We’re excited to announce our new integration with Samsung SmartThings, allowing you to display the status and info from almost any connected smart home device on DAKboard! Setup To get started, add a new “SmartThings” block to your custom screen. Edit it and link your SmartThings account if necessary. Then, select the devices and sensors … Continue reading Add Your SmartThings Devices to DAKboard!
User Devices and Simple Device Linking
Creating a custom DAKboard device just got a whole lot easier. We are excited to announce that you are able to use your own device and link it your DAKboard account! This can come in handy when creating DIY DAKboard device or using a mobile device on the go. Read on for more details! User … Continue reading User Devices and Simple Device Linking
Screen Previews and Custom Aspect Ratios
Today we’re excited to announce two great new features to help make DAKboard more flexible and easier to use. Read on for the details! Screen Previews This latest feature will eliminate the guess-work that used to be involved in setting up a screen, ultimately making DAKboard easier and faster to use! You’ll notice the new … Continue reading Screen Previews and Custom Aspect Ratios
SmugMug Photos, Currency Exchange Rates and More!
By popular demand we’ve added a few more integrations to continue to make DAKboard more useful to all of our customers! Read on to learn more. SmugMug Photo Integration Our new SmugMug integration is ready to go! In the photo block or section of your screen, choose SmugMug as the photo source. Authorize your account … Continue reading SmugMug Photos, Currency Exchange Rates and More!
Digital Signage for Schools
Digital signage usage in an education setting is becoming increasingly popular and when paired with DAKboard, it makes for a simple, feature-filled and cost effective solution. Continue reading to learn how DAKboard is a great fit for digital signage in Elementary, Middle and High schools and even on College campuses! Keep Students and Faculty Informed … Continue reading Digital Signage for Schools
Google Drive, Google Tasks and a Count Up Timer Added!
This one is self explanatory … we’ve added more integrations! So lets go over the details. Google Drive With the addition of our Google Drive integration, you can now show photos on DAKboard from anywhere in your Google Drive (not just Google Photos). Just authorize your Google Drive account and select the folder that DAKboard … Continue reading Google Drive, Google Tasks and a Count Up Timer Added!
Add Some Excitement to your DAKboard with Loops!
Introducing DAKboard Loops! Loops are an awesome way to make the most of limited screen space while adding some excitement to draw attention to your displays. Multiple screens can easily be combined into a continuous loop to show on a single display: Create a Loop Creating a loop is as simple as clicking on “Loops” … Continue reading Add Some Excitement to your DAKboard with Loops!
Trello Integration Added!
Trello is an awesome organizational tool on many levels, and today we’re excited to announce the Trello integration for DAKboard! Connect your Trello account from within DAKboard, select the board and list(s) to show and enjoy whole new levels of organization on DAKboard. To show your Trello boards on DAKboard, in a custom screen, click the … Continue reading Trello Integration Added!
Background Colors, Gradients, Titles and More Formatting Options!
With the latest DAKboard update, we’ve added the ability to set background colors, gradients and the option to show the title of the block in the custom screen editor on the Formatting tab when editing a block: This opens up lots of new customization options and eliminates unnecessary blocks. No more separate blocks just for the background … Continue reading Background Colors, Gradients, Titles and More Formatting Options!
Changes to the Traffic Integration
As an effort to improve the Traffic integration and eliminate issues we will be requiring Premium plan subscribers to provide their own API keys beginning February 1, 2019. Note: Professional and Enterprise level accounts will still continue to function without providing an API key. There is a new “Google API Key” field in the Traffic block … Continue reading Changes to the Traffic Integration