Stocks

The Stocks Widget displays trade price information for stock listings when added to a Layout.

Installation

The Stocks Widget relies on the Alpha Vantage Stock API to retrieve stock market data. The prices returned by Alpha Vantage follow the stock market standard of adjusting for corporate events such as splits and dividend payout.

To get an API key please visit Alpha Vantage and create an account.

The Stocks Module is installed from the Modules page, under the Administration section of the Menu. Click on the Install Module button and select the Module to install.

After installation, select the Module from the grid and use the row menu to edit.

Complete the form fields and include the API key and Cache Period settings.

Add Stocks Widget

Click on the Stocks Widget on the toolbar, add / drag to the target Region.

If you are using 1.8, select Stocks from the Widget Toolbox to add to your Region Timeline and complete the form fields as explained below. Please note: The Visual editor is not available in the 1.8 series CMS for this Widget.

General

• Provide an optional name
• Choose to override the default duration
• Select whether the duration is per item, unticked the duration will be per page / number of items.

Configuration

• Include a Stock Symbol (Ticker) to return results

If you need a stock symbol that is only quoted on a specific exchange then you can use the format SYMBOL:EXCHANGE to return results.

Stock symbols can be found on various lookup sites such as Yahoo Finance

Appearance

• Optionally choose a background colour
• Include a PHP Date Format to apply to returned results, see the bottom of the page for further information.
• Select an optional Effect and Speed to be used to transition between items.

Templates

Select Preset Templates or provide your own using JavaScript.

Edit templates using the Override the template checkbox, then click on the Template header to select the template you want to edit.

Provide a No Records Message to display when there are no records returned.

To use the inline editor toggle On the Visual editor.

Get Results at anytime to see what data is returned. Any field is available as a substitute to use in the template by simply entering the field name between square brackets [].

Caching

Include a suitable time for the Update Interval in minutes, keeping it as high as possible.

Date Format - PHP

EZSignage should accept any date format that is in a correct PHP date format, the following characters are recognised and can be used:

Format Character	Description	Example returned values
	Day
d	Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros	01 to 31
D	A textual representation of a day, three letters	Mon through Sun
j	Day of the month without leading zeros	1 to 31
l	(lowercase ‘L’) A full textual representation of the day of the week	Sunday through Saturday
N	ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0)	1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
S	English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters	st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
w	Numeric representation of the day of the week	0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
z	The day of the year (starting from 0)	0 through 365
	Week
W	ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (added in PHP 4.1.0)	42 (the 42nd week in the year)
	Month
F	A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March	January through December
m	Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros	01 through 12
M	A short textual representation of a month, three letters	Jan through Dec
n	Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros	1 through 12
t	Number of days in the given month	28 through 31
	Year
L	Whether it’s a leap year	1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
o	ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0)	1999 or 2003
Y	A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits	1999 or 2003
y	A two digit representation of a year	99 or 03