About Aurora Page Templates
Designer provides many page templates you can use and customize to fit the needs of your community. Many of these fall into similar categories and therefore have similar widgets and out-of-the-box designs. Some are a bit more complex and apply to the community globally. Below is an index and description of these categories and individual page templates. While there are many page templates and widgets to choose from, much of the functionality is repeated throughout Designer. For more information on this functionality, see the following articles: Using Page Templates Create and arrange sections in a Page Template Getting Started with Widgets Community Home template The Community Home page template applies only to the homepage of your community. On this template, you can add any widgets you want members to see on the very first page they land on in the community. Commonly added widgets are: Recent Content Places Top Contributors Top Content Header & Footer template The global Header & Footer template is unique in that it applies across your entire community. It contains the site header—composed of the navigation bar, the breadcrumb trail, and the banner—and the site footer. For more information, see Header & Footer Configuration. Container Dashboard templates Container dashboard templates define how higher-level place landing pages appear to members of the community. The following dashboard templates fall into this category: Category Dashboard Group Dashboard These templates enable you to provide a look into what’s available to members of that container to read, follow, and comment on. Commonly added widgets are: Recent Content Category Information or Group Information Members Top Contributors Top Content Content Type Dashboard templates Content type dashboard templates define how content type landing pages appear to members of the community. The following dashboard templates fall into this category: Forum Dashboard Blog Dashboard Knowledge Base Dashboard Ideas Dashboard Event Dashboard These templates enable you to provide a look at what’s going on in a board (forum, blog, knowledge base, events board, ideas board). Commonly added widgets are: Recent Discussions or Recent Content Forum Information, Blog Information, Knowledge Base Information, Event Board Information, or Ideas Board Information Top Content Top Contributors Content type-specific widgets are not available on a different content type’s dashboard template. For instance, you cannot add a Recent Discussions widget to a Knowledge Base Dashboard or an Ideas widget to a Blog Dashboard. Content post templates Content post templates define how a particular piece of content looks to members. The following templates fall into this category: Forum Discussion Blog Post Knowledge Base Article Idea Event These page templates come out of the box with widgets that cannot be deleted because they contain the body of a top-level discussion, post, article, or idea or because they contain a space for commenting on a discussion, post, article, or idea. However, you can add other widgets to these templates. Commonly added widgets are: Featured Content Related Content Recent Discussions Content type-specific widgets are not available on a different content type’s post template. For instance, you cannot add a Recent Discussions widget to a Knowledge Base Article template. Member Profile template The Member Profile page template applies only to the Member Profile, which is what members see when they click another member’s username in the community. On this template, you can add any widgets you want that give information about the member being highlighted. This template comes out of the box with a member information widget that cannot be deleted. This widget contains the member’s username, rank, email address, join date, number of contributions, and number of likes. You can add other widgets to this template. Commonly added widgets are: Contributions Top Contributions Groups Featured Content Search Results Page template The Search Results Page template applies only to the page that appears when someone runs a search in your community. This page template includes the following four widgets out of the box that cannot be deleted: Search bar widget (with filters) Content Results widget (shows content matching the search query) People widget (shows people whose usernames match the search query) Places widget (shows places with names matching the search query) Note: If the search term does not match with a particular widget type, that widget is not displayed in Designer or in the community. For example, if no places match your query, the Places widget is not visible in Designer or on the Search Results page in the community. Refer to the table below to understand the capabilities and limitations of each section or widget on this page template. Note: While you can add widgets to the bottom of the column containing the People widget and the Places widget, you cannot add a new widget between these two widgets. You can also add new sections to this page template. These can be moved and deleted, and you can add Text/HTML widgets to them. Related topics: About Community site structure About Categories About Groups About Blogs About Forums About Knowledge Bases About Ideas About Events About the Aurora member Profile page About Aurora Search Refer to the Build Khoros Communities course for training on site design.Aurora: Top Contributors widget configuration
The Top Contributors widget displays a series of contributors with the highest ratings based on popularity metrics including Likes/Votes Received, Posts (Topics and Replies Created), Topics Created, and Solutions Authored. It is available on the Community Home Page, the Category Dashboard, the Group Dashboard, the Forum Dashboard, the Blog Dashboard, the Knowledge Base Dashboard, and the Ideas Dashboard. Layouts The Layouts section features the List, Grid, and Card layouts. The information that can be displayed for each contributor depends on the Layout and its unique set of available elements. List Grid Card Configuration Options The configuration options available depend on the layout selected. For example, the List layout style has a List Style setting, while the Grid layout includes an Avatar Size option. List Style The List Style is unique to the List layout and determines how items in the list are separated from each other. You can choose to have whitespace (Space) between items, a horizontal line (Divide), or a defined Border that separates items in the list into individual visual blocks. Avatar Size Unique to the Grid layout, the Avatar Size setting changes the size of the avatar images as they appear in the grid. You can choose between a Medium or Large avatar size. Widget Title The 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. Number of Items You can designate the number of contributors featured in the widget using the Number of Items slider (maximum 20). Sort You can sort contributors by several different categories using the Sort By drop-down menu. Available options include: Likes/Votes Received Posts (Topics and Replies Created) Topics Created Solutions Authored Sort By gives you the power to create a widget dedicated to the top solvers in your community and another for members with the most likes on their content. The Time Period defines the length of time popularity metrics are calculated. This enables you to create a widget featuring a single top contributor for the week/month/year, your top five of all time, or any variation in between. List Item/Card Elements The List and Card layouts include elements that can refine the information about each member that appears in the widget. These elements include: Avatar Rank Count Roles to exclude You can exclude specific roles from being displayed in the Top Contributors widget. This is helpful when your administrators or other staff create a large amount of content but you want to highlight only your other members’ contributions to the community. To exclude roles, select the field and then choose the roles you want to exclude. Members assigned to the roles you select are not displayed on the Top Contributors widget. More Options Additional options for the widget appear in the More Options section of the Edit Widget panel: The Hide if Empty option hides the widget in the event that nothing meets the criteria to be displayed (for example, if no contributors have authored any accepted solutions and Solutions Authored is the Sort By criteria). Optimize page-load time uses lazy loading to load images as the member scrolls down the page.Aurora: Recent Content widget configuration
The Recent Content widget displays the most recent items from blogs, knowledge bases, forums, ideas, and/or events within your community. It can be configured with different layouts, a specified number of items, and a variety of other elements. Layouts The layouts included for the Recent Content widget are Detailed list, List, and Card. From the Edit Widget panel, select any of these options to change the layout. Each layout has its own set of unique options available. 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 Card Configuration Options List style The available List style options for Detailed list and List 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. Title The Title sets the title that appears at the top of the widget. If the Visible only to screen readers toggle is enabled, the title remains hidden to most visitors; however, the title information is still relayed to visitors using screen readers. Scope The Scope field enables you to select where the widget is scoped. You can scope to the community, a category, a group, or a specific board. If you select a specific board, the Content types to include drop-down menu becomes inactive. Content Types to Include Use the Content Types to Include drop-down menu to select the type(s) of content types to display in the widget. Options include: All (All content types) Blogs only Knowledge Bases only Discussions only Ideas only Sort You can set the default Sort By filter to one of the following options: Newest topics Most recent (applies only to top-level posts and replies, not nested replies) Detailed list Options The available sort options for the Detailed list layout depend on the state of the Show additional filter/sort tabs toggle. If deactivated, you can set the default Sort By filter to one of the options listed in the previous section. Below Sort and filter options, you can also turn on Show filter and sort controls to add a Tagged line where members can click + Tag to enter a tag to filter content by that tag. If, however, the Show additional filter/sort tabs toggle is active, you can configure the different sort options available to visitors through tabs that appear on the top of the widget. These include: Sort by Most Viewed Sort by Most Liked Sort by Most Replies Filter by Newest Topics Filter by Most Recent Filter by Items with No Replies Yet Number of Items The Number of items slider gives you control over the number of items displayed on the initial page load before a Show More option appears. List item/Card elements Elements are additional pieces of information that can be displayed along with each item in the widget. The list of available elements changes depending on which layout you've selected. Detailed list and List layouts have an additional Lead with drop-down menu. It enables you to choose to 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. Hide if empty hides any tabs that don't have corresponding items. 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.Aurora: Custom widget configuration
Your organization may have created some of their own custom widgets for use in your page templates. These custom widgets can address use cases or functionality not available in out-of-the-box widgets. Therefore, there aren’t configuration options specific to the content of the widget—the options instead help you design the widget's layout and some of its properties. To access and configure a custom widget: In Designer, open the page template to which you want to add the custom widget. Add a widget section by clicking the add icon (plus sign) in an open area of the page template. In the Add Widget panel that opens, locate and select the custom widget you want to add. It may be located under any of the categories (Content, People, or Places) depending on what it is related to. If a custom widget has not been tied to any categories, it is located under Other > Custom. Configure any or all of the following: Widget Title: Sets the title that appears at the top of the widget. If the Visible only to screen readers option is turned on, the title remains hidden to most visitors; however, the title information is still relayed to visitors using screen readers. Visible To: Select whether you want the widget visible to Both Non signed-in and Signed-in users, Only Signed-in users, or Only Non signed-in users. Optimize page-load time: Optimize page-load time by utilizing lazy load functionality, which loads images as the member scrolls down the page. Remove widget wrapper: Select this option to remove the default wrapper and padding on the widget. If you are using a custom widget with text or HTML content, click Edit Widget Content to use the content editor to add text, videos, or images (see About the Content Editor for more information). You can now view the custom widget on any pages associated with the template where you added it. Related topics: Text/HTML widget configuration Developer Docs: Introduction to Handlebars ComponentsAurora: Feature content, places, and idea statuses on a page
In many Aurora communities, people who are not admins and therefore have no access to Designer may need to edit featured content and featured places on a particular page. With the Edit items in list widgets permission enabled for their associated role, a member can go right to the page where they want to add featured items and add content, places, or idea statuses using the Edit Featured Content, Edit Featured Places, Edit Featured Idea Statuses, or Edit Featured Guides button. By default, community members with the Group Owner or Group Curator role are granted the Edit items in list widgets permission. An admin must have first added the widget from Designer on a particular page template. From then on, members with the appropriate permissions can edit the featured items as desired at any time on the pages tied to that template. When admins add the widget in Designer, they can preview how it will look within the community using sample content. Because some pages in your community may benefit from different featured content, places, or idea statuses, the sample content added in Designer is not published to the community. You must go to the page in the community where you want to feature content, places, idea statuses, or guides and add them there. Featured content is decided on each individual instance of the widget. Note: Currently, there is no way to draw featured content, places, or idea statuses from a global source. Be sure to update the featured widget on every page where you place it. 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. Feature content Go to the page in the community where you want to feature content. Locate the Edit Featured Content area and select the button. In the Content field, search for content to add. You can then reorder the content by grabbing it with your cursor and dragging it to the desired location. Select Save to commit your changes and return to the page. Feature places Go to the page in the community where you want to feature places. Locate the Edit Featured Places area and select the button. In the Places field, search for places to add. You can then reorder a place by grabbing it with your cursor and dragging it to the desired location. Select Save to commit your changes and return to the page. Feature idea statuses Go to the Ideas Dashboard page in the community where you want to feature idea statuses. Locate the Edit Featured Idea Statuses area and select the button. Select Add Status as many times as necessary to add the idea statuses you want to feature. (Optional) Reorder the statuses by grabbing them with your cursor and dragging them to the desired location. Select Save to commit your changes and return to the page. Feature Guides Go to the page in the community where you want to feature guides. Locate the Edit Featured Guides Content area and select the button. In the Edit Featured Guides window, search and select the guides you want to feature. Select Save to commit your changes and return to the page. The widget is added to the selected guide. Note: To edit any existing widgets on your community pages, select the pencil icon next to them. For example, see the Featured Guides widget below: Related topics: Configure the Featured Content widget Configure the Featured Places widget Configure the Featured Idea Statuses widget Using Featured Guides widget Permission descriptions About roles and permissionsAurora: Featured Idea Statuses widget configuration
The Featured Idea Statuses widget displays the idea statuses you choose to feature and is available on the Ideas Dashboard page template. 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. When members access the widget in the community, they can click the status name to view the All ideas page scoped to that status. Layout The Featured Idea Statuses widget includes the List and Card layouts. From the Edit Widget panel, select one of these options to change the layout. List The List layout gives you a simple view of the statuses featured in the widget along with the number of ideas (if chosen to be included) associated with each status. Card The Card layout showcases the idea’s status name in the center of the card with, if chosen to be included, the idea count of each status displayed above the status name. Configuration options List style The options in the List style section for List layouts are the following: 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. Widget 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 Idea Statuses Click Edit Sample Content to open a window where you can select sample idea statuses to preview how the widget will look in the community. Click Add Status to add statuses you want to feature one by one. You can then reorder the content by grabbing it with your cursor and dragging it to the desired location. Note: The sample statuses you select here are not saved or published to the community. You must add the actual idea statuses you want to feature on the desired page in the community. There is no global source for adding places 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. 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. In this case, you can turn on or off the indicator for the number of ideas with the Show idea count toggle. Number of items The Number of items slider enables you to indicate how many idea statuses can be displayed on 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. Related topics: Feature content, places, and idea statuses on a pageAurora: Featured Places widget configuration
