How to Use the New York Times app – OptiSigns

In this article, we'll explain how to use the New York Times app on OptiSigns.

The OptiSigns New York Times app allows you to display news from The New York Times on your digital signs. It covers the most up-to-date Top Stories, World news, Business, Sports, Economy, Culture, Lifestyle news and more.

QR Codes are displayed, which a viewer can scan with their phone to read the relevant article. The New York Times News can also be displayed as Scrolling Strip.

Below is an example screenshot of how it look on your screens:

The New York Times app on a screen: Top Stories headline, photo, timestamp and a QR code to read the article.

What You'll Need

* If using a Free plan, make sure you're using a Free-plan capable device

Creating a The New York Times News Asset

First, you will need to have your screens set up and paired. For more information on how to do that, click here.

Then log on to our portal: http://app.optisigns.com/

Go to Files/Assets, then click Apps.

OptiSigns Files/Assets page with the Files/Assets tab and the Apps button in the left panel highlighted.

Click The New York Times:

Add App dialog searched for New York Times, with The New York Times app card highlighted next to RSS.

Enter your The New York Times Wall App information:

The New York Times Wall setup form: Name field and the Category checkbox list, with a live Preview panel.

Name: Name of your The New York Times Wall app, this is the name of the app in your asset list. It will not be displayed on your screens.
Category: Select the region and category that you want to focus on. You can check as many as you want.

Theme, Speed and Font Size dropdowns in the New York Times Wall form, all set to their defaults.

Theme: Select Light or Dark Theme.
Speed: Select how fast you want the app to scroll or switch between posts. You can also customize your speed if you select Custom.

Speed set to Custom, showing a 1-to-20 slider marked Slow, Medium and Fast with the handle at 10.

Font Size: Set the font size for the The New York Times Wall app.

Clicking Advanced opens up additional options:

Advanced section expanded, showing the Date & Time and Scrolling Strip Font Size dropdowns.

Date & Time: Choose from a set of pre-formatted dates, or select a custom date format:

Scrolling Strip Font Size: If you put the The New York Times News Wall app to a SplitScreen zone that is a scrolling strip, you can set how big you want the scrolling text to be.

After you've configured the New York Times News app to your liking, hit Save.

Your New York Times app will appear as an Asset in OptiSigns, and it can now be directly assigned to a screen or used in a Playlist. This asset can then be edited at any time from the Files/Assets tab.

That's all!

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