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As an administrator

An administrator enables or disables widgets for themes in the Control Panel > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Enable/Disable Widgets tab. Enabling widgets for each of the themes represented by tabs controls who can utilize the widget.

For example, if you enable a widget (such as the Activity Message List widget) on the Groups tab, this enables group owners or administrators to see the widget on their group theme when they click Edit Page and to use the widget in that context. If you enable a widget on the Blogs tab, it's available to blog owners for blog themes. If you enable a widget for Dashboards, users can see the widget to use it on their Dashboards.

Enable widgets to be used in certain theme areas in the Enable Widgets tab

  1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Enable/Disable Widgets.
  2. Select where you want to make the widget available:
    1. Dashboards - The site home page. Widgets in this list can be used to by users to customize their own Dashboards.
    2. Groups - Controls which widgets are available to group owners or administrators customizing pages within their groups.
    3. Blogs - Controls which widgets are available to blog owners customizing pages within blogs.
    4. Sitewide - Controls which widgets are available on site pages (anything that isn't on the Dashboard, group, or blog home pages, including common pages such as user profile, sign in, sign out, settings, etc.).
  3. In the Not Allowed widgets list, click the widget you wish to enable. In this example, the Accept Invitation widget is being moved to the Dashboards theme Allowed Widgets.



  4. Click the single > arrow button. The widget appears in the Allowed Widgets list, meaning you can now utilize this widget on any appropriate page on the site. Note: If you click the double >> arrow button, ALL widgets in the Not Allowed Widgets list will be moved to the Allowed Widgets list.

Disable a widget

  1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Enable/Disable Widgets.
  2. Select the theme tab where the widget is available.
  3. Select the widget in the Allowed widgets column.
  4. Click the < button to move it to the Not allowed widgets.
  5. Click Save.

As a developer

A developer manages widget configuration and theme use on the Control Panel > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Manage Widgets tab.

After modifying a widget, the developer chooses which kind of contexts the widget should be available for. For example, you might modify the Add User File widget in a way that works better with your group themes. In this case, after editing the widget, you would select the Groups check box under the "This widget is enabled for the following theme types" selection area before saving the widget with a new title.

Enable widgets to be used in certain themes in the Manage Widgets tab

  1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Manage Widgets.
  2. Select the widget you wish to modify. In this example, we are using a customized version of the Add User File widget.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Make your customizations to the widget.
  5. Click the Enable/Disable widgets button.



    The Enable/Disable Widgets tab appears.
  6. In this tab, select the theme type where you want to enable the widget.
  7. Select the widget in the Not Allowed Widgets list.
  8. Click the > button to move it to the Allowed Widgets list.
  9. Click Save. (If you want to save this new widget for a particular theme, click Save for theme and select the theme from the drop-down list.)