Whether you’re representing a city’s tourism board, a museum, or a business improvement area, your Organization Name, Description and branded icons are essential for establishing your brand identity and creating resonance among explorers on the Driftscape App. Beyond this, you can enhance your content organization by creating Sub-Layers, enabling precise categorization, and branding within your main organization. This structured setup also helps your visitors effortlessly navigate and filter through your mapped content.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What is an Organization Name?
- What is an Organization Description?
- What are Organization Icons?
- How to Edit your Organization Properties
What is an Organization Name?
Your Organization Name is the name that will appear on all of your POIs, and in the Organization Menu within the mobile apps. All of the POIs within Driftscape belong to an “Organization”. For example, an Organization Names would be Interlake Tourism Association [or Visit Greenville, Goldville Museum, Tourism Lethbridge, etc].
In addition to an Organization, you may also have Sub-Layers that are created under the “parent” Organization, and allow for fine-grained branding and filtering of content. For example, if your Organization Name is Interlake Tourism Association you might have Sub-Layers named Interlake Tourism-Events & Festivals” or “Interlake Tourism-Do & See.”
What is an Organization Description?
Your Organization Description will be visible to users when they click on your logo in the apps. Tell your visitors a little bit about you, and feel free to include a link to your website (250 characters max).
Here’s an example of an Organization Description:
What are Organization Icons?
Each Organization in Driftscape has three associated icons. These are as follows:
Icon: a square icon that will appear when content is displayed in list view, in map callouts, and in the top right hand corner of app POIs that belong to that organization.
Map Icon: appear when content is displayed in map view.
Tour-stop Icon: appears when the route map or stop list for a tour is viewed, and includes a tour stop number on the icon.
How to Edit your Organization Properties
Step 1: Access Org Properties
Once you have logged into the Driftscape Content Management System (CMS) at cms.driftscape.com, select Org Properties from the header menu.
Note: you must have Org Manager permissions in the CMS in order to view and edit Org Properties.
You will see a list of your organizations, select the pencil icon next to the name of the organization or sub-layer that you would like to edit.
Step 2: Edit Organization Name and Description
Make your desired changes to the Name and Description fields. These are the only mandatory information fields that require data.
Once you are happy with your edits, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Update. Your changes will take effect immediately.
Step 3: Generate Your Icons
Upload an Image to Generate Your Icon
Your Icon is a square icon that will appear when content is displayed in list view, in map callouts, and in the top right hand corner of app POIs that belong to that organization.
To create your Icon, you will need to select an image to use that represents your brand. Given that these icons will be displayed at a small scale, simple graphics with no or very minimal text work best. The following file types are supported (up to 8MB): SVG, PNG, JPG, GIF. Use an image that is square.
Click ‘Choose File’ and select the image you want to use from wherever you have it saved on your computer:
Once you have selected a file, a preview of your icon will be displayed:
Generate Your Map Icon
Your Map Icon appears whenever content is displayed in map view. This can be generated automatically, based on the image you have added for your Icon. The background color that will be used for your Map Icon will be the color of the top left pixel of the image you uploaded for your Icon.
Click the ‘Create Map Icon’ button to generate a preview of your new Map icon using the Main icon entered in the previous step:
Note: you can replace the automatically generated Map Icon by uploading your own file using the “Choose File” button, but this is not recommended. You might do this if you prefer not to use the default map icon template for the background, and instead create your own map icon from scratch. However, this would make your map icons look different from other organizations in Driftscape.
Generate Your Tour-stop Icon
Your Tour-stop Icon is displayed when the stop list or route map for a tour is viewed, and includes a tour stop number appearing in white text on top of this icon. This can be generated automatically, using the color selector for the Circle Color and the Background Color. There are a few ways to select your color.
Enter the six digit HEX code for your desired color in the color selector field.
Enter the RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha) code for your desired color in the following format “rgba(0,0,0,1)”. Note the alpha value should always be set to 1.
Tap on the color selector field and a color picker will appear. Use the slider on the right, and the selector on the left to choose your desired color.
Note: We recommend using a dark color for the Tour-stop Icon Circle Colour, since the tour stop number is displayed in white text on top of this circle.
Note: Choose a background color that matches your brand, but avoid black or white or grey as this will affect the app’s ability to highlight the selected tour stop.
Once you have selected your colors click the “Create Tour-stop Icon” button.
Note: This icon is displayed when viewing the stop list or route map for a tour. Tour stop numbers will appear in white text on top of this icon.
You will then see a preview of your Tour-stop Icon below.
Note: you can replace the automatically generated Tour-stop Icon by uploading your own file using the “Choose File” button, but this is not recommended. You might do this if you prefer not to use the default tour stop icon template for the background, and instead create your own tour stop icon from scratch.
Explanation of Optional Information Fields
Although the Name and Description fields are the only mandatory information fields within the Org Properties menu, you also have a variety of optional information fields that can be used to enhance your organization. These fields are described below for your reference.
Name Sort
What you enter in the “Name Sort” field will control how your organization’s name is sorted alphabetically in the list of all organizations with the apps. For example if the name of the organization is “The Distillery District” but you would like it to appear in the alphabetical list under D for Distillery, rather than T for The, you would enter “Distillery District” In the Name Sort field.
Navigator Menu
This field is used by Driftscape personnel if your organization has a Custom Menu. To learn more about our Custom Menu visit Custom Menus for your Organization.
Micro-region notification text
Leave blank unless you are using the Micro-region feature. Micro-regions are used to display specific content only to people who are on-site and to display a welcome message to visitors when they enter your region. To learn more about our Micro-region feature visit the Microregions Overview.
Logo
Your Logo will be displayed at the bottom of all of your POIs, and when clicked will display your Organization Description, or the Custom Menu for your organization, if you have one. SVG is the preferred format for your Logo.
Default Image
Provide an image that represents your destination. This image will be displayed for Points of Interest that don't have a specific image associated with them. Default images should have a minimum size of 800x600 pixels. An aspect ratio of 4:3 is ideal. If you would like to change your Default Image, you can do that here, by clicking the “Choose File” button and selecting the image you would like to use.
Access Key
Leave blank unless you want the content shared by your organization to be password protected. To learn more, please visit Password Protected Content.
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