear memberships
• 2019: Display Group Members Relationship Tree shouldn't link to Dynamic Groups
• 2018: Layout Designer: Viewer and navigator floating regions
• 2015: Layout Design: Deleting twitter widget shows library delete option
• 2014: Timeline: wrong Region drop overlay label
• 2009: Layout Designer: Publish layout Cancel button repeated
• 2005: Revisit: Scheduling-Disallow Minute/Hourly repeats to be indefinite (or too long)
• 2004: Local Video Widget: changes to the RTSP note.
• Layout Preview: Preview sub-playlist with spots broken

Keep in touch

We have a lot planned for the future, with 2.3 almost ready and we have started work on 3.0! Follow us on Twitter to be kept up to date.

Xibo Signage are pleased to announce Xibo for Android v2 R203. This release works with Xibo CMS version 2.0/2.1/2.2 and has legacy mode for versions 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8.

Features and Issues resolved in this release:

• Connect the Player to a CMS using a code rather than entering Address/Key
• HTML based content not showing on Player restart
• Proof of Play hourly aggregation miscounting on period overlaps
• Force HTTPS setting
• Transfer Display to another CMS
• Send the device IMEI number as the computer name if available
• Fix max log age check so that logs aren't removed ahead of time
• Edge case with Install Date
• Add an XMR command to check for a licence on demand
• Edge case where Region Loop can cause duplicate proof of play
• XMR command to resize the Player window
• Send the Player resolution to the CMS
• Fix for setting date/time from CMS on Android 6.0+

Download Xibo for Android v2 R203.

Download Xibo for Android v2 R203 for DSDevices J18 and J19.

Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in the Administration Manual.

If you have a white label build of the application, the upgrade is available in your account.

We would like to announce the second patch for Xibo CMS v2.2. The codename for this series is “Olbers”.

27 issues have been fixed in this release.

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

If you have a v2.1 Xibo in the Cloud CMS then you have been updated with this patch automatically.

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this patch. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux
• Xibo for Tizen

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Please find below a complete list of changes in this release.

• 2080: Login shows user not found error instead of flash message
• 2079: Calendar Widget - Timezone issues
• 2078: User Delete - does not handle Dayparts
• 2077: User Delete/reassign all - does not handle DataSets
• 2063: If a Scheduled Report fails it will be retried the next time the task fires, over and over
• 2062: Report Schedule page without any filters fails to return results.
• 2061: User delete SQL errors - revisit Layout setOwner with cascade and save
• 2060: User delete with reassign all - throws SQL error due to isEdited flag
• 2058: Media add by URL doesn't work with S3 URLs
• 2056: Layout Conversion task doesn't know the difference between old and new Layouts
• 2042: Audio Widget does not automatically set duration to audio track length.
• 2041: Error when importing a Layout containing a Playlist
• 2038: Adding a too-large image to a Sub-Playlist doesn't mark the Layout as Invalid
• 2036: Library usage report doesn't include Sub-Playlists
• 2035: Retired Layouts can be set as Default Layout for Displays
• 2031: Sub Playlist Widget allows negative numbers to be used.
• 2007: Widget names in the Layout Designer cannot be translated
• 2072: API does not load further information on "import json into dataset" call thanks to @JCSynthTux
• 2067: Schedule Interrupt: Allow more than one at once
• 2066: Move DOOH content field from Profile to Preferences.
• 2059: Pagination support in stat search
• 2049: Implement a "never resize" value of 0 for image limit
• 2034: User Permissions - improve form title
• 2027: Video In Widget needs to include Tizen on Edit Form v2
• 2053: Invalid stat duration is recorded due to players clock update
• 2052: Report schedule task cannot create an attachment report for email notification
• 2051: Change the log message to debug when fromdt and todt are same

Future development

Beyond 2.2 we've begun developing 2.3, which will focus on incorporating the feedback we've received on the Layout Designer and on Geo-scheduling.

Sneak peak of the upcoming improved Layout Designer...

...and Geo-scheduling!

Scheduled Proof of Play reports contain the additional option to send as a PDF to email recipients from 2.2.0.

When Adding a Report Schedule, tick the box to send the Report by email...

...and complete the info if you do want to send to additional addresses!

