How to create and use Twitter Wall

This article will guide you through how to create and use a Twitter Wall app in the AeriCast.

You can create Twitter Wall with Kiosk, Single, Wall, Timeline, or Bricks view.

Wall view screenshot is below, you can see a live example here:

Bricks view example, you can see a live example here:

Let's jump in and get started:

First, you will need to have your screens set up and paired. For more information on how to do that, click here.

Then log in to app.aericast.com,

Go to Media Tab, Click on + Add App.

Click Twitter app

Enter your Twitter Wall information:

• Name: Name of your Twitter Wall, this is the name of the wall in your asset list. It will not be displayed on your screens.

• Post Type: Select if you want to use a Twitter Profile or Hashtag. Important: you can only set this one time during the creation of the asset, if you want to change this later, you should delete the old asset and create a new one.

• Profile/Hashtag: Depending if you select Post Type is Profile or Hashtag, you will put the profile (for example https://twitter.com/NASA put nasa) or hashtag (for example https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ElonMusk&src=tyahput ElonMusk). It is recommended to search, check Twitter first to avoid typos.

• Display Mode: Select Single Post View, Social Wall View, Social Kiosk View, Social Wall View or Bricks View. Click on each link to see examples.

• Theme: Select Light or Dark Theme. You can also customize your background color if you select Custom.

• Speed: Select how fast you want the wall to scroll or switch between Twitter posts. You can also customize your speed if you select Custom.

• Font Size: Set the font size for the Twitter wall app.

You can click Advanced and set:

• Filter Posts: By Time (i.e last 30 days) or by last XX number of posts.
• Only show posts with image: It will only show post that has an image
• Scrolling Strip Font Size: If you put the Instagram Business app to a SplitScreen zone that is a scrolling strip, you can set how big you want the scrolling text to be.
• Continue Playing Content in Playlist: In the playlist, the Twitter app plays 10 items in the 1st round, and it will start with #11 item in the 2nd round.
• Show QR Code: Select whether you want the QR code to link to the Twitter Page URL or you can select a Custom URL which you can determine what type of code type you want to generate and link to.

That's all! Congratulation!

You have created your Twitter Wall.

You can assign the newly created Twitter Wall app to your screen by going to Device, clicking Edit device, and assigning the app to screens that you want.

You can put the Twitter Wall app to a Layout, and Playlist too.

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