Widgets display in your project's side panel content area, allowing you to present project information in small snippets for your community. Widgets help your community understand projects with supplemental information, such as images, videos, sign-up links, important links, dates, and documents.
You can add widgets to any project and copy the content from most of them.
There are 14 widgets to choose from:
Important Links: group useful resources about your project - copy function available
Who’s Listening: tell your community which staff are listening to them - copy function available
Signup Banner: encourage users to register and participate
Follow Project: include a follow button to encourage participants to stay updated
News Categories: add categories to organize your news feed
Related Projects: display related projects to drive engagement
Quick Polls (also a tool): display a Quick Poll as a widget
Add a Widget
To add a widget:
On your project page, select the Add Widgets button in the right-hand side panel. If you have any active widgets, they will also be listed here.
Select the widget you want from the list.
Configure your widget’s settings, then Save & Close it.
You can edit an existing widget by selecting the title, Delete a widget using the bin icon, or use the drop-down menu to Show or Hide it.
All widgets have their own configuration tools; you can find detailed instructions for each in the Widgets collection of this help desk.
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