To find out more about Xibo's Reporting capabilities, take a look at our Reporting page!

We are pleased to announce our 6th patch for Xibo CMS v2.0. The codename for this series is “Swift”.

Thank you to everyone who has moved to version 2 of Xibo. We have fixed 7 issues in this patch and would recommend that everyone using 2.0.x should upgrade to benefit from those fixes.

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

If you have a v2.0 Xibo in the Cloud CMS then you have been updated with this patch automatically.

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this patch. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Please find below a complete list of changes in this release.

• 1980: Cannot Delete a User that owns region specific Playlist
• 1947: Fonts incorrectly added to Dynamic Playlists.
• 1942: Playlist library assign does not set the duration correctly
• 1935: Multiple Templates ca be created with the same name
• 1971: User force password change - unexpected error
• 1934: Import Layout from a CMS in a different timezone causes the expiry dates to be set on Widgets
• 1927: Undefined index: value in /var/www/cms/lib/Xmds/Soap5.php on line 130

Keep in touch

We have a lot planned for the future, follow us on Twitter to be kept up to date.

Xibo are pleased to announce Xibo for Windows v2-edge R201. This release works with Xibo CMS version 2 and has legacy mode for version 1.8.

In this release we have swapped from the Windows Forms BrowserControl, which is based on Internet Explorer, and moved to the Microsoft WebView toolkit based on Edge. This will advance the Player's web rendering capabilities and bring it more inline with current standards.

This release is identical to the v2 R201 release from October, except that we:

• Have swapped to the Edge Browser
• Require Windows 10
• Require .NET Framework 4.7.2
• Added a readme step to the installer which explains what the application does and who it is for

Download Xibo for Windows v2-edge R201.

You can still get a release compatible with Windows 7 and earlier:

Download Xibo for Windows v2 R201.

Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in the FAQ.

Windows 7

Back in November, we wrote about how the end of support for Windows 7 might effect your Digital Signage.

To help your transition to Windows 10, Xibo will maintain a version 2 of the Player for Windows 7 alongside the newer Windows 10 compatible release. The newer release will have the prefix v2-edge as opposed to v2.

Version 3 of the Player will nolonger support Windows 7 and we do therefore recommend that all users of Xibo for Windows make plans to upgrade their operating system.

Xibo Signage are pleased to announce Xibo for Android v1.8 R109. This release works with Xibo CMS version 1.8 and has legacy mode for versions 1.4, 1.6, 1.7.

This is a maintenance release fixing 6 issues:

• The Display name is sometimes empty on first register
• Password protect the system menu item
• Fallback for on-premise licensing where a mac address isn't forthcoming
• Fix set date/time from CMS on Android 6.0+
• Update to the correct logo
• Fix for missed collections and schedules

Download Xibo for Android R109.

Download Xibo for Android R109 for DSDevices J18 and J19.

Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in the Administrator Manual. It’s also well worth having a look at the Xibo for Android FAQ's.

If you have a white label build of the application it is available in your account.

We are pleased to announce the release of our first beta for the 2.3 version of Xibo. The codename for this version is “Wolf”.

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 8.74a (Julian years). Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It is particularly interesting as its perihelion and orbital period change due to the influcence of Jupiter.

2.3.0-beta is a development preview only and should not be used in production. You can upgrade to this release from 1.8/2.x series.

We've addressed 19 issues in this release. Please be sure to checkout our 2.3.0-alpha release announcement where we cover the major feature changes between 2.2 and 2.3.

Download

We're making this beta available for people to try using our recommended installation method, Docker. We will be providing release files for the stable 2.3.0 release for those of you running without Docker in due course.

