Use the live gallery at the party

What it does in the room

The wall shows contributions as they arrive, rotating through them without anybody touching it. A guest who watches their own photo appear on a screen tends to send a second one, and the folks alongside them request what it's. That's the mechanism, and it does more for participation than any sign.

It's a display surface, not for control. Nothing you do on the wall alters the album.

1. Switch it on for the event. It's off out of the box, even on a plan that includes it.
2. Open it on the screen. The Live tab launches the wall. Any browser on any screen or projector will do.
3. Leave the code in the corner. It makes the screen a second invitation for anybody who hasn't scanned.

Which plans include it

Celebrate and Grand. It isn't available for the free tier or essential, and on the plans that do include it, it begins switched off — so a plan alone doesn't put anything on a screen.

Check that before the party instead of while somebody is holding an HDMI cable.

What you can set

The display style, whether the code lives in the corner, what caption rests under a photo, and how fast it moves. The defaults suit a party without adjustment; the ones to consider are the caption and the code, since both are decisions about what the room spots.

Tweaking any of them during the party is safe. The wall picks up the setting and keeps going.

Name and time as a caption only shows a name for signed guests. Otherwise it shows the time alone.

The wall and the review queue

If your event uses review-first, nothing hits the wall before you approve it. That combination is why review-first exists since a screen in a public room is where an unwanted photo hurts the most.

Without review, a contribution hits the wall as soon as it's prepared. On a projector, that's a few seconds after the guest taps send.

The practical side

The wall lives in a browser, so it needs a device that never sleeps and a connection that holds up. A laptop kept awake is more dependable than a tablet, and a wired connection is more dependable than the location Wi-Fi everybody else is also using.

Test it in the room before guests arrive, at the room's real brightness.

Where to put the screen

Where folks already linger: behind a bar, alongside the seating, near the entryway to the dance floor. A projector in an empty corner contributes nothing, and a screen no one faces is a screen no one scans the code from.

If you only have 1 spot, place it where the queue forms. Waiting time is when folks grab their phones.