Quickesign Help Center
Guides for setting up your screens, building layouts and using widgets.
Quickesign Basics
What Quickesign is, plans and pricing, requirements and the words we use.
- What is Quickesign?Quickesign is web-based digital signage software for building beautiful displays on a budget.
- Pricing and PlansQuickesign has four plans, priced per screen per month in US dollars. Change your plan at any time.
- RequirementsAll you need is a TV, a player, and a Quickesign account.
- Quickesign TerminologyThe words used in Quickesign: screens, layouts, zones, playlists, schedules, widgets and files.
- Getting Started VideoGo from a new account to content on your TV: set up a player, link it, make a layout and put it on the screen.
- Getting more helpReach a real person by chat, email, phone or a support ticket.
- Quickesign Enterprise PlayerA ready-to-go Android TV player for Enterprise accounts, with remote viewing, restarts and large video support.
- Amazon Signage StickAmazon's Signage Stick is an affordable player made for digital signage that runs Quickesign out of the box.
- Quickesign TV Control AppTurn all your TVs on and off, schedule them, and keep Quickesign running, from one companion app.
- Mobile Admin For QuickesignA free app to manage your screens from an Android phone or iPhone.
- Quickesign + AIConnect ChatGPT, Claude, or Muse to your Quickesign account. Then describe what you want to create or change, from a…
- Managing Your FilesUpload, organize, rename, move and clean up the images, videos and documents in your library.
- Sending Alerts and AnnouncementsPut an urgent message or layout on the screens you choose for a set time; they then go back to normal.
- Screen Time ReportSee each screen's playlist length and how many times per hour it plays, and download it as a spreadsheet.
- Users and PermissionsGive other people their own login to your dashboard, and limit which screens, layouts and actions they can use.
- Your Account SettingsSet your defaults for new layouts and uploads, turn on Quick Check, and see your upload limit.
- Managing Your SubscriptionChoose or change your plan and number of screens, pay by card, PayPal or invoice, see your invoices, or cancel.
- Notifications and Support RepliesThe bell at the top of the dashboard shows replies to your support tickets; a dot means something is unread.
- Contact Info and PasswordKeep your name, email, address and phone up to date, confirm your email, and change your password.
Setting up your Screen
Step-by-step setup for Roku, Fire TV, Google TV, Apple TV, LG webOS, Windows and more.
- Linking a New ScreenConnect a TV or player to your account with the activation code it shows when Quickesign opens.
- Quickesign for RokuInstall the Quickesign app on a Roku TV or Roku player and link it to your account.
- Roku ScreensaverSet up Quickesign as your Roku's screensaver so it starts on its own a minute after the TV turns on.
- Amazon Signage Stick SetupSet up an Amazon Signage Stick with Quickesign as its content management software.
- How to Set Up Digital Signage on Amazon Fire TVTurn an Amazon Fire TV into a digital sign: install Quickesign, link it, and choose what it plays.
- Quickesign Digital Signage for Apple TV SetupInstall Quickesign Digital Signage on an Apple TV, link it, and keep it from going to sleep.
- Google TV SetupInstall Quickesign on a Google TV or Android TV, link it, and set it to start on its own.
- Quickesign for WindowsTurn a Windows 10 or 11 computer into a digital sign with the Quickesign Digital Signage app.
- LG WebOS Signage (commercial grade)Set up an LG webOS commercial signage display to run Quickesign.
- How to Set Up Quickesign on an LG webOS Consumer TVInstall the Quickesign app on an LG smart TV with webOS, link it, and choose what it plays.
- ScreensSee every linked screen, what it plays and whether it is online, and edit, refresh or find screens.
- Deleting a ScreenRemove a screen you no longer use from your account; its layouts and files are kept.
- Quick CheckSend changes to a screen right away instead of waiting for its next update.
- Vertical/Portrait ScreensTurn a TV on its side and play tall layouts made for vertical screens.
- Offline Screen NotificationsGet a text or email when a screen stops checking in during its working hours.
Layouts
Build slideshows and multi-zone layouts, add them to a screen and schedule changes.
- Creating a Simple LayoutMake a full-screen slideshow of your images, videos and documents, the quickest way to get content on a screen.
- Adding Layouts to the Screen's PlaylistChoose which layouts a screen plays, and in what order, from the screen's Edit window.
- Multizone LayoutsSplit your screen into zones so weather, a clock, text and a slideshow can play side by side.
- Starting a Layout from a TemplateStart a multizone layout from a ready-made design, then change its text, images and colors.
- Slideshow ZonesAdd a slideshow zone to a multizone layout to play images, videos and widgets in part of the screen.
- Text ZonesAdd a text zone to a multizone layout for messages, scrolling text, quotes, a countdown or an RSS feed.
- Date and Time ZonesShow the time, the date or an analog clock in a multizone layout.
- Rectangle ZonesAdd a colored rectangle to a multizone layout, most often as a background behind text.
- Quick CaptionAdd a line of text on top of an image slide, without editing the image itself.
- Zone EffectsGive rectangle, text and slideshow zones rounded corners, borders, shadows, gradients and motion.
- Split-Flap TextShow a text zone on a flipping split-flap board, like an airport departures sign, with color tiles and an optional…
- Organizing Layouts: Folders, Copy, Move, DeleteKeep your layouts tidy with folders, copy a layout to start a new one, and delete the ones you no longer need.
- Layout Background and MusicGive a layout a background behind your slides, and a music playlist that plays alongside them.
- Export SlideSave a whole multizone layout as one image in your library, to reuse as a slide anywhere.
- Primary ZoneThe primary zone decides when a multizone layout has finished playing, so the screen knows when to move on.
- Sharing your Screen for Remote UsersSend people a link so they can see what a screen is showing from their own browser.
- Scheduling Playlist ChangesChange what a screen plays at set times, such as a breakfast menu at 5 am and lunch at 10:45 am.
- File Expiration and Scheduled SlidesAdd a slide to your layouts on a set date, and take it off on another, without editing each layout.
Widgets
Weather, news, social feeds, calendars, QR codes, Canva, Power BI and other widgets.
- Calendar/Google DocShow a Google or Outlook calendar, or a Google Doc, Sheet or Slides file, using its embed code.
- CanvaDesign slides in Canva and add them to your layouts, either as downloads or with the Canva widget.
- Design widgetThe Design widget has been replaced: design slides with Canva, or start a layout from a template.
- Event ListList events with their date, start and end times; past events drop off the screen on their own.
- External linkShow an image or video that is stored on another website, using its direct link.
- Facebook and InstagramShow the latest posts from a public Instagram or Facebook page, with or without their text.
- Famous QuotesShow famous quotes, or your own, as slides or in a text zone.
- Power BIShow a live Power BI report on your screens; it stays up to date on its own.
- QR CodesDesign QR codes for links, contacts, Wi-Fi and more, track their scans, and show them on your screens.
- Rss NewsTurn a news or blog feed into slides, from a list of popular feeds or any RSS address.
- USB FilesPlay images and videos from a USB drive plugged into your Roku, often the best way to play large videos.
- Weather WidgetShow live weather for any location: current conditions with an hourly or 7 day forecast.
- Webpage SnapshotShow a picture of a public web page as a slide, taken again every hour.
- Widgets OverviewWidgets add live content such as weather, news, social posts and calendars to your slideshows.
- YouTubePlay a public YouTube video as a slide by pasting its link.
Still need help?
Email mike@quickesign.com, or log in to open a support ticket.