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      • Picking hardware
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    • Connecting to the Block
    • Setting the language
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      • Checking the Remaining Space
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      • Using an ethernet connection
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      • Changing the Default Loading Page
      • Changing the Wi-Fi SSID and URL
      • Using Portainer
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Changing the Default Loading Page

Choose the first page you want users to see when accessing the Block to make it easy for users to find your resource, website or app.

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Last updated 3 years ago

If you want to change the default page displayed when accessing your Block, you can do so in the Control Panel:

  1. Click the settings cog in the top right of the navigation

  2. Click the Advanced tab at the top of the page

  3. Under the Choose a Start Page section, select a new start page from the dropdown menu.

You will be provided with a number of options:

Option:

Description

Learner's Block Welcome Page

The default Learner's Block navigation page

File Manager

The users version of the File Manager

Library

The users access to the Library through the File Manager

Website

The files hosted in the

Application Store App

An application which you have installed on your Block via the

Custom Start Page

An option to specify your own URL.

Include only the path you want to point to. For example, entering my-site/index.htmlwill forward users to http://%%hostname%%.local/my-site/index.html.

To specify a port, enter a colon followed by the port number: :8787.

Website folder
Application Store