Content
Write it once. Every Board using it changes.
Your menus, timetables, notices and team lists live in one library, separate from the screens that show them. Update a menu at 11am and every Board carrying that menu is right within seconds: no republishing, no editing the same thing four times.
Content is separate from the Board that shows it
Most signage software makes you edit the screen. NowBoard keeps the two apart, because the same menu belongs in the restaurant, the foyer and the lift lobby, and nobody wants to type it three times.
Step one
Create the content
Fill in a form: a timetable, a menu, a notice, a list of staff on duty. It is stored in your Content library, not on any one screen.
Step two
Link it to any Board
Pick a Template, then choose which content it reads. One item can feed as many Boards as you like, in as many buildings as you like.
Step three
Change it once
Edit the item and every Board linked to it updates together, on every screen, within seconds. Nothing to publish and no cache to clear.
Everything you can put on a screen
35 kinds of content, each with its own editor built for the job. You only see the ones that suit your venue: a care home is not asked about vehicle listings.
Schedules and times
The things that change by the hour, the day or the week.
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Timetables
Recurring schedules, like class timetables or a weekly programme.
Great for: A leisure centre pool and studio timetable that repeats every week.
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Events
One-off happenings with a start and an end, for "what's on" boards.
Great for: A hotel foyer listing today's conferences, weddings and dining times.
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Rooms & bookings
Rooms with their bookings, typed in or synced from a calendar.
Great for: A door screen showing whether meeting room 3 is free right now.
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Opening Times
A weekly pattern of hours, plus bank holidays and one-off closures.
Great for: A library entrance that shows today's hours and the Christmas closures.
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Countdowns
A count down to one date and time, like a grand opening.
Great for: Days left until a school production, a refit reopening or an open day.
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Fixtures & results
Matches and one-off competitions, with a kick-off time, a status and a score.
Great for: A sports club's fixture list showing home and away matches, or a pub's what's-on-TV listing with the score once the match is live.
Notices and media
What you want to tell people, in words, pictures or a scan.
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Announcements
Notices and alerts: closures, one-off events, anything time-sensitive.
Great for: "The lift is out of service until Thursday", added in ten seconds.
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Info Cards
Small tiles for visiting hours, Wi-Fi details, reception notes and the like.
Great for: The four things every visitor asks reception, answered on the wall.
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Media
Your library of images and videos to use anywhere on a board.
Great for: Photos from last week's trip, reused across three different Boards.
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QR Codes
Scannable codes for menus, bookings, contact details and Wi-Fi.
Great for: A guest scanning the screen to join the Wi-Fi without asking anyone.
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Web URLs
External pages shown in a frame, such as a dashboard or status page.
Great for: A live delivery dashboard on the warehouse wall, no rebuild needed.
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YouTube
YouTube videos embedded on a board, for ambient or training clips.
Great for: A welcome film on loop in a showroom, muted, with your notices beside it.
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Photo Albums
Sets of photos in the order you choose, with optional captions, looped on a screen.
Great for: A golf club looping photos of the course and clubhouse on a reception screen.
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Social Links
Your Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube and website, ready for a Follow Us board.
Great for: A cafe asking every customer to follow its Instagram, or a gym growing its Facebook page.
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Social walls
Posts from your own Instagram account or Facebook Page. New posts show on your screens, and you can approve each one first.
Great for: A cafe showing its new Instagram posts, or a gym showing its Facebook news in reception.
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Reviews
Your best customer reviews, with the stars, the quote and the name, shown one at a time.
Great for: A salon showing five-star reviews in the window, or a clinic building trust in the waiting room.
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Job Vacancies
Your open roles, with the hours, the pay and a QR code to apply, shown on a We're Hiring board.
Great for: A shop, pub, cafe or care home that recruits all the time and wants customers to apply.
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Slides
A PowerPoint, Google Slides or PDF presentation, shown one slide at a time. Upload it as a PDF.
Great for: An office showing its team briefing in reception, or a school showing a welcome presentation in the hall.
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News
News that you write yourself: a headline, a summary and a picture, shown as a news feed or a news ticker.
Great for: A club sharing its latest news in the bar, or an office posting updates in reception.
