Available Widgets Reference

Different widgets are available in different types of pages.

The following tables show the types of widgets that can be used to customize place overview pages.

Table 1. Content Widgets
Name	Description	Used In
Answered Questions	Shows questions that have had a reply marked as the Correct Answer.	All
Ask (place)	Allows a user to ask a question while type-ahead search tries to answer it with a link to content in the place. If search does not find a match, it prompts the user to ask the question by creating a new discussion in the place.	All
Event Calendar	Displays upcoming events for the space or group in a calendar format. Note that you must have the Events plugin installed to see and use this widget.	Group Overview, Space Overview
Event View	Displays a specific event from any place. The event ID is located in the URL for the event, for example, "http://yourcommunity/version/events/1000". In this case, the ID is 1000. Note that you must have the Events plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
Featured Content	Shows the featured content (place owners can designate content items to feature).	All
Featured Video	Shows a featured video. Note that you must have the Video plugin installed to see and use this widget.	Group Overview, Project Overview, Space Overview
Latest Poll	Shows the most recent poll created in the current place.	All
Popular Content	Shows the most liked content. Can be customized to show any combination of recent discussions, documents, polls, and/or blog posts from the current place.	All
Popular Videos	Shows the most liked videos. Note that you must have the Video plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
Popular Tags	Shows the most commonly used tags in the current place.	All
Recent Activity	Displays a list of the most recent activity to show what people are doing.	All
Recent Blog Posts	Shows the first 200 characters of a specific user's blog posts, plus images from the blog.	All
Recent Content	Can be customized to show any combination of recent discussions, documents, polls, blog posts, and/or bookmarks from the current place.	All
Recent Ideas	Displays the place's recent ideas. Note that you must have the Ideation plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
Recent Videos	Displays the place's recent videos. Note that you must have the Video plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
Search	Allows user to search a place. Note that you can point this widget to any other place in the community, not just its containing space. For example, your Human Resources space could search the Wellness group from this widget.	All
Tagged Event	Displays the most recent event that uses a specific tag that you define. Note that you must have the Events plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
Tasks	Displays the upcoming tasks in this project.	Project Overview
Top Ideas	Shows the top ideas in the community.	All
Top Liked Content	Shows the content with the most likes in the current place.	All
Top Rated Content	Shows the content with the highest rating in the current place.	All
Unanswered Questions	Shows discussions in the current place that have been marked as a question, but have not yet been marked Answered.	All
Upcoming Events	On the Home page, displays all visible upcoming events in the system. For all other places, displays the upcoming events for the place. Note that you must have the Events plugin installed to see and use this widget.	All
View Blogs	Shows blog post titles, a 200-character excerpt, or the full content of blog posts in a specified place.	All
View Document	Displays a document you select.	All
Watch a Tag	Shows community content that is tagged with the tag(s) that you specify when setting up this widget. This widget is keyed to the official Tag(s) of content; in other words, this widget does not show content with inline #hashtags or @mention text in the body of the content.	All

Table 2. Place Widgets
Name	Description	Used In
Featured Places	Shows a list of community places that you designate.	All
Groups	Shows similar groups to the current group.	All
Places	Shows the places around the community in a list view sorted by place type.	Home Page
Projects	Shows the place's associated projects.	Group Overview, Space Overview
Related Groups	Shows a list of groups similar to the current group.	Group Overview
Related Projects	Shows a list of projects similar to the current project.	Project Overview
Space Grid	Shows the sub-spaces of the current space in a grid view.	Home Page, Space Overview
Space Tree	Shows the sub-spaces of the current space in a tree view.	Home Page, Space Overview
Spaces	Shows the sub-spaces of the current space in a list view.	Home Page, Space Overview

Table 3. People Widgets
Name	Description	Used In
Featured User	Displays the selected user's profile image and basic information with an optional description.	All
Members	Shows the people who have joined the project.	Project Overview
Newest Members	Shows the people who most recently joined the community.	Home page
Recent Activity	Displays a list of the most recent activity to show what people are doing.	All
Recently Joined	Shows the people who most recently joined the group.	Group Overview
Top Participants	Show the people who created or replied to the most activity. (Note that a user's status points displayed in this widget refer to points earned in the given place only.)	All

Table 4. Other Widgets
Name	Description	Used In
Actions	Displays the Action links through which people can create content for a place.	All
Categories	Displays the administrator-defined categories for a place.	Group Overview, Project Overview, Space Overview
Checkpoints	Shows project milestones.	Project Overview
Formatted Text	Displays your text with formatting, links, and images.	All
Group Overview	Displays an image and description for the group.	Group Overview
HTML	Renders your HTML with JavaScript or even CSS. You can add custom buttons to this widget using the <button> class.	All
Image Navigation	Displays a clickable menu of images and captions linked to locations you select.	All
Project Calendar	Shows checkpoints and tasks due in coming weeks.	Project Overview
Project Overview	Shows the project's graphic, owner, and creation date.	Project Overview
Project Status	Shows an owner-determined status for a project.	Project Overview
Quick Tips	Displays a random quick tip about using the community.	Home page
RSS Subscription	Displays results of a feed from another part of the community or from another web site.	All
Slideshow Carousel	Embeds rich images and news content into a carousel widget.	All
Social Sharing	Allows one-click sharing of the place page in social media outlets. Note that Social Sharing must be enabled in the community by the community manager to see this widget.	All
Space Overview	Shows the space's graphic, description, tags, and creation date.	Space Overview