What’s New Overview

Welcome to the What’s New page. Here, we inform you about the latest (major and minor) updates and improvements to our Content Hub. Stay up to date by checking out the most recent changes at the top of the page. For previous updates, just scroll down to explore past entries organized by release date.

25 november 2024

Player Configuration

• The Player Configuration feature has been added under Settings ➞ Slides. You can now set up unique configurations for both TV and PC players yourself, including options for restart moments, toolbar allowance, intervals, and more.
  (!) Note: To enable this feature, please contact us for activation.

Dynamic Webpages

• In addition to dynamic images, you can now add dynamic webpage snapshots to your media library. This feature is ideal for adding real-time content like weather updates, traffic information, and more to your slides and articles.
  
• To add a dynamic webpage, go to Settings ➞ External Sources ➞ Add New ➞ Webpage Snapshot. Here, you can also set the desired update interval and other settings.

Countdown/ Countup Slides

• Countdown and countup templates are now available for slides, displaying a clock that counts up or down to or from a specific moment. These templates are perfect for showcasing events like holidays, product launches, or significant milestones such as entering a new market.
  (!) Interested? Get in touch with your Account Manager for more information.

Alerting archive

• Archived alerts now have a dedicated home in the new Alert archive. Previously, archived alerts were visible as inactive alerts, and removing a target audience could inadvertently erase proof of alert visibility. Now, archiving preserves alerts in a static format, keeping all associated data intact—even if a target audience is removed later. This update enhances accountability, ensuring that all alert records remain accessible and unchanged in the Alert Archive.

We’ve also resolved various bugs and made performance, UX, and usability improvements to create a smoother, more seamless user experience.

4 November 2024

Dynamic Images

• With our latest update, you can now upload URLs to be used for Dynamic Images, allowing you to easily include externally generated images content as part of your media assets. Once added, the Dynamic Image can be used across all tools that support media and will automatically update whenever the source image changes.
• Adding a Dynamic Image is straightforward—select ‘Add new external source,’ choose ‘Dynamic Image’ as the type, add the image URL, validate it, and preview the result. This makes it easy to keep your content up-to-date with minimal effort.

Alerting

• Our alerting creation has been upgraded for a better user experience. The preview is now always visible when selecting, creating, or editing a scenario or alert, and it updates in real time. This gives you instant insights into how the alert will look and function, allowing for greater accuracy and confidence in your communication

We’ve also resolved various bugs and made performance, UX, and usability improvements to create a smoother, more seamless user experience.

14 October 2024

Mobile-friendly articles and alerts view

• The view for Articles and Alerts is now optimized for mobile devices. When you log in on a mobile device, you’ll experience a mobile-friendly layout, making it easier to create or edit articles and alerts. You can always switch back to desktop view if you prefer.

Smart Campaigns Import

• You can now import Smart Campaigns. This means you can upload a ZIP file and get started without needing to build a campaign from scratch.
  Note: In the near future, default Smart Campaigns will be available.

Additional recurrence options

• You can now set a custom end time for ‘slide recurrence’ in scheduling. Previously, the options were limited to 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, or 1 day.

Helpdesk and support center in the menu

• After logging in, you’ll now see links to the helpdesk and support center, along with “manage account,” “what’s new,” and “sign out.” These links provide access to all documentation, including manuals and quick guides.

We’ve also resolved various bugs and made performance, UX, and usability improvements to create a smoother, more seamless user experience.

23 September 2024

New icon library added

• We’ve expanded the media section with a comprehensive icon library. You can now browse and search for specific icons just like you would with images. Additionally, you can customize the icon’s color and background to suit your needs. This feature is particularly useful for alerts, enabling you to create more impactful and visually distinctive notifications.

Automations

• In Automations, you can now enable “auto-expire,” which automatically unpublishes and marks articles as expired in the Content Hub when they are no longer available at their original source.

Alert enhancements

• Acknowledgements on slides: Alerts on the Corporate Screensaver now also include acknowledgments on , allowing employees to confirm receipt of alerts. Publishers can monitor acknowledgments, including the number received and who made them, directly within the Content Hub for effective follow-up.
  
• Alert sounds: Alerts now come with sound to grab even more attention of your target group. High-priority alerts will have alert sounds enabled by default, while other alerts can be customized to include them. You can use one of the following default sounds: “Evacuate,” “Alert”, “Sweep-down”, “Sweep-up”, “Slow-whoop”, and “Intermittent Alert”. These sounds last for 20 seconds on both the Mobile and Desktop App, and will continuously play on the Corporate Screensaver and Digital Signage.

QR code analytics

• It’s now possible to track the number of QR code scans for improved analytics.

Usability enhancements

• Color themes: You can now view and edit color themes within specific templates in addition to the schematic view, providing a clear customization experience.
  
• File management: Publishers can now both upload and download images, as well as documents, enhancing content management flexibility.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

26 August 2024

Ticker improvements

• Call to action: Publishers can now add a call to action (hyperlink or acknowledgement) when creating a Ticker. Statistics, including who responded or didn’t, are also available.

