This guide shows you step by step how to add a weather widget to your PLAYipp screen. The weather widget makes it possible to display current weather conditions and forecasts on your screens, which is an easy way to keep your audience informed about the local weather. You can customize the appearance, choose which information to display, and configure the location from which weather data is retrieved.
Follow these steps to add weather information to your PLAYipp screen.
- Navigate to Signage in the main menu
From the left side menu, click on Signage. This automatically takes you to the Screens view where you see your list of screens.
- Select your screen
Find and click on the screen where you want to add weather content.
NOTE: If you want to add weather to multiple screens at once, go to Screen Groups in the main menu instead.
- Open the playlist
Click the Playlist button to open the playlist for your selected area.
- Add new content
Click the + Add new button to add a new item to the playlist.
- Select content type
A dialog box appears with various content options. Click on Automatic content.
- Select weather widget
Scroll down and click on Add weather.
- Select location source
Choose where weather data should be retrieved from:- Screen location - Uses the address configured for the screen
- Manual location - Allows you to set a custom location
- Configure display type
Expand the Display type section to choose how the weather should be displayed:- One day - Shows today's weather
- Three days - Shows weather forecast for today and the following two days
- Adjust settings
Expand the Settings section to configure:
- Language - Select desired language (e.g., Swedish, English, Norwegian)
- Unit type - Choose between Celsius or Fahrenheit
- Configure appearance
Expand the Appearance section. You can choose which elements to display by checking or unchecking:- Weather icon - Displays a visual icon representing current weather conditions (e.g., sun, clouds, rain)
- Temperature - Displays current temperature in degrees
- Location - Displays the name of the location from which weather data is retrieved
- Background - Adds a background color behind the weather widget (optional)
Click on each row to change additional settings such as font and color. You can also adjust size and margins under Size & margins.
- Add to playlist
Click the Add to playlist button to add the weather widget to your screen.
- Enter a Name for your weather widget
- Save in folder
Click Choose folder to select where it should be saved
- Click select folder to confirm
- Click Save to complete
Your weather widget is now added to your screen and will be displayed according to your selected settings!