Understanding Widgets

Widgets can be added to your Asset Library for use in layouts. Each widget below will have a link to a unique Knowledge Base entry for that widget.

Widgets can be found in the EngagePHD Store.

You can also add widgets to your Asset Library by clicking on the ‘Add Widget from Store’ button, or ‘Code your own Widget’ button:

For steps on adding widgets to a layout, please see: How Do I Add Widgets To My Layout 

From the Store search for “Widget” and click the Search button. Or search by widget names below.

• Analogue Clock This Analogue Clock can be sized accordingly with a customizable label (default is EngagePHD).
• Building Directory With Search This Widget takes the Name and Description Field from the Product Record to dynamically generate a ‘Building Directory’. The Widget is configurable to allow the user to define the number of rows/columns of data, font color/size/style, alternating colored rows, to show or not show search box or show or not show a-z for quick diminishing searching.
• Commodities – ($10.00 Monthly Per Player) – This Widget allows you to show Commodity pricing.  The sample shown is for CRUDE_NYMEX.  Price dynamically changes on a short delay.  The Widget has a transparent background and is configurable based on fields you wish to show and the font style/color.
• Custom Scrolling Ticker – This widget allows you to add a scrolling ticker to your zone and define the text that you want to scroll. You can configure this with a standard character or a PNG/JPG image.
• Digital Clock – This Clock widget can be styled using any font, size, color, effect that you require.
• Donor Wall – This Widget allows you to build a dynamic donor wall.  Using Products to manage donor name, you can define various attributes to the style of this Widget.
• Flight Information – Arrivals – $25.00 Monthly per Player. This fully configurable widget allows you to show live flight arrival information from over 10,000 commercial airports worldwide.  This is billed per airport code, per month, per player.
• ​Flight Information – Departures – $25.00 Monthly per Player. This fully configurable widget allows you to show live flight departure information from over 10,000 commercial airports worldwide.  This is billed per airport code, per month, per player.
• Instagram -The Instagram Widget allows you to connect an Instagram account and display photos, videos and text from that account.
• MRSS (Media RSS Feed) -This widget allows you to define a MRSS URL into a zone.
• News in Pictures (MRSS) – $5.00 Monthly per Player. This Widget provides subscription based syndicated content by Data Call Technologies. Billable by category per player per month, you can choose from multiple news categories.
• ​Product Looper – This Widget can be used to loop various categories in a menu layout when product integration is active.
• ​Remote Control Interface – This Widget allows users to dynamically generate a touch screen interface to control interrupt content that is configured in Applications.
• ​Room Booking – $12.00 Annually. This Room Booking Widget allows people to reserve a meeting room directly from touch screen enable meeting room signage displays.  Once the form has been completed, the request needs to be approved by an Admin user.
• ​Self Service Ordering (Customer Interface) – The Self Service Ordering Widget is customer facing and uses product data you’ve added to the Product Library to create an interactive self-service application.
• Self Service Ordering (Customer Queue) – Provides order queue information on a customer-facing screen.
• Self Service Ordering (Kitchen Screen) – The Self Service Order Kitchen processing screen is a widget that allows member of staff can mark as complete when the order has been fulfilled. Users who opt-in with their phone number during the order process will receive a SMS text.
• Stock Market Data  – This allows you to show the stock pricing from multiple companies. The Widget will cycle through however many stocks you configure.
• We ID 18 Years – This widget allows you to add a Today’s Date -18 Years to help ID correct ages.
• We ID 19 Years – This widget allows you to add a Today’s Date -19 Years to help ID correct ages.
• We ID – 21 Years – This widget allows you to add a Today’s Date -21 Years to help ID correct ages.
• Weather Forecast This weather Widget allows you to display the 3 day forecast for a specific city/zip code.
• ​Weather (MRSS) – $5.00 Monthly per Player. This widget shows the weather forecast by zip code in dynamically rendered MRSS feed.
• Website iFrame – This widget allows you to add a website to a zone. Note that the website you want to display must support iFrames.
• Website iFrame (with scroll bar support) – This widget allows you to add a website to a zone and allows scroll bars. Ideal for touch screens.For steps on adding widgets to a layout, please see: How Do I Add Widgets To My Layout 

Widgets by Request

Please contact your EngagePHD representative for access to the following Widgets.

LB National League Standings – MLB National League Standings customizable Widget can be added to your layout. This widget needs to be added to your network by an EngagePHD representative or contact Support.

Example: