The Subscriptions integration widget provides the ability to manage a curated set of content subscriptions. Administrators, or users with Edit access to a page, select how and what objects appear in this list. Users can then subscribe to these objects by selecting a frequency (if configured) and selecting Follow.
To activate the Subscriptions integration widget, contact your Customer Success Manager or email the Customer Success Team.
Sections in this article:
Set up
- Place an
Integrations widget on a page, space, or dashboard. For more information, see Placing and setting up a widget.
- Select the placed widget's Edit button.
- Under Integration Library, select Igloo Integration Library.
- Select
Igloo Software Subscriptions Widget from the library.
- Review and make changes to the settings on the Options and Appearance tabs. You can find details about the widget's settings in the Settings section below.
- In the widget editor, select Update to apply your changes.
- At the bottom of your page, space, or dashboard, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your changes.
Settings
| Setting | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Title |
Enter a title for the widget. The title appears as a heading above the widget's contents. You should use the title to provide context to the widget and better structure a page's content by clearly denoting different sections. When entering a title, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select This field can contain a maximum of 140 characters. |
| Title link |
Enter the URL of a location in your digital workplace. Users who click the widget's title, if it has one, will go to this location. Whether you enter the link as a relative URL or an absolute URL does not matter, it will convert to an absolute URL the next time you edit the widget. This field can contain a maximum of 2,083 characters. |
| Description |
Enter a description for the widget. The description appears between the title and the widget's contents. You can use this text to provide information to users about the widget. When entering a description, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Source URL |
Enter the relative URL of the location that you want users to be able to subscribe to. This field is mandatory. Up to six objects (channels, specific channel content, pages, or spaces) can be added to the Subscriptions integration widget. Entering the relative URL of a page, space, folder, or folder channel will result in users who subscribe to that object getting subscribed to the first ten objects under it. For example, if a page has four blogs under it, you can enter the relative URL of the page, and users who subscribe to that entry will be subscribed to the four nested blog channels and the page itself. |
| Title |
Enter a title for the object. If left blank, the object's title is used. |
| Description |
Enter a description of the object. If left blank, the object's description is used. |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Show source title | Select whether subscriptions display a title. |
| Show source description | Select whether subscriptions display a description. |
| Show subscription frequency | Select whether users can choose a frequency for the subscription. If the frequency selector is not displayed, clicking the follow button will create a subscription with a frequency of instant. |
| Follow button text |
Enter custom text for the Follow button. The default value is |
| Unfollow button text |
Enter custom text for the unfollow button. The default value is |
| Button background color |
Enter a custom color for the follow button background. This does not change the color of the unfollow button. The following color formats are supported:
If left blank, the background of follow buttons will be green ( |
| Button text color |
Enter a custom color for the text of the follow button. This does not change the color of the unfollow button text. The following color formats are supported:
If left blank, the follow button text will be white. |
| Background color |
Enter a custom color for the background of subscriptions. The following color formats are supported:
If left blank, the background of subscriptions will be gray ( |
| Rounded corners |
Select how rounded the corners of the follow button are. Options include:
|
| Layout |
Select how subscriptions are displayed. Options include:
|
Appearance tab
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Class |
Enter CSS class selectors to provide additional styling to the widget. For more information, see Applying custom CSS to widgets. |
| Height |
Select the height of the widget. The default value is Auto (leftmost slider position) scales the widget's height to fit its contents. You can use the slider to set a fixed height between 50px to 600px in increments of 50px. Selecting a height less than what is needed to display its contents results in the widget having a vertical scrollbar. |
Note
Your digital workplace's theme overwrites many of the settings on the Appearance tab. However, the settings listed above are usable.