🔒 The separate Sign-in screen is available on our Premium and Professional packages. Read more about pricing here!
Adding the Separate Sign-in screen to an iPad
You can use the separate Sign-in screen on a browser window, or you can add it to your iPad's home screen for easy access. If you'd like to add the separate Sign-in screen to your iPad's home screen, follow the steps below:
Open the web browser on your iPad (for example, Google Chrome or Safari)
Go to signin.famly.co
The Sign-in screen will look a little like this:
Next, click on the upward-arrow icon
next to the URL bar at the top
From the options, tap on Add to Home Screen
It'll be named Famly SignIn by default, but you can rename it to whatever suits your setting
Once you're ready, tap Add
Now the Sign-In screen is accessible from the home screen of your iPad (called Famly SignIn, unless you have chosen a different name)
If you tap Famly SignIn on your homescreen, the Sign-in screen will open up, and you can enter the password from your Sign-in settings in-app.
Depending on the toggles you've switched on in your Sign-in settings, you'll see your Rooms, a PIN pad, or a QR code. If you're stuck at this stage, the next section of this article will run through how to activate your Sign-in screen.
Activating the Sign-in Screen
The separate sign-in screen has to be activated by a manager, or member of staff with the correct permissions.
🔒 To be able to log in and activate the separate Sign-in screen, you must have permission to Sign children in and out and Manage enabling/disabling features
To log in and activate the separate Sign-in Screen:
Log into Famly as you normally would with your email and password (the Famly app, not the Famly SignIn app you just added to your home screen)
Go to Settings
Click on Sign In/Out
In the Sign-In password section, you'll see a Show password button - tap on this to reveal your Sign-in screen password. This is the four-digit unique code that you will need to enter to activate your Sign-in screen.
💡 Your Sign-in screen password will change daily for security reasons, so make sure to check back here if you've logged out of your Sign-in screen
Tap and hold over the password to copy it (or just remember it!)
Exit out of the Famly app and open the Famly SignIn screen app you added to your home screen earlier
Here, paste or enter the password from your Sign-in settings
If you use the PIN or QR Sign-in screen, you'll see the PIN pad or QR code appear, but otherwise, you'll be able to start signing children and staff in
The video below will run you through how to find your Sign-in screen password and how to use it to activate your Sign-in screen:
Decide Which Rooms to Show on your Sign-in Screen
You can customise your Sign-in screen to show or hide certain rooms. Just follow the steps below:
Open up your Sign-in screen by clicking on the Famly SignIn app you added to your home screen
Tap on the '...' in the corner of the screen and go to Settings
Uncheck the rooms you want to hide
Click Save
