Scenario
You want to point people to a program, announcement or set of resources from MyHub, Events, Content or Connections, under a title you choose, such as "New Hires" or "AI for Beginners". The built-in widgets can't be renamed or repurposed, so you add a custom widget instead.
Admins create custom widgets. Every signed-in person sees the enabled ones; you can't limit a widget to a group.
Note: Widgets is being turned on site by site. If you don't see Widgets in your Dashboard, contact PlusPlus Support.
Solution
To add a custom widget:
Open the profile menu and select Dashboard.
Select Widgets under Administration.
The Widgets page lists every custom widget on your site.Click New widget.
Enter a Name.
Only admins see the name, in the Widgets list.Select a Kind: Markdown Text for a card among the page's widgets, or Banner for a full-width strip under the page title.
Enter a Title and a Body.
The body supports Markdown, so you can add links, lists and bold text.Optionally, upload an Image and pick a background colour.
Optionally, enter a Button label and a Button URL to add a button that opens a channel, collection or other page.
Under Pages, check each page to show the widget on and set its Position.
0 puts the widget first.Click Create widget.
The widget appears on the pages you checked.
Go deeper
Widget fields
Field | What it does |
Name | Internal label, shown only in the Widgets list. |
Kind | Markdown Text is a card in the page's widget grid, alongside the built-in widgets. Banner is a full-width strip between the page title and its filters. |
Enabled | Turn it off to hide the widget everywhere without deleting it. |
Title | Heading shown on the widget. |
Body | Text in Markdown. Long text is cut off with a Read more link that opens the full text. |
Image | JPG, PNG or GIF up to 2 MB. On a card it sits above the text at a 16:9 ratio; on a banner it sits to the right of the text. |
Button label and Button URL | Set both or neither. A URL starting with https:// opens in a new tab. A path starting with / (for example /a/content/) opens inside PlusPlus. |
Pages and Position | Pick any of MyHub, Events, Content and Connections. For a card, position is its slot in the widget grid. For a banner, position orders the page's banners. 0 is first. |
How widgets display
A page shows one banner at a time, starting with the lowest position. When a page has more than one banner, people can dismiss the top one to see the next. The dismissal lasts until the page reloads.
On MyHub, custom cards are hidden while someone searches, the same as the built-in widgets. Banners stay visible.
A custom widget shows the text and links you write. It doesn't list content automatically the way built-in widgets such as Content I Was Assigned To do. To keep a list current, point the button to a channel or collection and maintain the content there.
Edit or remove a widget
On the Widgets page, open the context menu (button with three dots) on the widget's row and select Edit or Delete. To take a widget down temporarily, edit it, turn off Enabled and click Save changes.