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Guest Photos
Guests scan a QR code and send a photo. You approve each photo before it shows on your screens.
Great for: A wedding or party at a hotel, or a fun run with a photo wall at the finish.
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Daily fill-ins
Quotes, jokes, fun facts, on this day and awareness days from a library that we check. Choose what to show and add your own.
Great for: A quiet screen in a waiting room, a staff room or a reception that needs something new each day.
People and places
Who is here, what they do, and what is open.
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People
Groups of people with photos and roles, for "meet the team" boards.
Great for: Today's staff on duty, so residents and visitors know who is who.
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Dates for people
Birthdays, anniversaries, welcomes and farewells for a celebrations board.
Great for: A care home lounge that never misses a resident's birthday.
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Places
Facilities or attractions with a status, such as open, busy or out of order.
Great for: A theme park entrance showing which rides are running and which are closed.
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Teams
Clubs and sides with a badge and colours, set up once and picked into fixtures and ranked lists.
Great for: A rugby club's opponents with their crests, picked into every fixture list and league table.
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Maps
A street map with your own pins. It can also show live points from a feed, such as buses or sensors, and traffic.
Great for: A visitor centre showing the car parks and the shuttle bus, or a depot showing where its vans are now.
Menus, numbers and listings
Priced lists, live figures and stock you want people to browse.
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Menus
Food and drink menus, grouped into sections with prices.
Great for: One menu behind the counter, changed at 11am when lunch starts.
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Ranked lists
Scored entries shown as a numbered table, like a leaderboard.
Great for: A gym's monthly rowing leaderboard, or a club's league table.
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Live figures
Labelled numbers such as a wait time, temperature or occupancy count.
Great for: "Current wait: 12 minutes" in a walk-in clinic waiting room.
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Property listings
Properties for sale or to let, entered manually. Available from Starter.
Great for: An estate agent’s window showing selected properties and asking prices.
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Vehicle listings
Vehicles for sale, entered manually. Available from Starter.
Great for: A forecourt screen showing this week's stock with prices.
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Holiday listings
Self-catering listings with manually entered prices and availability. Available from Starter.
Great for: A holiday park reception showing which lodges are free this weekend.
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Safety Counters
Days since the last accident, with the best run so far, counted up by itself every midnight.
Great for: A warehouse floor, a building site gate or a kitchen pass keeping safety in front of everyone.
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Products
Shop stock in named lists, with prices, sale prices, stock and a buy link.
Great for: A golf pro shop screen showing this week's offers with a QR code to buy.
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Polls
A question with 2 to 6 answers. People scan the QR code on the screen, vote on their phone, and the Board shows the results.
Great for: A pub asking which band to book next, or an office choosing the theme of the summer party.
Feeds: content that fills itself
The best content is the sort nobody has to remember to update. NowBoard has 6 feeds. Connect one to what you already run, and the screen stays current.
- Weather Turn on weather for a site. Its Boards show the current conditions and a 5-day forecast from OpenWeatherMap.
- RSS feeds Pick a news source from the list or add any RSS address. Headlines rotate through the Board without anyone typing them.
- Property feeds Bring in homes for sale or to let from a Google Sheet, a CSV file on the web or an API. Your property Boards stay current. Starter and above
- Vehicle feeds Bring in your cars for sale from a Google Sheet, a CSV file on the web or an API. Your vehicle Boards stay current. Starter and above
- Calendar feeds Paste the iCal address of a Google or Outlook calendar. The bookings fill a Timetable, a Room or an Events list about every 15 minutes. Starter and above
- Data Sources Read a REST API, a Google Sheet or a CSV file on a schedule, and fill a Ranked list or a Live figures set from it. Starter and above
Where Content sits
Six words cover the whole product. Content is the first, and the one that saves the most time.
- ContentWhat you write once and reuse
- BoardA Template plus the content it reads
- ChannelArrange Boards and set their timing
- PlayerChoose the Channel to show
- TVOne licence per connected display
See the Boards for the layouts your content drops into, or Features for playlists, scheduling and screens.
Start with the content you already have
Type in one timetable or menu, link it to a Board, and put it on a screen. The Free plan includes 5 Boards and all templates except Property, Motor and Holiday listings, with no card.