Creating a new menu item

To create a new menu item in the working area of the window, click the root catalog of the menu — «Main Menu», then click «Add Menu Item»:

Button to add a new menu item in the application

Button to add a new menu item in the application

If the menu item being created is to be used to open an embedded Internet-shop, then click “Add Shop”; to add RCU menu item (Room Control Unit), click “Add RCU”; to add video objects management menu item, click “Add VOD”; to add widget – click “Add widget”, to add “Radio” menu item, click “Add Radio”:

Buttons to add commands in the application menu

Buttons to add commands in the application menu

In the application menu “New Main Menu Item” will appear (for more details, see the “Page management in the application” in the application section of this guide), and the screen form will open in the editing field to the right from the menu:

Editing form for menu item properties

Editing form for menu item properties

Enter the name of the new menu item in the “Title” field.

The created menu item can have its own icon (small graphic element), which can be selected from the “Icon” drop-down list:

Selection of an icon for the menu item

Selection of an icon for the menu item

The list of icons for the menu item is preset. If you want to modify the list of icons, contact developers of the System.

From the “Child Page” list, select the type of the page which will open when the appropriate item is selected from this menu:

Selection of the type of the page, which will open when selecting the menu item

Selection of the type of the page, which will open when selecting the menu item

Later it will not be possible to change the type of the page which will open when the appropriate menu item is selected.

To upload the image file, click in the “Image Tile” field on the “Select file…” button, specify the location of the image file on the hard disk of the computer or on removable media, then click on the «Open» button.

The system supports the following image formats: PNG and JPG.

It is not recommended to use very large files to avoid increasing the uploading time of images. The minimum image size in pixels will be specified in the «Minimal dimension requirements» field.

To add a video to a page, enter its web address in the «Video Tile URL» field.

Select from the “Display Group” and “Display on device” drop-down lists the group in which you want to put a new menu item, as well as the types of devices on which it should be displayed.