Display Your Property Information on Home Assistant Dashboards
Keep property details, to-dos, and contact information visible on wall tablets and smart home dashboards with secure embeddable widgets.
Why Embed at Your Property?
If you have a smart home setup like Home Assistant at your vacation property, embedding your OurSharedPlace information directly on dashboards makes critical information instantly accessible to everyone staying at the property.
Perfect For:
- • Wall-mounted tablets in the kitchen or entryway
- • Property management kiosks
- • Smart displays throughout the home
- • Shared information screens for guests
What You Can Embed
OurSharedPlace provides secure embed links for four key features. Each has its own unique URL that you can display anywhere.
1. Blog Posts & Updates
Display your property blog with house rules, how-to guides, WiFi passwords, and local recommendations. Posts are searchable and filterable by tags.
Perfect for a kitchen tablet showing "How to use the hot tub" or "Where to find the circuit breaker"
2. Contact Directory
Show your list of important contacts: plumber, electrician, property manager, neighbors, and local services. All phone numbers, addresses, and notes in one place.
Essential for emergencies or when you need to call a service provider
3. To-Do Lists
Display property maintenance tasks and checklists. Shows who's assigned to each task, due dates, and completion status.
Great for coordinating seasonal maintenance or departure checklists
4. Individual Blog Posts
Embed a specific blog post as a standalone page. Perfect for displaying critical information like house rules or WiFi instructions.
Use this to create dedicated screens for frequently-needed information
Step 1: Generate Your Embed Links
- 1. Log in to OurSharedPlace and navigate to your property
- 2. Go to Settings → Embed Links
- 3. Click "Generate Embed Links"
- 4. Copy the URLs for the features you want to embed
Security Note: Each embed link contains a unique token. Anyone with the link can view that content (no login required). You can regenerate tokens at any time to invalidate old links.
Step 2: Add to Home Assistant
Home Assistant makes it easy to embed external content using the Webpage card or iFrame panel.
Option A: Using Webpage Card (Easiest)
# In your Home Assistant dashboard YAML:
type: iframe
url: https://yoursite.com/embed/blog/YOUR-PROPERTY-ID?token=YOUR-TOKEN
aspect_ratio: 75%
title: Property BlogOption B: Using Panel (Full Screen)
For a dedicated full-screen view (like on a wall tablet), add this to your configuration.yaml:
panel_iframe:
property_blog:
title: "Property Info"
url: "https://yoursite.com/embed/blog/YOUR-PROPERTY-ID?token=YOUR-TOKEN"
icon: mdi:book-open-variant
contacts:
title: "Contacts"
url: "https://yoursite.com/embed/contacts/YOUR-PROPERTY-ID?token=YOUR-TOKEN"
icon: mdi:phone-classic
todos:
title: "To-Dos"
url: "https://yoursite.com/embed/todos/YOUR-PROPERTY-ID?token=YOUR-TOKEN"
icon: mdi:checkbox-marked-circle-outlineStep 3: Display Individual Posts
For specific important information, you can embed a single blog post. This is perfect for:
- • House rules screen in the entryway
- • WiFi password and network information
- • Emergency procedures and contact info
- • Appliance instructions with photos/videos
To get the embed link for a specific post:
- 1. View the published blog post in OurSharedPlace
- 2. Click the "Share" button (admins only)
- 3. Copy the embed link or iFrame code
- 4. Add it to Home Assistant using the same iframe method above
Pro Tips
- Refresh Automatically: Home Assistant refreshes these pages automatically, so updates you make in OurSharedPlace appear immediately.
- Responsive Design: All embed views are mobile-friendly and adapt to different screen sizes automatically.
- No Login Required: Guests and maintenance workers can view the information without needing an OurSharedPlace account.
- Update Remotely: Edit blog posts, contacts, or to-dos from anywhere, and they update on all embedded displays instantly.
- Consider More Than One Tablet: Set up different screens throughout your property—blog in the kitchen, contacts near the phone, to-dos in the utility room.
Beyond Home Assistant
These embed links work anywhere that accepts HTML iframes, including:
- • Property websites or landing pages
- • Digital signage displays
- • Kiosk browsers
- • Any web page or CMS that allows custom HTML