Aurora: Featured Content widget configuration

The Featured Content widget displays posts from blogs, knowledge bases, forums, and/or ideas boards within your community that you choose to feature.

If you reset the layout of a page with a populated Featured widget or delete a section containing a populated Featured widget, that Featured widget is deleted from all other page templates on which it appears. If you attempt to reset or delete, you will receive a warning that also indicates all other places where the widget is located.

Layout

The Featured Content widget includes three layout styles: Detailed List, List, and Card.

From the Edit Widget panel, select any of these three options to change the layout. Each layout has its own set of unique options, which are explained in List Item/Card Elements.

Detailed List

The Detailed List layout features a smaller thumbnail accompanied by the item's title, various elements, and a preview of its content.

List

The List layout gives you a simple, minimalistic view of the items featured in the widget. You can see the title as well as any elements toggled on in the List Item Elements area of the Edit Widget panel.

Card

The Card layout showcases the item's image, providing a visually appealing summary of your featured content.

Configuration Options

List Style

There are 3 available options in the List style section for the Detailed List and List layouts:

Space: Uses whitespace to create space between items.
Divide: Adds a horizontal line to divide items.
Border: Creates a border that separates items into individual boxes.

Title

Enter a title to appear at the top of the widget. If the Visible only to screen readers toggle is on, the title is relayed only through screen readers.

Edit Sample Featured Content

Click Edit Sample Content to open a window where you can select sample content to preview how the widget will look in the community.

In the Content field, search for sample content to add to the preview. You can then reorder the content by grabbing it with your cursor and dragging it to the desired location.

Note: The sample content you select here will not be saved and published to the community. You must add the actual content you want to feature on the desired page in the community. There is no global source for adding content that would apply it to every instance of the widget. See Feature content, places, and idea statuses on a page.

Click Preview to return to editing the widget.

Number of Items

The Number of Items slider gives you control over the number of items displayed on the initial page load before the Show More option appears.

List Item/Card Elements

List item elements and Card elements determine what information is included for each item in the widget. Turning off or on the toggles hides or shows the elements.

These elements include:

Author: The author's name.
Author Rank: The rank of the author.
Body preview/teaser: Preview text for the content.
Media Preview: A preview of any media included in the content.
Like/Vote Count: A total number of likes or votes the content has received.
Reply Count: The number of replies to the content.
Tags: Any tag(s) associated with the content.
Timestamp: The time and date the content was published.
Place: The category or board of the content.
View count: The total number of views the content has received.
Solved Badge (Discussions only): A badge indicating whether the content has been marked solved.
Time to Read (Blogs only): An indicator of the length of time the average person will take to read the content.
Unread Messages Indicator: (Detailed List) The total number of unread posts or comments on the content (for example, "1 unread").
Centered Card Content: (Card) Center text on the card.

The Lead with drop-down menu lets you display the item author's Avatar, discussion style Icon, or None, along with the item in the widget.

More options

Additional options are available at the bottom of the Edit Widget panel:

Include "Show More" Link adds a link to the bottom of the widget to enable visitors to display additional items once the Number of items has been reached.
Optimize page-load time uses lazy loading to load images as the member scrolls down the page.