• Better accessibility: After closing the Ticker, it can now be reopened more easily by right-clicking the Netpresenter icon and clicking “Open Ticker”. In the Desktop App, Ticker messages can be accessed from the main menu. While the Ticker itself is not visible on the mobile app, its messages can still be accessed in the main menu.

Pop-up improvement

• Customized appearance: For both Push Notifications and Low Level Alerts, pop-ups now appear in a new, customized appearance, replacing the default Microsoft pop-up.

Article improvements

• Image preview: Images can now be enlarged when creating an article, instead of being viewed only in a minimized format.

• Article estimated reach: The estimated reach, including the number of users and devices, is now visible for each article when creating it.

• Article filters: Article filters are now color-coded (Draft, Scheduled, Published, Expired, Unpublished).

Slides improvements

• Call-to-action buttons: Publishers can now add call-to-action buttons to slides. The button texts are fully editable.
  
• Slides Management: Slides can now be paused in bulk.

User experience improvements

• Content delivery improvement: Content delivery for Digital Signage has been optimized for faster performance.

• New Poll filters: Additional filter options are now available in the Content Hub for Polls, including “Voting Scheduled,” “Opened,” and “Ended.” A new category filter, “Uncategorized,” has also been introduced.

• Sign-out button: The Sign Out button can now be found directly under “Account.”

• App version visibility: Users can now instantly view the app version in the “About This App” section.

• Templates: Administrators now have the option to disable templates. Existing articles will remain accessible when the template is disabled.

• Automations: Publishers can now see errors in published Automations and follow up with the system admin.

• Group rule options: New rule options, such as “Starts with” and “Ends with,” have been added.

• Spaces: Searching for target audiences in Spaces is now more efficient with expanded filter options.

• User importing: Enhanced explanations and a downloadable example CSV file are now available for importing users through Excel.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

15 July 2024

AI Assistant improvements

We’re excited to announce several upgrades to our AI Assistant to enhance your productivity, improve communication, and provide a more personalized experience:

• Text shortening: Concisely convey your message with optimized text shortening capabilities.
  
• Text lengthening: Generate more detailed and extensive content effortlessly.
  
• Text improvement: Enhance readability and simplify texts for clearer, more engaging communication.
  
• Targeted adjustments: Customize text to fit specific target groups and maintain the appropriate tone of voice.

Live logging
It’s now possible to now see the live logging from a player when it is connected through websockets.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

27 June 2024

New: Desktop Ticker

We’re excited to introduce the Desktop Ticker! This new tool allows you to display headlines at the bottom of PC screens. It’s the ideal solution to instantly grab employees’ attention for important notifications that require immediate attention, such as system maintenance, policy updates, or other timely reminders. Discover what the Desktop Ticker has to offer.

You can manage Desktop Ticker messages through a dedicated section in the main menu. Creating a ticker message is similar to creating an article. You can customize the message with a label, color, icon, target audience, and category. Additionally, you can easily schedule when the ticker will be published. The ticker pops up on top of every application, ensuring that no message goes unnoticed.

Please note that Desktop Ticker is not included in your existing license and must be purchased separately. For more details, please contact your account manager.

New and improved: Corporate Wallpaper

Our Corporate Wallpaper has been enhanced for better usability. It now has a dedicated section in the main menu for easier access. Creation of it works similarly to creating messages for the Desktop Ticker. Best of all, it now supports MacOS!

User experience improvements

• Automations: Automation articles/slides can now be unpublished automatically when they expire at the source feed. Simply select the “Expires” option and set the unpublish date based on the external source.

• AI assistant: Our AI Assistant has received an upgrade! It is now accessible from the toolbar and includes a new feature. In addition to generating text, the AI Assistant can now summarize text upon request.

• App downloads: Downloading the latest versions of the Netpresenter desktop and mobile apps is now easier than ever. Navigate to Applications > App Downloads to find all the download links.

• WebP files: We now support WebP files as a media type.

• Filtering options: We have expanded our filtering options. You can now filter based on directory or Azure AD.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

27 May 2024

New and improved: Corporate Lock Screen

• A new and improved version of our Corporate Lock Screen is now available. For more information about the features, possibilities and use cases of the Corporate Lock Screen, have a look at our website. Please note that this tool is not part of your existing license, so it must be purchased separately. Furthermore, it requires an update of your slide player. Contact your account manager for more details

User experience improvements

• Campaign intensity adjustment: Campaign intensity has been reduced to prevent information overload, with only one active article allowed per Smart Campaign at a time.
  
• Automations expiry date: It’s now possible to set expiration dates for Automations. The default setting is one year for article Automations and one week for Slides.
  
• Automations overview: You can now view the sync status of articles in the Automations overview. For instance, if configured to use only the five latest articles from SharePoint, this will be visible in the overview and detailed on the article’s detail page in the published section.