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows

Changelog

• 2100: Find out how do we want to represent engagements in Proof of Play Export CSV.
• 2037: Playlist Usage Report
• 1999: Widget: Improved countdown widget
• 2099: Both Interrupt Schedule and Layout Status icon (i.e., exclamation ) should not be same
• 2086: Schedule Now form on layout designer broken
• 2070: Toolbar: Library search tabs with wrong tooltip
• 1554: Preview: Video loop isn't handled
• 2097: Geo Schedule - Move map to existing polygon location on edit
• 2093: Geo-scheduling: Need a way to update a Displays current location at a preset interval (or on significant change)
• 2088: Add Time filter in Selected Date Range of Proof of play reports.
• 2087: Geo Schedule - Restrict number of polygons to one per map
• 2085: Library URL upload: Parameter to control the enableStats property
• 2084: Image Release: Need a way to visualise when there are unreleased or held files that are supposed to be used on a Display
• 2082: Layout Designer: Highlight scroll to widget
• 2081: Layout Designer: Improve timeline zoom rendering
• 2071: Layout Designer: Highlight region edit mode
• 2094: Proof of Play: Track engagements
• 2073: MongoDB driver isn't built with ENABLE_SSL
• 1981: Players to report their commercial licence status to the CMS during Register

Here is a sneak peak of a Countdown Widget!

Future development

Our immediate development work will be to prepare a 2.3.0 release which will add more polish to all the features we've put in 2.3 so far. We will also be responding to your feedback and any bug reports.

Beyond 2.3 we've begun planning 3.0, which will focus on architecture changes, material design and later in 3.1 interactive signage.

From v2.2 use the Spacer Widget in your designs!

Include the Spacer Widget to set a delay so that Regions start up and play your media at different times.

Tick the Set a Duration to specify the duration of the Spacer Widget, Preview to see the Spacer in action.

Another great addition to the many Xibo Widget's already available!

We are pleased to announce the release candidate for the 2.3 version of Xibo. The codename for this version is “Wolf”.

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 8.74a (Julian years). Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It is particularly interesting as its perihelion and orbital period change due to the influcence of Jupiter.

2.3.0-rc1 is a release candidate and should not be used in production. You can upgrade to this release from 1.8/2.x series.

We've addressed 8 issues in this release. Please be sure to checkout our 2.3.0-alpha release announcement and 2.3.0-beta release announcement where we cover the major feature changes between 2.2 and 2.3.
We also have a guide that highlights the improvements that have been made, so do take a look: Improved Layout Designer in 2.3

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

Changelog

• 2110: Widget expiry date status: Add Set to Start
• 2104: Media Upload - add expiry date
• 2092: Layout Designer: Implement discard layout
• 2089: Multi-select delete on Playlist Editor
• 2045: Playlist Dashboard User should not view Reshow Welcome
• 1962: Schedule Page: Show count of events on Monthly and Agenda view
• 1437: Weather widget templates contain some English words
• 2105: Playlist - adding new dynamic Playlist should not open Timeline editor

We have also included bug fixes from the upcoming 2.2.3 release.

Future development

Our immediate development work will be to prepare a 2.3.0 release which will be this release candidate plus any bugs that are found during the testing period.

Beyond 2.3 we've begun planning 3.0, which will focus on architecture changes, interactive signage and later in 3.1, material design.

Xibo Signage are pleased to announce Xibo for Android v2 R204. This release works with Xibo CMS version 2.0/2.1/2.2 and has legacy mode for versions 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8.

This release adds support for Interrupt Layouts!

Download Xibo for Android v2 R204.

Download Xibo for Android v2 R204 for DSDevices J18 and J19.

Instructions for upgrading from an earlier release can be found in the Administration Manual.

If you have a white label build of the application, the upgrade is available in your account.

Following the release of Xibo for Android v2 R204, Android Players now support the Interrupt Layout functionality available in the v2 CMS!

An Interrupt Layout does exactly as the name implies and will 'interrupt' the usual schedule for a defined Share of Voice percentage...

...from Schedule click on Add Event to open the Schedule Event form.

The new Event Type can be found in the drop down menu...

...complete the form fields as needed and select the Layout you wish to use as the Interrupt.

Define a Share of Voice percentage to tell Xibo how much of the usual schedule should be occupied by the Interrupt Layout.

After each 'interrupt interval', your schedule will then switch back to the pre-interrupt content!

For further information, take a look at the Interrupt Layout manual page.

We are working on bringing this feature to all Players, so watch this space...

We would like to announce the third patch for Xibo CMS v2.2. The codename for this series is “Olbers”.

17 issues have been fixed in this release.

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

If you have a v2.2.2 Xibo in the Cloud CMS then you have been updated with this patch automatically.

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this patch. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux
• Xibo for Tizen

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Please find below a complete list of changes in this release.

