Adding event widgets to Overview page

If widgets are enabled in your community, you can include events widgets in your place Overview page to notify place visitors of events.

Note: We do not recommend that you use widgets and widgetized Overview pages in your community. For more information, see Understanding pages in places in the Jive 9.x User Help.

The Overview page supports the following events widgets:

Event Calendar
Displays all events created in the place are automatically pulled into it.
Event View Widget
Displays a specific event.
Tagged Event Widget
Displays events that are tagged with the specific tag.
Upcoming Events
Displays all upcoming events created in the place.

For more information about adding widgets, see Designing Overview pages for places in the Jive 9.x Community Manager Help.

To add an event widget from the Overview page:

  1. In your place, open the Overview page.
  2. Select the Manage > Overview page.
  3. In the Widgets section, select Content, then select the widget you want to add.
  4. Drag to Add your selection into your page layout.
  5. Configure the widget as follows:
    1. Click the drop-down arrow in the upper right corner of the widget and then click Edit this widget.
    2. Specify the widget properties:
      Event Calendar Specify a custom title, if the widget should show sub-space events, and a place from which to pull events.
      Event View Specify the Event ID, a custom title, and if the widget border should be hidden options.

      To find an event's ID, look at its URL:


      Event ID in the event URL
      Tagged Event Specify one or more tags to pull the tagged events, a custom title, a place from which to pull events, and if the widget border should be hidden options.
      Upcoming Events Specify a custom title, the number of results to be displayed, if the widget should show sub-space events, and a place from which to pull events.
    3. Click Save Properties to save the widget.
  6. Click Publish Layout to save changes on the Overview page.