Overview
This article covers setting up the connection in the Content Manager Desktop app for managing Four Winds Digital Signage content. Making the connection will allow users to manage content from the desktop application while the content files reside on the web server.
For help with the service instead, see Four Winds Digital Signage Support.
Setting up a Content Manager Desktop connection
Note: The Four Winds Interactive Content Manager Desktop application is
only available for Windows. macOS users can use the
Content Manager Web application.
Prerequisites
- Content Manager Desktop must be installed.
- The installation files can be obtained from the files.uoregon.edu shared server:
\\files.uoregon.edu\is-fourwinds-content\Software\5.6.2 update files\Content_Manager.5.6.2\
- Note: a VPN connection will be required to access this server from off-campus.
Setup the Content Manager Desktop connection
- In the Content Manager Desktop app, Click File > Open
- Select the SQL Connection, click the Delete button, then press OK to confirm
- Click the New button and choose Hosted Connection from the drop-down menu
- In the Content Manager Web Services URL field, enter:
https://is-fourwinds.uoregon.edu/CMWeb
- Press Test to confirm that the connection is successful and then OK to save the settings.
- Select the new connection and click the Open button to open the connection.