• 2119: Flip Clock type in Clock Widget issues with an Offset + or - specified
• 2118: SubPlaylist Widget: Possible to enter a loop when a Playlist with 0 Widgets is put in the list
• 2115: API permissions to public routes
• 2111: Dataset RSS Feeds returns unexpected error
• 2108: RegEx in name/tag filters doesn't work
• 2107: getStats() should always sort by id ascending
• 2106: PDF shrinking over time
• 2103: Scheduling: Share of Voice Property is a string and should be a number
• 2102: Scheduling: If a DayPart has the exact same start/end times, it doesn't show correctly when used
• 2096: Widget properties: Template thumbnails missing
• 2095: Weather shows visibility distance as kilometres for US
• 2090: Weather Widget: Export Template button uses the wrong URL
• 2083: Image Resizing: Post Resize we need to trigger a notify to any effected Display
• 2114: DOOH user permissions
• 2109: Improve variables that may not be declared
• 2065: Optimise XMDS submit stats
• 2091: Library download doesn't work when previewing (as we do for Generic Files such as JS/CSS)

Future development

We're hard at work finalising 2.3.0 which brings improvements to the Layout Designer (thank you all for your feedback).

Beyond 2.3, we're also working on Xibo version 3, which has an updated back end platform and interactive signage features!

We are pleased to announce our first release for the 2.3 version of Xibo. The codename for this version is “Wolf”.

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 8.74a (Julian years). Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It is particularly interesting as its perihelion and orbital period change due to the influcence of Jupiter.

Layout Designer

The version 2 Layout Designer that was introduced in 2.0, received mixed reviews from users. Whilst the majority adapted to the changes and were appreciative of the new workflow, we found that some of our users have not been able to upgrade from 1.8 because the new designer did not fit their workflow. We listened to all feedback presented and made small improvements in 2.1 and 2.2 to act as a stop-gap whilst making the larger changes.

Xibo 2.3 represents the larger set of improvements, bringing the designer workflow more inline with 1.8 and addressing concerns raised by some of our users. We hope that 2.3 hits the spot with all of our users!

We have designed a simplified view with 3 elements instead of 4:

The top left designer window now operates in a similar manner to 1.8. You can view the contents of each Region with the preview arrows and in Edit mode you can drag/drop and add Regions.

The timeline has been reorganised to provide a clearer view of the play time of each Widget along with an overview of where the Region is situated on the Layout. You can also open a Playlist editor for each Region should you wish to edit those entries vertically in a similar interface to 1.8.

The Library search has been redesigned as a popup window with tabs where you can add single or multiple items to any point in a Regions Playlist.

The Widget Toolbar has been redesigned to take up less space and to allow each user to add favourites for their most used Widgets so that they appear at the start of the list:

In addition we have gone over the user experience to improve the position of the buttons, and to make workflows operate with as few clicks as possible.

Playlist Manager

We have introduced a Playlist Manager dashboard which gives a user a simpler user interface to manage Library content on a Playlist.

An administrator configures a Sub-Playlist Widget to have one or more Playlists which the Playlist Manager User has permissions to edit, the dashboard will show them the number of Spots that has been configured and allow them to add/replace and optionally remove those items.

Scheduling

We now support Geo-Scheduling such that each event can optionally have geo-data associated with it. Please note, we're hard at work adding support for GeoScheduling into our Player releases.

Also, you can now delete a single occurence of a repeating Schedule Event.

Docker update

We have updated the base image for our Docker containers to Alpine 3.11 and PHP 7.3.13. This brings us continued security updates and support for the operating system and PHP.

The XMR container has also been updated with the latest Alpine 3.11 and XMR release-0.8 has been pushed into Docker Hub.

Others

We've added many other smaller things, for example a new Countdown Widget:

You can view a change log of all things 2.3 in each development preview release announcement:

• 2.3.0-alpha release announcement
• 2.3.0-beta release announcement
• 2.3.0-rc1 release announcement

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this release. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux
• Xibo for Tizen

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

Changes since 2.3.0-rc1:

• 2123: Countdown module/widget advanced editor and helptext fix
• 2121: Unable to add a media file as a Playlist Dashboard User
• 2113: Layout Designer Tour appears to be broken
• 2122: Swagger doc incorrectly uses formData for query params on GET requests
• 2120: Countdown module/widget improvements
• 2117: Layout search by campaignId option
• 2116: Campaign Search embed layouts option
• 2112: Checkout from Layout Designer Menu - bypass form
• 2054: Docker: Switch SMTP relay to MSMTP
• 1961: Schedule Page: Implement paging on the Agenda view table

Future development

Our focus from now will be to move ahead with development of Xibo version 3, which will be our Interactive Signage release!

