This article is about the Proxi admin app at app.proxi.co. Boards are in beta.
A board is the digital version of the cork board by the door: flyers, announcements, this week's events, a deal, a help-wanted sign. You add cards, your businesses can send you cards, and your calendar and maps can fill it on their own. The same board then shows wherever you need it — a page on your website, a link in your newsletter, or a slideshow on a TV in a window or lobby.
What Goes on a Board
Cards you add. A picture, an announcement, one event from your calendar, or a job or service listing.
Cards from a source. Point the board at a calendar and upcoming events show up as cards and keep themselves current. Point it at a map and each place becomes a card. See Sources: Let Your Calendar or Map Fill the Board.
Posts from people. Share the board's posting form, or let businesses post from their portal. Every post waits in your Inbox until you approve it. See Let People Post to Your Board.
Ways to Show It
One board, five looks. You pick the look when you share, so the same cards can be a grid on your site and a slideshow on a TV.
Grid — tidy cards in columns, the default.
List — one card per row with the details beside the picture.
Pin Board — cards pinned at slight angles, like the real thing.
Poster — a wall of posters with a Show More button.
TV — a full-screen slideshow that rotates through the cards, with an optional code to scan on each one.
Visitors can filter the board by the tags you set up, and every card opens for the details, with a button if the card has a link.
Where to Find It
Click Boards in the left sidebar. Each board is a card with Edit, Share, and Open buttons. Opening the editor shows your cards and settings on the left and a live preview of the board on the right, with a switcher for Grid, List, Pin Board, Poster, and TV.
Good to Know
Boards are in beta. A short notice at the top of the Boards page has a Tell Us button that opens a chat with us if something looks off.
How many boards you can have, how many of your own cards go on each, and how many sources a board can pull from depend on your subscription level. Cards that come from a source never count toward your card limit.
A board starts as a draft. Nobody can see it until you click Publish, and it stays out of search engines until you also switch on Public. See Share a Board: Website, Link, or TV.
If you set up a bulletin board before boards got this update, it's still there with its cards and the same TV link. Open it to find the new looks and settings.