This article is about the Proxi admin app at app.proxi.co. Boards are in beta.
Cards are what visitors see on a board. You add your own, your sources add theirs, and approved posts land here too. This article covers your own cards.
Adding a Card
Open the board, and in Cards click Add Card. The menu offers:
Add a Card — a picture, a notice, or a quick announcement.
One Event — pick an event from your calendar. The card takes the event's name, dates, and picture, and opens the event's page.
A Job or Service — Help Wanted or Help Offered, with pay and a button. See Jobs and Services on a Board.
Your Whole Calendar and Places From a Map — these are sources, not single cards. See Sources: Let Your Calendar or Map Fill the Board.
Let People Post — opens the posting settings.
In the card form, pick a Card type (Image, Announcement, One event from your calendar, Job Opening, or Service Offered), add a Title, Body text, and an Image, and optionally a Filter tag, a Link with a Button label, and Pin to the top. Click Add to Board and the card is live right away.
Dates: When a Card Shows
Every card has a Start date and, usually, an End date. Visitors see the card between the two. A week is the starting suggestion for a flyer, a month for a job or service.
For something that should stay up, tick Keep it up until I take it down. The end date goes away and the card stays on the board until you archive it.
The card list tells you where each card stands:
Live — on the board right now.
Scheduled — its start date hasn't come yet.
Ended — its end date has passed. It's still yours; edit the dates to bring it back.
Draft, Archived, Filled, From a source, Hidden — the rest.
The filter menu above the list has one entry for each, so "Ended" is a quick way to find cards to refresh.
Pinning, Archiving, and Deleting
Pin to the top puts a card first on every layout. Pin a sourced card from its row menu.
Archive takes a card off the board and keeps it. Delete asks first, then removes the card and its view counts for good.
Each row shows views, scans, and taps once a card has had any.
The Preview
The right side shows the board as visitors see it, with a switcher for Grid, List, Pin Board, Poster, and TV. When none of your cards are inside their dates, the preview says so and shows three example cards in their place. Visitors never see the examples; they see an empty board, so that note is your cue to add or extend a card.
Good to Know
Only matters on a TV. Under Advanced in the card form, Seconds on screen and How often it comes around only affect the slideshow. A 3 shows three times as often as a 1.
How many of your own cards can be live on one board depends on your subscription level. Sourced cards don't count.
A pin board card that's just a picture shows the picture with the title beneath; a picture plus body text shows both. Pick the board's look when you share, not here.
Common Questions
I added cards but the preview shows examples. Check the dates. Cards marked Ended are past their end date; open one and move the end date, or tick Keep it up until I take it down.
Can I schedule a card for next week? Yes. Set the start date; it shows as Scheduled until then.
Where did Weekly Calendar and Sponsor Logos go? Those card types were placeholders. For a week of events, add your calendar as a source. For logos, add image cards to a Sponsor Thank You board.