How to add colour into your Directional Signs

Owned by Justin Acuesta (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 30, 2022
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In this article, you will learn how to add colour to your Directional Signs. This functionality makes it easier for customers to notice sign content when they visit your location.

Selecting colours for your dictionary item

Adding colours can be applied to both Destination and Messaging Dictionary items. They both have the Digital Properties section which lets you select colours.

Both Destination and Messaging Dictionary items can be placed in Content slots at the same time.

For the example below we will use a Destination Dictionary item.

Steps

1. In the PAM navigation menu, go to Dictionary > Destination Dictionary

2. Click on [+ NEW DICTIONARY ITEM]

OR

If you have made a dictionary item, just search for your dictionary item and select the edit button

3. Select the edit button if you have a dictionary item already made

4. Scroll down to the Colour Scheme section

5. Click on Background colour to choose appropriate colour. The default is white

6. Click on Text colour to choose appropriate colour. The default is black

7. You can see a preview of the background and text colour which changes automatically as you select different colours.

It is important to choose a background and text colour as these will be your colour options when you go into configuring Directional signs. If you prefer the default colours, this will automatically be available for selection by default.

8. Save changes once colours have been chosen

Configuring colour changes in Digital Sign Manager

Steps

1. In the PAM navigation menu go to 360 Planner > Digital Signs

2. Select the DIGITAL SIGN MAP tab

3. Select or search for your Directional Sign. This is the only sign type that lets you add colour.

4. The right-hand side section will pop up. We will focus on the Content Slots section

5. Click on a slot and add in the dictionary item you set up in the previous section (i.e. For this example, we have selected Testing as our dictionary item)

6. Click on the settings icon for more configuration options

7. You can choose to either increase or decrease the font size. To figure out which one has been selected previously, you will notice the capital A highlighted in a blue colour

8. Adjusting the indent icon, makes the name of the dictionary item closer to the centre or closer to the side. To figure out which one has been selected previously, you will notice an indent icon highlighted in a blue colour

9. Activate this to put a dividing line between content slots. This only works when colour background is left as the default option

10. Activate this only if you have more than one dictionary item in the content slot. This organises the dictionary items to avoid any overlapping issues when displayed on the sign.

11. Text: You can choose to add colour to the dictionary item name here

12. Background: You can choose to add colour to background of the dictionary item name here

13. Selecting the white box with the red diagonal line means it will go back to its default setting. The default setting for text colour is white and the default setting for background colour is black

14. To find out where the colours come from, you need to open up the ‘Testing’ dictionary item if you wish to change the colours inside it. The first section of this article explains this.

15. This is the Digital Sign preview. Any changes that are made, the preview will show the latest update before you decide to make it live

16. Save changes

Previewing colour changes in Digital Sign Manager

We will show the preview and give examples of how your directional sign may look like when more than one Content slot is used. Please remember that you can be creative by mixing and matching different colour combinations together as well as adjusting the size and indentation levels.

Example 1: One content slot with a different text colour

  1. Text colour chosen is green

  2. Background colour is default black

  3. Preview of the changes

Example 2: Two content slots

1. Text size remains the same

2. Text colour is black

3. Background colour is grey

4. Preview of the changes

Example 3: Three content slots

1. Text colour chosen is yellow

2. Background colour is red

3. Preview of the changes

Example 4: Four content slots

1. Text colour is the default option

2. Background colour is the default option

3. Preview of the changes

Using Pixel Font

Pixel font makes the Directional Sign content more clearer in terms of pixels used per inch. This is evident with customers who drive into the venue and look at these signs from a distance.

Steps

1. In the PAM navigation menu go to 360 Planner > Digital Signs

2. Select Digital Sign Map

3. Search or select a Directional Sign on the map

4. You can see the current look of your directional sign in the preview

5. On the right-hand side, activate Use pixel design to convert the content to a pixel design

6. The directional sign has been successfully converted into a pixel design as shown in the preview.
You are still able to make changes as you normally would when configuring directional signs

7. Save changes

Normal Font Design and Pixel Design Comparison