Before creating your Social Wall, the Experience Wizard will walk you step-by-step through some initial settings. These are basic settings that you'll need to set before creating your Social Wall.
Header Message Tab
Set the Header Message
The first tab of the Experience Wizard will ask you to set a Header Message for your Social Wall. The Header Message is the text that you want your crowd to see at the top of your Social Wall. Some examples are:
- Post Your Best Event Photos on the Wall!
- Tell Us What You Think About The Company
- Welcome To This Year's Event! Post Your Photos!
You can also add a long Header Message if you like. Crowdpurr automatically sizes it correctly on the Social Wall. If you don't add or update the Header Message, a default one will be added that you can update later.
Let's create a Social Wall about everyone's favorite topic... Cats! Type in Post Your Best Cat Photos to the Wall! for the Header Message.
You're now ready to go to the next tab. Click on the Next button.
Social Media Tab
The Social Media tab allows you to select which social media channels and #hashtags you want to use to gather posts and images for your Social Wall.
Select Social Media Channels
Crowdpurr currently offers three different social media channels to aggregate social media posts and images to your Social Wall. You can enable or disable each one on this tab. For Twitter and Instagram, you can add which #hashtags and @usernames you want your Social Wall to query from those social media channels.
Allow Posts From Crowdpurr
Let's enable Allow Posts From Crowdpurr.
Enabling this setting allows users to post to your Social Wall directly on the web through a Crowdpurr link and doesn't involve external social media networks. This is a great option if you want to allow your crowd to participate without having to post to an external social media network and/or if participants may not have social media accounts.
When enabled, your Social Wall will show a web link (e.g. crowd.live) and a code that your participants must enter in order to post. Once entered, your participants can post messages and images as many times as they choose. Disabling this channel will only allow posting through Instagram and/or Twitter using a specified #hashtag or @username.
Allow Posts From Twitter
Let's enable Allow Posts From Twitter. Then add the #cats as the #hashtag and click on the green Save button. Using #cats will let us test our Social Wall with a popular #hashtag that will always have a lot of posts.
Enabling this setting allows your participants to post messages and images to your Social Wall using their Twitter account. Posts will be added if they contain a given #hashtag or @username that you must enter on the following input field. When using a @username, posts will be included if they mention the @username or come from the @username's Twitter account.
Allow Posts From Instagram
Let's also enable Allow Posts From Instagram. Then also add #cats as the #hashtag and click on the green Save button.
Enabling this setting allows your participants to post messages and images to your Social Wall using their Instagram account. Posts will be added if they contain a given #hashtag or @username that you must enter on the following input field. When using a @username, posts will be included if they mention the @username.
You're now ready to go to the next tab. Click on the Next button.
Layout Tab
The Layout tab allows you to select which Social Wall layout to display on the Presentation View. The Presentation View is the display you will open and connect to an external projector or HDTV to actually display your Social Wall posts and images to your live audience. There are several cool layouts to choose from.
Let's go ahead and click on the 4-Column Social Mosaic.
You're now ready to go to the next tab. Click on the Next button.
Name It & Go Tab
The final tab of the Experience Wizard simply lets you edit the name of your Social Wall. You can add different names to your Social Walls to keep them organized.
Let's call it the #Cats Social Wall. You can leave the description blank.
You're now ready to finalize and create your first Social Wall! Click on the blinking button that says Rock N' Roll. After a few seconds, your new Social Wall will be created and you'll automatically go to the Experience Dashboard of your new Social Wall!
Next Steps
Now that our Social Wall has been created, let's learn about how your crowd posts to your Social Wall on their mobile device using Crowdpurr. Go to the next step Opening the Social Wall's Participant View.
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