Internet Kiosk.pps

Internetkiosk.pps can be downloaded by clicking the button below:

This is a PowerPoint show that allows you to provide a full-screen web browser to anyone who goes nearby. With the proper security, it is not possible for people to exit Internet Kiosk so they will not mess with the computer itself.

• System requirements
  • PowerPoint (not the viewer, it must be possible to run VBA)
  • Macros must be enabled
  • Internet Explorer is required to allow web pages to be displayed.
• Downloading
  • When you have save Internet Kiosk using the button above, you may need to change its extension to .pps
• Opening Internet Kiosk
  • Make sure macros are enabled. To change this setting, open PowerPoint, go to Tools > Macro > Security and change the security level to Medium/
  • Double click on the internetkiosk.pps file.
  • You may receive a warning message about macros. Click Enable Macros.
  • You may receive a warning message about ActiveX controls. Click Yes.
  • You will then see a red screen. This should go away after a few moments. If it doesn't, you probably didn't enable macros. Press escape to close Internet Kiosk, check to see your macro security settings are set correctly and try again.
  • You will be asked if you want to change the options for the web browser. Normally, you would click No.
• Using the browser
  • You should see a full-screen browser. by default, it will be displaying this site's homepage. Along the bottom of the screen, there will be a yellow and orange bar.
  • The yellow and orange bar contains, from left to right, the page title, status bar, a link to the home page and the back and forward buttons.
  • The Home link will take you to the page set in the Internet Kiosk options as the home page, not the standard Internet Explorer homepage.
  • It is not possible to exit Internet Kiosk using the mouse. If you want to exit, you must press the escape key.
• Changing the options
  • Internet Kiosk options can only be set when the browser is first loaded. If you want to set them after that, you must close and re-open Internet Kiosk.
  • To access the options, click Yes when prompted for if you want to change the options.
  • There are two settings that you can change.
    • Home page
      • This is the page displayed by default when Internet Kiosk first loads
      • It is also shown whenever the Home button is clicked
    • Allow pages within...
      • If this option is used, it will not be possible to navigate to pages whose URLs do not contain the text specified
      • This is useful if you wish to only allow people to access a certain website that has been designed to work with Internet Kiosk.
      • If you leave the box blank, people will be able to navigate anywhere
      • Some example settings:
        • .com allows any websites whose domain name has .com inside it. www.google.com would be allowed but not www.google.co.uk
        • google.com allows www.google.com, video.google.com, google.com.au and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/google.com but not froogle.com
  • When you have finished changing the settings, click OK and you will be taken to the browser window.
  • The settings will be saved automatically at this point into the internetkiosk.pps file. Therefore, it is vital that you have permissions to write to this file. Note: it will still save the changes even if the file has been renamed.
• Security
  • If you are using Internet Kiosk on your own to access a web page full screen, you do not need to worry about this. However, if you are allowing the computer to be used in a public place for other people to browse the internet then you should follow these tips:
  • Only allow navigation within one specific website. It is important that the website you allow follows these rules:
    • No popups
    • No new windows
    • Do not require anything to be typed in
    • No downloads
    • No external links
    • An example of what not to allow is this very website. It contains downloads, a text box and external links.
    • A good website to allow is the Guille-Alles Library search system. The only external link is to Gin Online, which has no other external links itself. However, it does require you to type in things to the search box which is a downside.
  • The hardware provided to the public when they use this system is also important.
    • Do not allow the user to access anything more than a mouse and the screen
    • Disable the right-mouse button
    • Remove the keyboard
    • Best of all, use a touch-screen.

Written by Toby. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Privacy