[K12OSN] Digital Bulletin Boards

[Rob Owens]

I recall reading somewhere in the Apache web server
documentation that there is a setting that defines how
often a page gets reloaded, even when a user's browser
window is static.  I know I've read some news sites
where the page automatically reloads every few
minutes, so they can show me all their advertisements.

I did a quick search of the Apache docs, but didn't
find anything.  Does anybody know what this feature is
called?

-Rob

--- "Ritchie, Josiah S." <jritchie at bible.edu> wrote:

> I'd like to create a digital bulletin board system
> to several buildings.
> This would mean that several bulletin boards around
> campus would be
> replaced with screens and information would be on
> these screens gathered
> from a central location. The data could be changed
> in one place and be
> shared without requiring a reboot or re-opening a
> file.
> 
>  
> 
> I want it to be as stable and simple as possible. I
> don't want to use
> presentation software like PowerPoint or
> OOPresenter. What kind of
> hardware and software would I need for something
> like this?
> 
>  
> 
> Something like this would be nice:
>
http://www.vbrick.com/images/EtherneTV-MDS-network-drawing.pdf
> but it
> would be opening a file and include proprietary
> parts. I imagine a
> solution like a screensaver that pulls random
> pictures from a central
> location, but doesn't buffer them so that it would
> pull pictures (our
> slides) that were added without any interaction with
> the device running
> the screens or drop them as soon as they are deleted
> from the central
> location.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm wondering what you guys may be doing or thinking
> about related to
> this of if you'd just like to chime in a cool idea.
> I'm curious.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JSR/
> 
>  
> 
> Josiah S. Ritchie
> 
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