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How a digital signage platform gave users professional content creation tools in a familiar interface

Fewer support requests
Faster content publishing
Intuitive editing experience

About Bizplay

Bizplay launched in 2011 with a clear mission: make digital signage easy, scalable, and accessible for everyone. The company built a cloud-based platform that lets teams create, schedule, and manage dynamic screen content in just a few clicks.
From menus and announcements to promotions and live data, Bizplay makes it simple to keep every message fresh, visually engaging, and ready to drive action.
Their Mission: Help every organization tell better stories, engage audiences effectively, and get more value from every screen.

Who uses the platform

Bizplay serves organizations that depend on clear, timely, and compelling on-screen communication across retail, hospitality, workplaces, education, and public venues.

The Challenge

Content creation and management power Bizplay’s entire strategy. By giving teams fast, intuitive tools to build and update content, they keep users agile and consistent across all screens and locations.
Before implementing Froala, the platform had limited formatting capabilities:
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Why Bizplay Chose Froala

The team evaluated all the well-known WYSIWYG editors and several lesser-known options before making their decision.
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"Froala is a feature rich and highly configurable editor, which allows you to easily add serious WYSIWYG editing to your application."

Jaimy Straver Bizplay

Key Advantages

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Feature richness

Comprehensive editing capabilities out of the box
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High configurability

Flexible customization to match specific platform needs
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Separate configurable toolbar

Text controls rendered in a dedicated, customizable toolbar

Clean, intuitive interface

Familiar editing experience for end users

Integration Experience

Technical Setup

Bizplay integrated Froala into their cloud-based CMS to power content creation across their digital signage platform.
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"Integration was easy to do. Although, we had some very specific needs on how the editor would behave and that took some time to get right. Luckily the documentation is clear and elaborate, so that helped a lot."

Jaimy Straver Bizplay
For teams with custom requirements: Froala’s comprehensive documentation provides detailed guidance for tailoring editor behavior to specific use cases.

Performance in production

The integration improved the overall user experience by enabling users to write better formatted text in a style they’re already familiar with from standard text editors.

Features That Made the Difference

The team identified several Froala features that have had the biggest impact on their platform:
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Direct content editing within the signage layout
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Tailored controls for digital signage content creation
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Custom color pickers

Brand-consistent color selection for on-screen content
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Relevant callbacks

Store last used colors in local storage for faster styling

User Adoption

Because the editor is intuitive, clean, and easy to use, Bizplay’s customers can jump right into shaping their messages for digital displays.

User experience

The response from content creators has been positive:
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Familiar interface

Users recognize the editing experience from standard text editors

Smooth workflow

Adjusting layouts, formatting text, and embedding visuals happens in a distraction-free flow

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Quick publishing

Faster path from idea to published screen content

Key benefit: Adding WYSIWYG functionality was a welcome extension of the CMS, enabling users to create professional-looking signage content independently.

Results

Workflow improvements

The integration of Froala has streamlined content creation across the platform:
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Fewer support requests

Reduced questions about formatting and layout

Fewer formatting issues

Consistent, professional-looking content across displays

Faster content updates

Users publish more often and make changes on the fly

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Fresher messaging

Screens stay relevant day-to-day with quick updates

Business impact

These operational improvements translated into tangible business value:
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Stronger engagement

Fresher content directly boosts engagement across customer locations

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Team focus shifted

Less troubleshooting, more product improvement

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Improved retention

Ease of use strengthens customer retention

Active content management

Encourages more frequent updates and screen utilization

In Their Words

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"Froala has helped us move closer to our core goals by making content creation faster and easier for our users. When customers can update their screen content quickly and confidently, they keep their messaging fresher, and that directly boosts engagement across their locations."

Jaimy Straver Bizplay

Looking Forward

Froala is now a core part of Bizplay’s content creation experience, supporting their mission to make digital signage effortless for everyone.
Areas where the team would welcome future improvements:

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