Content Management

bsn control and bsn content were formerly named control cloud and content cloud, respectively the software used to manage the content that players will display is known as a content management system , or cms content management consists of the following activities publishing getting content onto the player scheduling setting when or under what circumstances content will display updating changing / modifying content authoring (optional) creating presentations for players to display content authoring may be included as part of the cms, although in many cases (such as with html/web based presentations described below), authoring is done outside of the cms cms options there are a number of cms solutions available which can be broadly categorized into three options option 1 free cms brightauthor \ connected is brightsign’s free, all in one app for player setup / management, authoring, and content management this cms is best for users who intend to manage and publish content residing on their local computer have relatively small player networks (typically less than 10 players) brightauthor\ connected is available for mac or pc and can be downloaded here https //www brightsign biz/resources/software downloads/ note that brightauthor\ connected is our latest app for managing content and players although similarly named, it is different from brightauthor, our legacy app development of brightauthor has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with brightauthor\ connected option 2 bsn content (paid) brightsign’s subscription based bsn content offers robust cloud based content management for larger player networks (typically 10 or more players) and can be accessed using either brightauthor\ connected or a web browser (e g , chrome) at bsn cloud more details about this option on the next page option 3 partner cms (paid) users can opt to use a non brightsign cms, often referred to as a partner cms these users will use a web browser to interface with the partner cms for content management player setup and management are also done using a web browser via control bsn cloud (more about this on the next page) in most cases, the partner company will already have an established relationship with the user from the sale of the player if you are unsure about this, inquire with the company from which the player was purchased authoring generally speaking, there are two approaches for authoring player content brightsign based presentations presentations from simple to advanced can be created using brightauthor\ connected or via a web browser at bsn cloud web based presentations thanks to the chromium engine built in to every player, players are capable of displaying standards compliant web pages common web technologies (i e , html, javascript, etc ) can thus be used to create web based presentations for players to display bsn cloud docid\ eim 9g2w2fguslk3o owt