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How to set up Digital Door Plates

Set up a digital door plate on a Joan device with custom content in MyJoan for static information, or with a Joan CMS page via a URL for dynamic or branded content.

Set up a digital door plate on a Joan device in one of two ways: with custom content in MyJoan, or by showing a page from the Joan CMS through a URL:

  1. Custom Content (via MyJoan): Best for static info or simple status updates.
  2. Joan CMS via URL: Best for dynamic, branded, or third-party content.

Creating Digital Door Signage through custom content

  1. Log in to MyJoan with your admin account
  2. Navigate to the “Settings” page via the top navigation menu
  3. Select "Rooms" - > “Custom content” from the left-hand side menu
  4. A list of all your custom content interfaces will appear. If you do not have added any so far, click the “add custom content” button
MyJoan Rooms > Custom content list of existing custom content interfaces
    1. Create a new custom content for Digital Door Signage
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    1. Mark the devices, where you want this to be applied and then click on Save
MyJoan Custom content Select devices page with the devices to apply the content to

Next, navigate to the “Set custom content schedule” section and click “Change”

  1. Select either “Always show custom content” or set a specific time for when you wish to display this custom content
  2. Selecting “Show custom content at a specific time” will allow you to set the start and end date and time and if the content should repeat or be a one-time event
Custom content schedule: Always show custom content or show it at a specific time

Next, name your custom content interface under “Slideshow title” section

  1. Enter the name of your new custom content interface
Custom content Slideshow title field

Finally, click “Save” to finish creating your custom content interface

Custom content summary with the slideshow title, the devices it is shown on and the Save button

And that’s it! You have successfully created a digital door plate custom content interface.

To learn how to display this interface on your Joan devices, see How to display custom content on a Joan device.

If you wish to remove the custom content interface from your device, see How to remove a custom content interface from a device to find out how.

Examples of common usage scenarios:

Digital door plate on a Joan device showing a name and the status DO NOT DISTURBExample digital door plate showing a person's name, job title, location and availability

Creating Digital Door Signage through CMS

  1. Login to your CMS
  2. Navigate to Content -> Playlists
  3. Find your Playlist or create a new one
  4. Once you've selected your playlist, click on Open playlist, to enter the Editor
  5. Create a new page and start customizing the content. In the CMS, text, images, shapes, lines, etc. are added via the Editor using widgets
  6. Once you're done with editing, click on Apply changes and then on the x mark in the top right corner.
  7. Now click on Publish in the bottom right corner, to publish the playlist

With that, you have successfully created and published a digital door plate custom playlist.

Example of creating a playlist within CMS

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Examples of common usage scenarios:

Example digital door plate showing room number, name and job titleExample digital door plate with room number, name, job title and a photoExample digital door plate with department, name, photo, job title and room number

*If you encounter any issues, please contact support@getjoan.com.

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