Xibo are pleased to announce a pre-release of Xibo for Windows v2 R252. This release works with Xibo CMS version 2 and has legacy mode for version 1.8. It requires Windows 10.

This Player is a pre-release for testing and should not be used in production environments.

Download Xibo for Windows v2 R252

The Xibo Project's first Player was a Windows Player written in C# and WinForms back in 2004, and although we've added lots of features since then, the underlying technology is the same. This has served us well and provides for a very stable player, but does come with some limitations. There will be some debate as to which limitations are the most important, depending on your use case, but the big 3 are:

• Internet Explorer 11 for web rendering
• No transparency or overlapping Regions
• No transitions

We've been looking for ways to mitigate these issues for years - long term users will recal that 1.8 even came with the option to enable an experimental Chrome web browser! However we've always hit issues with stability or with what is possible in Win Forms.

WPF

WPF stands for windows presentation foundation and is a more graphically orientated framework than Win Forms. WPF is not new and we've tried to move to it in the past, with limited success. However, we think that this time we've done it and that we have a stable and reliable WPF player for our users to try.

In this pre-release we've solved 2 of the 3 main pain points, by including a Chromium web engine and transparency for overlapping Regions. We're also hard at work on adding transitions, which are possible with WPF as our underlying technology.

Download the MSI using the link above and we look forward to getting your feedback on this new addition to the Xibo platform!

We are pleased to announce our first patch for the 2.3 version of Xibo. The codename for this version is “Wolf”.

14P/Wolf is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 8.74a (Julian years). Max Wolf (Heidelberg, Germany) discovered the comet on September 17, 1884. It is particularly interesting as its perihelion and orbital period change due to the influcence of Jupiter.

This release fixes 24 issues.

Download

Please use the links below to download this release:

• Xibo for Docker - Linux / Windows
• Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS

You may use any v2 compatible Player with this release. At the time of writing these are the latest:

• Xibo for Windows
• Xibo for Android
• Xibo for webOS
• Xibo for Linux
• Xibo for Tizen

1.8 series Players will also function but please be aware that new v2 features will not be supported.

Changelog

• 2151: Playlist Copy - owner isn't changed and tags aren't copied
• 2149: XMDS SubmitStats: Still logs repeat errors
• 2147: Playlist grid page: Duplicated Exact match checkbox
• 2146: Edit Playlist: move and highlight prepopulate message
• 2145: Update bootstrap to 3.4.1
• 2144: Layout Designer: Publishing doesn't disable the form submit
• 2143: Layout Designer: Edit Layout button available before checking out
• 2139: Dataset View Widget: Issue with Rows per Page
• 2138: Cancel/Thumbnail translations have trans in the output
• 2136: Docker: automatic backups fail with very large databases
• 2133: 2.3.0 install fails on MySQL 5.7
• 2131: Stats Archiver task - periodsToKeep not configurable
• 2127: Upgrading in progress and other error pages do not set the width of the logo
• 1815: Duration for Items in Dynamic Playlist does not change once set.
• 2148: Apache Hardening
• 2142: Layout Designer: Hover over the widget from/to date calendar could show those dates in a tooltip
• 2141: Schedule: Always show layout preview button on add/edit
• 2135: Layout Add should return Draft layoutId
• 2132: Enhancement: The License Check results should be revealed to the User when License Check is requested.
• 2130: Media widget status message for large files does not indicate why image is too large
• 2129: Get stats by eventTag in stat search endpoint
• 2128: Dynamic Playlist: Tone down auditing when there are no changes to record
• 2126: Export Stats: gracefully handle exporting too many stats
• 2124: Refactor and reenable Cypress tests for the layout designer

Future development

Our focus from now will be to move ahead with development of Xibo version 3, which will be our Interactive Signage release!