Special Announcements Widget
Purpose
Highlight and surface an unlimited number of important company announcements.
Features
- Allows for an unlimited number of news items to display (defaults to 3)
- Selection of the news item to display is determined by tags in the widget instance
- Can be set to display the latest content with a specific tag
- Can be targeted based on the current user’s department
- Mobile-ready via Responsive Web Design
Details
- Widget Name: SpecialAnnouncementsWidget
- Available With: Release 4.5 and Above
- Content App Type: Author
- Content Type: N/A
- Content App Name: News – Special Announcements
- List Name: SpecialAnnouncements_AK
- Recommended Images Sizes: 850 x 450 px
- Dependencies: SharePoint
Content
Title | Title that displays on the site, and in the content app list |
Body | Content that will display when the item is clicked into |
Expires | Date and time when the special announcement will expire and no longer display |
Topic | Used to help organize Special Announcements |
Static URL | URL that will be used to display the Special Announcements article detail page |
Image | Image that displays in the widget |
Date | Date that displays under the Title of the Special Announcement |
Category | Metadata category assigned to the Breaking News article for tagging |
Published By | Name of the user who wrote the article |
Job Title | Job title of the user that wrote the article |
Friendly URL | URL that displays after the article is published, will reflect the Title |
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.
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. | |
Function to call before binding the UI events | OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion): Name of the function called after the UI has been rendered to the screen | |
isasynccallback |
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Function to call after fetching data |
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# of Items to Display | This controls how many items to display. | |
Order By | N/A for this widget. Field that the items are ordered by | |
Order Direction | Order (ascending, descending) that the items display | |
Site Collection URL | Site collection URL where the SharePoint list defined in “List Name” can be found. |
Views
View Name: SpecialAnnouncements
View Description: Horizontally displays, and stacks, special announcements, complete with image, category tags, title, and date
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View Name: Special Announcements – Modern
View Description: Updated view of the Special Announcements view with new styling and CSS
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