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Share Slack Messages to Digital Signage #1 Activation in Slack

This article explains how to Activate Slack Digital Signage app for Valotalive. This is a 2-part activation process, this being the 1st part.

Written by Leonie

Share your Slack channels and curated messages to Valotalive digital signage in practically real time with any device. Set up securely in minutes using Slack authentication. Amplify Slack messages by displaying on Digital Signage.

✔ Display relevant channels and messages from one or more Slack instances to make sure your message gets noticed and remembered

✔ Update digital signage content on the go with any device in (almost) real time

✔ Display multiple media files – support for most common media formats from your Slack messages; text, images, videos (MP4), emojis, and more

✔ Personalize Call-to-Action to motivate behavior

✔ Match your brand’s visual look and feel by creating a custom theme for displayed messages

NOTE: This is a 2 step process:

  1. Add the Valotalive app to your Slack workspace

  2. Add the app to specific channels you wish to show content from

Step 1: Add the Valotalive app to the Slack workspace

  1. Navigate to your Valotalive dashboard, and click on 'My Account' and then 'Service Integrations'

    My Account - Service Integrations tab for adding Slack workspace connection


  2. Scroll to Slack, and click on 'Authorize'

    Slack Authorize button under My Account - Service integrations

  3. You'll then be prompted to allow Valotalive access to your Slack workspace

    Slack prompt: "Allow the Valotalive Digital Signage app to access Slack"

  4. Click allow and the Valotalive Slack app will be added to your workspace, and you can follow step 2 to add it to specific channels.

Step 2: Add the Valotalive app to the Slack channels that you wish to show content from

  1. Open Slack on the desktop, navigate to the channel via the left sidebar

  2. Click the three dots in the upper right (more actions) and then click 'edit setting'

    Slack channels configuration on Slack to integrate with Valotalive digital signage

  3. From here click on 'Integrations' and then 'add an app'

    Choosing the apps that have access to Slack on the Slack side of the process

  4. You can then add the Valotalive app from the list of apps in your workspace, or search for the app if you have a long list

    Slack Add apps to - choosing Valotalive Digital Signage as an authorized app by pressing "Add"


  5. Click 'Add'

Repeat step 2 with other channels if you need to push content from multiple channels.

You've now installed Valotalive to the specified channel(s) and now when you create an app you can choose the channels you've added Valotalive to.

Click the button for the next steps:


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