Content Slideshow widget

Use the Content Slideshow widget to highlight recent content from a selected blog, calendar, or forum channel. The slideshow presents a set number of posts sequentially for a set amount of time in an order based on recency. The displayed content is configurable and can include the content's title, summary, body content, and first image / featured image. Users can go to the displayed content by selecting the title or the Read More button (if turned on).

The slideshow content widget on a page.

Multiple Content Slideshow widgets can be used on a single page or space, each displaying content from different sources in your workplace. A single Content Slideshow widget cannot itself collect and display information from multiple sources.

Sections in this article:

Considerations

  • Access and content visibility: This widget displays content from a connected channel. However, users will only see content to which they have at least Read access.
  • Image sizing and scaling: See Slideshow Content widget: Recommended image sizes.

Who can do this?

  • Enterprise administrators
  • Workplace administrators
  • Space administrators
  • Members of the digital workplace with Edit or Full access

Set up

  1. Place a  Content Slideshow widget on a page, space, or dashboard. For more information, see Placing and setting up a widget
  2. Select the placed widget's Edit button.
  3. Review and make changes to the settings on the Options, Layout, and Appearance tabs. You can find details about the widget's settings in the Settings section below.
  4. In the widget editor, select Update to apply your changes or Cancel to discard them.  
  5. At the bottom of your page, space, or dashboard, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your changes.

Settings

Options tab

General Options
Setting Description
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 Translation and enter a title for each supported language.  

This field can contain a maximum of 140 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 Translation and enter a description for each supported language.

Channel Type

Select a channel type. The Channel setting will only contain channels of this type. Options include:
  • Blog
  • Calendar
  • Forum
Channel

Select which channel to display content from. You will only see channels that you have at least Read access to.

When selecting a channel, you can filter the channel list by entering a channel's name into the provided search box. These filtered results will only display up to 100 matching channels.

Layout Tab

Layout options
Setting Description
Slides

Select the number of slides to display. Options range between 1 to 20 slides.

Each slide displays a unique blog article, calendar event, or forum topic from the connected channel. These slides are always ordered from most to least recent.  

Some additional behaviors to be aware of:
  • Pinning does not affect the ordering of the slideshow.
  • Replies on forum posts cause the post to become more recent, changing the previous display order.
  • Calendar events will only show events that are occurring within the next 6 months. This can result in the number of displayed events being less than the number of slides selected. 
The default value is 5.
Time

Select the display time for each slide. Options range between 3 to 20 seconds.

The default value is 10 seconds.
Transition

Select a transition animation. Options include:
  • Fade: The old slide fades out as the new slide fades in.
  • Slide: The new slide slides in from the right to replace the old slide.
Image

Select how a slide's image is displayed in the widget. Display options include:
  • Above: Display the image above the content's title, summary, and body.
  • Beside: Display the image to the right of the content's title, summary, and body.
  • Behind: Display the image behind the content's title, summary, and body. 
  • No Image: Displays only the title, summary, and body. 

If the content has a defined featured image, the widget will display the feature image. Otherwise, the first image in the content will be displayed in the feed.

For more information on how featured images get displayed in different positions, see Featured image.

Overlay This option is only available if the Image setting is set to Behind.

Select an overlay style to apply to the image so that the text appearing above it is easier to read. Options include:
  • No Overlay: No mask is applied to the image.
Content Slideshow widget with no overlay.
  • Auto Overlay: A transparent mask is applied to the image. This mask's coloring is based on the predominant colors in the image.
Content Slideshow widget with auto overlay.
  • Fixed Overlay: A transparent mask is applied to the image. You can set the color of this mask.
Content Slideshow widget with a chosen color overlay.
In most cases, try using a Fixed Overlay with a black or white mask to improve the readability of the title, summary, and body text. No Overlay is best used when you only want to display an image and no title, summary, or body text.

 

Dots

Select to display navigation dots below the slideshow. Users can select these dots to go to a specific slide.

The dot of the current slide appears darker than the other dots.
Arrows

Select to display navigation arrows on the left and right sides of the slideshow. Users can select these arrows to move to the previous (left arrow) or next slide (right arrow).
Title

Select how much of a content's title is shown on a slide. Options include:
  • Don't show the title text: Leftmost slider position
  • X characters: Between 5 to 45 characters in increments of 5 characters.
  • Show full title: Rightmost slider position
Summary

Select how much of a content summary is shown on a slide. Options include:
  • Don't show summary text: Leftmost slider position
  • X characters: Between 25 to 325 characters in increments of 25 characters.
  • Show full summary: Rightmost slider position
Body Select how much of a content's body is shown on a slide. Options include:
  • Don't show body text: Leftmost slider position
  • X characters: Between 50 to 650 characters in increments of 50 characters.
  • Show full body text: Rightmost slider position
Read More

Select whether a Read More button displays on slides. When users select Read More, they will be redirected to the related article. Options include:
  • Off: The leftmost slider position. Don't display the Read More button.
  • Contextual: The middle slider position. Display the Read More button only when there is additional body text.
  • Always on: The rightmost slider position. Always display the Read More button.
Comments

Select to display the number of comments on a blog article, calendar event, or forum topic. Users can select this to go to the comments section of the associated content.

Views

Select to display the number of views on a blog article, calendar event, or forum topic.

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. Options include:
  • Auto: The leftmost slider position. The widget's height will increase and decrease to contain what it is displaying.
  • Fixed: Select a fixed height between 50px and 600px in increments of 50px. If the content exceeds this fixed value, a vertical scrollbar will appear on the widget.

Note

Your digital workplace's theme overwrites many of the settings on the Appearance tab. However, the settings listed above are usable.