• Maintenance notifications: Notifications for updates or maintenance now appear by default in the App with a bar and in the CMS with a maintenance break notification.
  
• License management: Monitor available licenses directly within the system by navigating to “settings” and clicking “licenses”. If the license limit is exceeded, you can contact Netpresenter within 10 days so we can increase your licenses or you can adjust your system usage to reduce active licenses. Admins receive immediate notifications upon exceeding license limits.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

6 May 2024

User experience improvements:

• User interface: Our Content Hub has a brand new look. As of now, the menu bar in the CMS has been relocated from the top to the left side of the page to enhance navigation and accessibility.

• New settings section: A separate settings section has been added, improving visibility and navigation.
  
• Logging section: The logging section – where you can see user activity, errors, warnings, and more – is now located in the settings area.
  
• Slide player filtering: In the Slide Players section, a new filtering feature allows one to get an overview based on the type of player: TV or PC.
  
• Widget detail pages elaboration: The widget detail pages now display which slides are showing a specific widget.
  
• Separate space slide branding: Branding for slides can now be customized per space, offering enhanced flexibility for tailored presentation settings.
  
• News filtering: The news section in the Employee App now features advanced filtering capabilities, allowing content to be sorted by status, type, and category.

• Article flagging:  Articles flagged as important in the CMS will now be marked with an “important” label, and they will appear in the headlines section at the top of the Employee App.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

15 April 2024

Priority Levels for Alerts: We’ve updated our alert system to include a new “high priority” level for urgent news and situations. Now, there are three priority levels:

• High
• Medium
• Low

These levels determine various pre-determined alert settings like pop-up size, a flashing border (new), how often alerts appear, and push notifications. When creating a new custom scenario, you can easily see which settings correspond to each priority level.

• Estimated Targeting Reach: We’ve enhanced the clarity of the estimated reach when creating a slide. Now, it’s easier to understand the reach of your slide’s target audience, including the number of users, PCs, and TVs targeted. These details are shown in a clear diagram .

• Yearly-Recurring Messaging: Responding to popular demand from our users, we’ve introduced the ability to schedule content to recur yearly on the same date. This feature is ideal for annual events like birthdays and public holidays.

• AI Assistant for Slide Creation: The “AI Content Generator” is now also accessible in the slides section, helping with slide creation.

• External Sources Status: In the “logging” and “external sources” sections, there’s now an indicator that shows if there are any errors.

• License Overview: Under “settings” → “licenses”, the license overview now shows which modules are active and available to use.

• Storage: We’ve added a feature to the “system” → “storage” section that now displays the amount of storage used at a space.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

18 March 2024

User experience improvements:

• New home page setup: We’ve updated the Employee App for a better experience. Now, the “to do” and “featured” sections have been merged into a new “Your Headlines” section. This section displays articles, polls, and quizzes in order of their priority. When extras like push notifications are activated in the Netpresenter Content Hub, an article becomes a “Headline article.” Right below, you’ll find the “Latest” section, which lists the most recent articles that don’t have a high priority or have lost it.

• News page replaces category page: We’ve replaced the category page with a news page. Here, you’ll see all types of content—articles, polls, and quizzes—arranged in chronological order.

• Improved Privacy for Members: To enhance privacy, administrators can now disable the display of member lists. They also have the flexibility to select which contact details to show on member profiles. Options include mobile phone, work phone, email, none, or all.

26 February 2024

New Features:

• Shortcuts: It’s now possible to add shortcuts to the Employee App (for mobile and desktop). By enabling shortcuts, you can add your company’s preferred tools, websites, or applications to the employee apps. This way, users can easily find and access essential resources, like HR portals, schedules, FAQs, or policies, directly from the app. This feature is especially beneficial for non-desk employees, providing quick access to essential tools. Shortcuts will appear in the main menu of the app as a separate navigation menu item, with each link added as a sub-menu item.

User Experience Improvements

• The list of suggested icons for alert scenarios has been expanded with more frequently used alert-related icons, like exclamation marks, bells, and sirens.

• You can now directly create an accompanying slide while creating a new article. A new “Add slide” option is now included on the article page, eliminating the need for additional action. A dedicated window for slide customization and previewing is also available for a more integrated experience.
• For push notifications, it’s now easier to see which target audience has been selected already for the existing article. Adding a specific new target audience has become easier as well.
• A template can now be forcibly updated when not all fields are filled.
• Importing SMS numbers via a CSV file is now possible.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.

15 January, 2024

New features:

• The Screen Saver is now available for Citrix environments.

User Experience Improvements:

• We’ve added the ability to filter Slide Players by status.
• The search function for Slide Players now searches through a larger number of fields.
• Applied filters remain active after switching to another tab and returning.
• We’ve updated the term ‘Engaged Users’ to ‘Active Users’ to better reflect the purpose of this designation.
• The Author label is now called “Created by” for a more intuitive and consistent naming convention.

We’ve also fixed various bugs and made performance improvements to ensure a smoother and more seamless user experience.