The Featured Places widget displays a list of places (KBs, forums, blogs, ideas boards, and/or event boards) in the community that you choose to feature. You can configure it to focus on top-level boards only or to present sub-places within those communities as nested items. 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 There are 2 layouts available for the Featured Places widget: List and Card. List style 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. There are 3 list styles available in the List layout: The Space list style divides items in the list using a blank space rather than a solid visual divider. The Divide list style adds a solid horizontal line between line items. The Border list style separates items in the list into separate sections. Card The Card layout showcases each place in a card and includes an expansion feature that opens an additional panel with any sub-places under each item. Cards can be configured by their Card Size and Card text alignment: The Card Size setting changes the overall size of the avatar and text so that it takes up more horizontal room in the card. You can choose between Medium and Large content sizes. The Card text alignment setting aligns text within each card. Aligning text to either the Left or Right places the text so that it hugs the side of the card; however, the avatar image (if selected) will center itself above the text. Configuration options Title You can enter a title for the widget to display 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 Places Click Edit Sample Content to open a window where you can select sample places to preview how the widget will look in the community. In the Places field, search for a place to add. You can then reorder a place by grabbing it with your cursor and dragging it to the desired location. Note: The sample places you select here will not be saved and published to the community. You must add the actual place you want to feature on the desired page in the community. There is no global source for adding places 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. 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. List item/card element options include: Avatar (Card only): The place’s image. Description: The place’s description. Post count: The total number of posts in the place. Unread post count: The number of unread posts in the place. Most recent activity timestamp: The timestamp of the latest activity (in days) in the place. Lock Icon (Closed, hidden, and read only) (List only) Expand category children (Card only): An expandable section at the bottom of the card so you can view the category children. The Lead with drop-down menu in the List layout sets which element appears first in the widget for each item. The Max lines of description text slider available for both List and Card layouts sets the number of lines of description text to display for each item in the widget. Number of places The Number of places slider sets the number of places that appear in the widget before the Show More link appears. 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 in the More options section: The Include "Show More" Links toggle turns on the Show More feature if the number of places exceeds the value of the Number of places slider. The Optimize page-load time toggle turns on the lazy loader, which loads images as the member scrolls down the page, shortening the initial page load time. Related topics: Feature content, places, and idea statuses on a pageAurora: 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. Related topics: Feature content, places, and idea statuses on a pageAurora: Group Information widget configuration
The Group Information widget displays basic information about the Group. It is available on the Group Dashboard page template. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the Group. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggle controls: Widget Title: The title of the widget. This appears at the top. Avatar: The group's designated avatar. Description: A short description of the group as defined in the group's settings. Owners: A count and listing of group members with ownership permissions for the group. Creation Date: The period of time that has passed since the creation of the group. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any messages within the group. Membership Type: The current type of membership the person has with the group. Join Action (Open Groups only): A call-to-action button that enables members to join the group directly. Member Count: A total number of people who are members of the group. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the group’s description. More Options The More Options section of the widget settings features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time using lazy loading so that image loading occurs as the user scrolls, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.Aurora: Event Board Information widget configuration
The Event Board Information widget displays basic information about the event board. It is available in the Event Dashboard page template. Widget Text Alignment The Widget Text Alignment area of the widget's settings menu enables you to set the alignment of content inside the widget to either the left, center, or right side of the widget. Widget Elements The widget includes a series of elements that showcase different information about the event board. You can switch these individual elements on or off using the following toggles: Widget Title: The title that appears at the top of the widget. Avatar: The event board’s designated image or default icon. Description: A short description of the event board as defined in the board's settings. Event Count: The number of events currently published in the board. Latest Activity Date: A display of the time since the last activity on any events within the board. Follow Action: A call-to-action button that enables visitors to follow the board directly. Follower Count: A total number of members subscribed to the board. Max lines of description text Use the slider to set up to 20 lines of text for the event board’s description. More Options The More Options section features a toggle that enables you to optimize page-load time via lazy loading. With this option turned on, loading occurs as the community member scrolls down the page, creating a shorter time for the initial page load.
