This glossary defines the terms used throughout the Nimbus808 dashboard, including Designs, the design editor, Media, Playlists, Displays, Settings, Support, and My Account. Each definition explains how the term applies within the dashboard. Related concepts, such as canvas and keyframe, help you understand the design tools and controls.
Dashboard and Navigation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Active | Identifies the domain currently selected in My Account. |
| Cancel | Leaves a form without completing its save action. |
| Close (Ć) | Dismisses the current panel or dialog. |
| Dashboard | The main interface for creating content and managing displays, media, playlists, datasets, and account settings. |
| Datasets | An uploaded or connected spreadsheet (CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets) that feeds a chart or trend widget, so it is a snapshot of the numbers at upload time, not a live feed. |
| Description | Explanatory text used to identify a design, playlist, display, collection, or domain. |
| Description (AāZ) | Sorts items alphabetically by description. |
| Description (ZāA) | Sorts items in reverse alphabetical order by description. |
| Design | A project built in the editor. This is the canvas, its widgets, and their layout. It is autosaved continuously as a draft, and reusable across any number of displays once published. |
| Designs / My Designs | The section that lists your signage designs and provides design creation and management tools. |
| Deploy | The general term for getting a design onto physical displays. Broader than Publish, it covers assigning a design to displays and the overall rollout, not just the one explicit action that sends it live. |
| Display | A physical monitor or screen that shows content created in the Nimbus808 dashboard app. One player can drive multiple displays, which is many as it has display ports. |
| Done | Closes a dialog or exits a mode. Its effect depends on the current panel. |
| Help | An icon that provides an explanation of a nearby field or feature. |
| Logout | Ends your signed-in dashboard session. |
| Media | Images, video, and other assets uploaded to the shared library, or pulled directly from Unsplash, Pexels, Klipy, or Google Drive. They just need to be uploaded once, then are reusable across any design. |
| My Account | The page showing your domains, your role in each domain, and domain-switching options. |
| Name (AāZ) | Sorts items alphabetically by name. |
| Name (ZāA) | Sorts items in reverse alphabetical order by name. |
| ON / OFF | Indicates whether an option is enabled or disabled. |
| Optional | Indicates a field you can leave blank. |
| Player | The physical device running the Nimbus808 runtime app. This includes Android TV or Amazon Fire TV right now. Coming soon: an Amazon Signage Stick and a dedicated Desktop/PC player app. A Player drives as many Displays as it has display ports. |
| Playlists | A schedule controlling what design plays, and when, on a Player or group of Players. |
| Search | Filters a section’s items using the text you enter. |
| Settings | The dashboard menu containing Users, Configuration, and Billing. The editor also has separate design settings. |
| Support | The menu containing Documentation and Technical Support. |
| Switch | Changes the domain you are working in. |
| Widget | An individual content element placed on a Design, which is text, image, video, chart, social embed, etc. |
| Workspace | The named Nimbus808 environment associated with your content and account access. |
Design Creation and Management
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Add Design | Opens the form for naming a design and choosing a starting template. |
| Assign to Displays | Opens the interface for selecting displays that should show a design. |
| Back to Dashboard | Returns from the editor to the main dashboard. |
| Blank Design | A starting option with an empty design instead of a prepared layout. |
| Choose a Template | The area where you select a starting layout. |
| Delete | Removes the selected design or editor item, depending on where you use it. |
| Design description | Optional text describing a design’s purpose or content. |
| Design Name / Name your new design | The name used to identify a design in the dashboard and editor. |
| Duplicate | Creates a copy of an existing design. |
| Edit | The editor menu providing access to design Settings. |
| Edit project | Opens the design editor. |
| Exit | Leaves the design editor. |
| File | The editor menu containing Publish, Revert to Published Version, and Exit. |
| No displays registered | Indicates that the domain currently has no displays available for assignment. |
| Publish / Publish changes | The specific, explicit action that sends a design live to its assigned Displays. Separate from autosave, which only preserves the draft. |
| Revert to Published Version | Returns the editor draft to the version previously published. |
| Runtime | The viewing version of a design, rather than its editing interface. |
| Runtime Slug | The design identifier used in its runtime web address. |
| Runtime Title | The title associated with the design’s runtime viewing page. |
| Save and Publish | Saves design settings and publishes the design through one action. |
| Saved | Indicates that the editor has saved the current draft. Publishing is a separate action. |
| Template | A prepared layout you can use as the starting point for a design. |
| Unpublished changes | Indicates that the draft contains changes not yet included in the published version. |
| Up to date / Saved & up to date | Indicates that the editor currently reports no pending changes to publish. |
| View | The editor menu showing the runtime webserver’s status and viewing controls. |
| View project | Opens the design’s runtime viewing page. |
| Webserver | The service that makes runtime content available for viewing. |
| Webserver Not Running | A View-menu status indicating that the runtime webserver is not currently running. |
Design Settings and Workspace
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aspect ratio | The relationship between width and height, such as 16:9 or 4:3. |
| Background Color | The color used for a design or widget background, depending on the selected panel. |
| Background Type | Selects Color, Gradient, or Image as the design background. |
| Canvas | The design area where you position and arrange widgets. |
| Collapse properties | Hides the expanded Properties panel. |
| Color background | Uses a solid color behind the design’s widgets. |
| Gradient | A background that blends between colors. |
| Grid | A visual guide for positioning content on the canvas. |
| Image background | Uses an image behind the design’s widgets. |
| Landscape | An orientation that is wider than it is tall. |
| Orientation | Selects a landscape or portrait layout. |
| Pan | Moves the editor’s view without repositioning widgets. |
| Pan center | Centers the canvas view. |
| Pan left / right / up / down | Moves the canvas view in the selected direction. |
| % / Percentage | Expresses measurements relative to the corresponding canvas dimension. |
| Portrait | An orientation that is taller than it is wide. |
| Properties | The panel containing settings for the currently selected widget. |
| PX / px / Pixels | Expresses measurements using individual picture elements. |
| Resolution | The width and height of an image or display, expressed in pixels. |
| S / M / L | Small, medium, and large side-panel size options. |
| Side Panel Size | Controls the size of the editor’s side panel. |
| Target Display Resolution | The intended display width and height, used to configure the design’s dimensions. |
| Units | Selects percentages or pixels for design measurements. |
| Zoom 100% | Returns the canvas view to its 100% zoom setting. |
| Zoom In | Enlarges the editor’s view of the canvas. |
| Zoom Out | Reduces the editor’s view of the canvas. |
| Zoom to fit | Adjusts zoom so the canvas fits within the available editor space. |
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