This Django app can be used to develop simple interactive kiosks using a touchscreen or a tablet.
This code was orginally developed for SC12/SCinet.
You need to be sure that the LANG environment variable is set. All shell examples assume a sh/bash/zsh like shell. If you use csh/tcsh/etc you may need to tweak a few things. Here's an example of setting LANG:
$ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
To get started with this project you can do the following:
$ ./mkdevenv $ source scinet-kiosk.env $ python kiosk_example/manage.py syncdb $ python kiosk_example/manage.py runserver
Then visit http://localhost:8000/admin/kiosk/. You will need to use the username and password you created during the syncdb step above.
You can create pages by creating a KioskItem of type Page. A page is an image that you define clickable regions for. The root page is called index, so the first page you should create should have a name of index. Create this index page and upload an image via the admin interface. Once that page is created you should be able to see your image by going to: http://localhost:8000/. The current templates assume that the pages are 1080p (1920x1080 pixels).
You can create popups by creating a KioskItem of type Popup. A popup is the content for a popup. The default template expects the images included to be 300 pixels wide.
You can create links by defining regions on pages. Links can either point to other pages or to popups. To create a link be sure that you have logged into the admin interface and then visit the page you wish to make links for. So for example to update the index page, visit: http://localhost:8000/. Once there type 'e'. You should see a green box saying EDIT in the upper left corner. Then you can type 'n' and you will be given a popup that will allow you to select the target of the link. Select the target and click OK. You can then move and resize the rectangle. Once it's in the location you want, type 's' to save the link info. You can now turn off editing mode and try your link.
Jon Dugan 26 Dec 2012