Blogs Widget
Purpose
Connect with your employees on a more personal level that can help drive corporate standards, vision, and the personality of your company.
Features
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- Displays news item from a list as a hyperlinked image with a display title overlay and published date
- Allows for an unlimited number of blog articles to display (widget count defaults to 4)
- Selection of the blog item to display is determined by start date and tags in the widget instance
- Can be set to display the latest content with a specific tag (defaults to user’s department)
- Can be filtered based on location tag
- Mobile-ready via Responsive Web Design
Details
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- Widget Name: BlogsWidget
- Available With: Release 4.5 and Above
- Content App Type: AkuminaBlogs
- Content Type: Author
- Content App Name: News – Blogs
- List Name: Blogs_AK
- Recommended Images Sizes: 760 x 500 px
- Dependencies: SharePoint
Content
Title | Title that will display in the Content App list |
Body | Rich text that will make up the body of the blog item |
Expires | Date and time when the blog item will become inactive and no longer display |
Start Date | Date in which content will be visible on the site |
StaticUrl | Url that will be used to display the blog detail page |
Image | Image that will used for the blog item |
HubNewsCategory | Managed Meta data category that is used for tagging content |
BlogLocation | Managed Meta data category that is used for tagging content |
PublishedBy | Name of user who is getting credit for the blog item |
Job Title | One line of text that will be used for the Publisher’s job title |
Add Attachment | File that will be attached to the blog item |
Properties
Selected list columns | Columns in the SharePoint list that the widget is utilizing. | |
Cache Interval | Sets the time, in seconds, that the data should be saved in the local browser cache of the current user.
· 0 = Do not cache the data for this widget · -1 = Use the default caching strategy set in the Digital Workplace configuration Whole Number = Cache for specific time, in minutes |
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List Name | Name of the SharePoint list that contains the data to be displayed for this widget instance. | |
# of Items to Display | Number of blog items to be displayed on the page | |
Category | Metadata Category. Can be used for displaying list items with indicated category | |
Order By | Name of data field that contains the order of items to display. This field must be a numeric integer field. | |
Order Direction | Order the list items by ascending or descending order based on last modified time | |
Function to call before binding the UI events |
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isasynccallback | Tells the widget if the callback method is mentioning uses def (i.e. Ajax) or a plain one | |
Function to call after fetching data | OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion): Name of the function called after data has been fetched by the widget. | |
Site Collection URL | Site collection URL where the SharePoint list defined in “List Name” can be found. |
Views
View Name: Blogs
View Description: Displays a featured blog and a visual list of other blog articles, complete with image, title, tag, and date
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View Name: Blogs – Modern
View Description: Displays an updated version of the Blogs view with more slick CSS code and styling
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