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How to embed a social wall on EventMobi

This article explains how to add a Walls.io social wall to EventMobi

Written by Leonhard Sensi

You can embed a Walls.io social wall in EventMobi so attendees can see live social content directly inside your event experience.

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

1. Sign up at Walls.io & set up your social wall

To get started, sign up for a Walls.io trial. Setting up your social wall is fairly easy - connect your social media accounts and start adding sources – i.e. hashtags around your brand and products, or your owned social media accounts. For further information, check out our tutorial or watch the video below!

2. Copy the link to your Walls.io social wall

In your Walls.io account, click on the eye 👁️ icon to view your wall and copy the link to your wall (f.e. https://my.walls.io/starbucks):

3. Embed your Walls.io social wall on EventMobi

Log into your EventMobi account, and click on "Add Event":

Adding your social wall to the Event App

Once you created your event, scroll down to "Event App", expand the section and navigate to "Menu Sections". In there, hover over "Add Sections":

Select "Link":

Once you clicked on "Link", a configuration modal will open. Here, you set the Section Name, add your wall's URL from step 2 and add the section:

Adding your social wall to the Live Display

Once you created your event, scroll down to "Onsite Tools", expand the section and navigate to "Live Display".

In there, scroll down until you see the "Screens" section. Navigate to the "Social" screen and click "Edit":

A configuration modal will pop up, allowing you to set the Screen Name and add your social wall's URL from step 2. Make sure "Hide Screen?" is unchecked and click "Save":

Voilà – your social wall is successfully embedded on EventMobi!

Once you added your social wall, you can "Preview" the event website at the top and check out how it looks like. You can choose between your Event App and Live Display, depending on where you embedded your social wall:

Here's your social wall in the Event App:

And here it is on the Live Display:

More tips & tricks:

  • The Walls.io widget is fully responsive – which means it will automatically adapt to the size of the section you are embedding it to.

  • Try out our different layouts! Walls.io offers a variety of diverse layouts to display your wall. Continue to read here for more details!

In case you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact the support team via chat or support@walls.io!

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