Aurora: Places widget configuration
The Places widget displays a list of places in the community. You can configure it to focus on top-level boards only or to present sub-places within those communities as nested items. It is available on the Community Home and Category Dashboard templates.
- Layout
- Configuration
- List Style
- Card size
- Card text alignment
- Widget Title
- Scope
- Place types to include
- Sort by
- List item/card elements
- Max lines of description text
- Number of places
- More Options
Layout
The Layout options available are List and Card.
- The List layout creates a vertical list of places, enabling members to identify and navigate to parts of your community quickly. Line items can include avatar images as well as descriptions, post totals, and more.
The Card layout showcases each place in its card, including an expansion feature that opens an additional panel with any sub-places under each item.
Configuration
List Style
The List Style options available for the List layout include:
- 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.
Card size
The Card Size setting changes the overall size of the avatar and text so that it takes up more horizontal space on the card. You can choose from among Small, Medium, and Large content sizes.
Card text alignment
The Card text alignment setting aligns text within each card. You can select from left, center, or right alignment. The place's image is always centered.
Widget Title
The Widget Title appears at the top of the widget. If the Visible only to screen readers toggle is active, the title remains hidden from most visitors; however, the title information is still relayed to visitors using screen readers.
Scope
The Scope field enables you to select the top-level place where the widget is scoped. You can scope to the community, a category, or a group, and child-level places of the place you choose are then shown on the widget.
Place types to include
This drop-down menu sets the filter for places that appear in the widget. You can choose to display All places or a specific type of place.
Options include:
- All
- Blogs Only
- Boards Only
- Categories Only
- Forums Only
- Groups Only
- My Groups Only
- Knowledge Bases Only
- Idea boards only
- Event boards only
Sort by
This drop-down menu sets the criteria by which items in the widget are sorted.
Available options include:
- Name
- Latest Activity
- Most Viewed
- Topics Count
- Posts Count
- Community Structure
List item/card elements
List item/card elements determine what information is included for each item in the widget. You can choose to show or hide each element.
Options include:
- Avatar (Card)
- Description
- Expand Category Children (Card)
- Lock Icon (Closed, hidden, and read-only) (List)
- Most Recent activity timestamp
- Post Count
- Unread Post Count
The Lead With drop-down menu in the List layout sets which element appears first in the widget for each item: Avatar, Icon, or None.
Max lines of description text
Use the Max lines of description text slider to set the number of lines of description text to display for each place in the widget.
Number of places
Use the Number of places slider to set the number of places that appear in the widget before the "Show More" link is displayed.
The List layout includes a slider for the Number of category children. If the value of this slider is greater than 0, child places are displayed as nested objects under the parent.
More Options
Additional options are available at the bottom of the Edit Widget panel:
- Hide if empty: Hides any tabs that don't have corresponding items.
- Include "Show More" links: Add a link to the bottom of the widget to enable visitors to display additional items once the Number of places has been reached.
- Optimize page-load time: Utilizes lazy loading to load images as the member scrolls down the page.
