External links: add links to external URLs to your Splash Portal
External links is an application which allows to publish items within the App Bar in the Splash Portal, in order to provide links for external URLs.
Control Panel management
By clicking the Manage button it is possible to manage all the items for the External links application.
In the Manage section, by clicking the Create new button, it is possible add an item to the App Bar. For each item it is necessary to specify
- Icon: here it is possible to add an icon to display. It is strongly recommended:
- to upload images with transparent backgrounds, since in this way the background is the default color chosen as the background for the App Bar.
- to upload images having 70x70 pixels size. Otherwise they will be not correctly displayed.
- Italian label: this is the label displayed in the item for the App Bar, when the selected language is "Italian".
- English label: this is the label displayed in the item for the App Bar, when the selected language is "English".
- Spanish label: this is the label displayed in the item for the App Bar, when the selected language is "Spanish".
- URL: this is URL where the end-user is redirected to, after clicking on the item.
- Walled Garden: this option indicates whether the entered URL is included or not between the Walled Gardens for the device used as Hotspot. If not checked, the end-user will be invited to log in to the Splash Portal in order to visit the specified URL.
For each item it is possible to perform the following actions:
- Edit: it is possible to edit an existing item, by modifying the specified fields.
- Delete: it is possible to delete an existing item.
These actions can be performed by the Tenant and, if the Management is Differentiated and the Responsibility is assigned to the WiFi Area, also by the WiFi Area Owner.
Settings
The settings available for this application are:
- Management
- Responsibility
End-user experience
End-users will see your external link inside the App Bar, as shown below for the "Cloud4Wi" link.
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