Publishing Site
What is Layar Publishing site ?
The Layar Publishing Site is the place where the whole life cycle of layer management is handled, from layer creation to publication.
In general, the following activities are provided on the Layar publishing site:
1. Layer management life cycle
- layer creation
- layer editing
- layer testing
- layer ownership transferring (assign a layer to different publisher, add viewers)
- layer publication
- layer maintenance (unpublish a layer)
- layer termination (delete a layer)
2. Layer insights
- Statistics for public layers
3. Troubleshooting
- error log
- test page
Site Map
In this section, we will demonstrate how the Layar publishing site looks like.
After logging into layar website (http://www.layar.com/) with layar account (developer role enabled), click on "My layers" from the drop down menu to open the layar publishing site (see screenshot below). If your account has not yet the developer role enabled please sign up here
1. Layer management life cycle
1. To create a layer simple select the New layer icon:
2. To publish a layer, roll over the campaign icon and select publish:
3. To delete or unpublish a layer, roll over the trash icon:
2. Layer edit tab
1. Geo layers
In total, there are 6 tabs:
- Overview - The basic information about this layer, such as layer title, icon, coverage etc.
- API endpoint - Mainly the POI URL for developer's web service that provides hotspots response.
- Metadata - Mainly Layer listing on the phone.
- Graphics - Manage the appearance of the Camera view on the phone.
- Settings- Manage user settings and filters
- Permissions- Assign different publisher and add viewers to a layer.
2.Vision layers
In total, there are 5 tabs:
- Overview - The basic information about this layer, such as layer title, icon, coverage etc.
- API endpoint - Mainly the POI URL for developer's web service that provides hotspots response.
- Metadata - Mainly Layer listing on the phone.
- Pages - Upload and manage reference images/pages to Layar server
- Permissions- Assign different publisher and add viewers to a layer.
3. Test tab
The API test tab helps test the request/response from your web service and see the Layar server's logs to track down any issues. Detailed information on how to test your layers can be found here
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4. Logs tab
This tab displays the error logs and the change logs for the layer