Editing the Settings Panel

The Settings panel of the Touchcast CMS is where you’ll be able to enable or disable external features for your page experience, as well as upload and modify the branding and appearance of your page. This guide will cover each section of the Settings panel to give you a better understanding of what each tab allows you to do.

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1. Go to the dashboard for your Showtime.

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2. Click on the gear icon on the left side panel to open Settings.

3. Select General Settings. This is where you’ll be able to add branding and determine overall page settings, outlined below.

General Settings - Branding

1. Upload a homepage background video for desktop and mobile. 

2. In addition to a background video, you should also upload a static poster image for desktop and mobile. This image will appear while the background video loads, and when a live player is present on the page.

3. Upload the logo that will appear on the main page of your experience. You can modify the size of this logo in the Logo - max height field.

General Settings - General

1. You have the option of showing the conference date, which will display the event date you selected when setting up your Showtime under the event title on the main page. If your experience is meant to be a showcase versus a live event, we recommend hiding the conference date.

2. To make Resource cards stand out, we do recommend checking the box for Use Large resource previews. This will feature your Resource cards more prominently on the page by increasing the size of the thumbnail image. 

3. Check the Enable Search box to allow users to use the search feature on the Showtime page. Users will be able to search by titles, descriptions, and tags to media uploaded to Showtime.

4. You have the option of uploading a Welcome video to your Showtime. This video will play in a lightbox once the user enters the page, and gives you a chance to introduce the content, theme of the event, or best ways to navigate through the experience in a brief video.

5. By default the Show Realtime Update Notification box will be unchecked. This is a notification that appears whenever updates are published in realtime to the external Showtime page. We recommend leaving this unchecked unless your experience dictates otherwise.

6. Showtime allows you to upload a custom font for your title on the login/registration pages and the main page. Checking the Use Custom Font box will prompt a new field to select from the Custom Fonts added to your organisation.

General Settings - VoD

1. In this section you can also enable global settings for VoD, meaning boxes checked here will apply to all VoD added to Agenda cards. We recommend checking the boxes for: 

General Settings - Links

1. Add hyperlinked text and icon in the description with the Description extra link title, Description extra link, and Description extra link icon fields. This allows you to add a callout and external link above the fold, a nice addition to other callouts that can appear further down the page.

2. Use a Floating banner for persistent messages along the top of the Showtime. 

Agenda Settings

1. From the Event Settings panel click Agenda Settings to configure global options for the agenda cards.

2. The vertical agenda cards will always appear on your Showtime experience - you can additionally choose the Show the desktop and tablet text agenda at the very bottom of the Showtime page.

3. Check the Show track name box if you’ll be using track names as a way to organize your content.

4. You can choose to Show the date in track name; for multi-day events, we recommend removing unchecking this box.

5. If you do have a multi-day event, we suggest you check the box to Enable agenda date navigation. This allows attendees to easily jump to the section of cards on a specific day, instead of scrolling through the agenda cards manually.

6. There is a global option to display the speaker’s job title on the agenda cards. If you leave this box unselected the speaker’s company will appear on its own.

7. For most events you’ll want to have the Show session start time on agenda cards selected, with the exception of content hubs or VoD-only events. You may also choose to de-select this box if times are subject to change before the live event.

8. Likewise, you can choose to display or hide the session start time and date in the lightbox that expands when an attendee clicks on the agenda session.

9. If your Showtime features many tracks or track categories, a great way to keep the page neat and organized is to use the Enable Agenda Expand/Collapse feature. This allows attendees to select which tracks they want visible on their page (e.g. for a Showtime with tracks divided into timezones, an attendee in Europe may only want to display the Europe track relevant to them).

10. The field Agenda PDF for download is a way to add a downloadable version of the agenda to the Showtime page. This agenda does need to be created outside the Showtime CMS, and is only possible to view if you have the desktop and tablet text agenda enabled.

11. After selecting or unselecting the relevant boxes, click Save.

Login and Registration Settings

1. Click the Login and Registration Settings tab from the Settings panel to customize your login/registration page background, logos, and calls to action.

2. Add a page title to your login/registration portal. This title can be the same (or different!) from the title that appears on your main Showtime page.

3. Choose a call to action for your Login page button text. This is the button users will click after entering their login credentials to enter the page, and should indicate the type of experience they are about to explore and be in line with the tone of your brand.

4. The login and registration page can also have a unique logo. If you do not upload a logo here the CMS will default to the logo used for the main page. Logos should be PNG and high resolution.

5. The next four fields are for your Login and Registration background images and videos. You should upload at least a static desktop image; we recommend adding an ambient video for a more engaging login experience.

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6. Add text to the Trouble joining popup content text box if you’d like to add a hyperlinked help box to the login and registration portals. This is a useful place to add links or emails for support and enquiries, and you can format your messaging using the text editor at the top of the box.

7. Pending your page requirements, you may want to add a Terms of Service link. Enter your text with the [terms_of_service] tags as indicated below the box to create a hyperlink.

8. Add a Login page error message to provide specific instructions to users who enter an email address incorrectly, or who may not be allowlisted for the page. 

9. Check the Enable login code box to prompt users to enter a login code upon entering their email. This is a form of authentication to verify the user has access to the inbox they’re using to login to the experience. 

10. You may want to Allow usage of multiple devices for an event. By default, Showtime allows a user to only be logged in on one device; if a user attempts to log in on other device (e.g. a mobile phone or tablet), they will be logged out of the former instance.

11. As with any page in the Showtime CMS, click the Save button to record any changes made.