What are widgets?

Widgets are self-contained, HTML-based representations of software components. The content palette displays the widgets available for you to use in the Home page.

We can access the following types of widget from the content palette:

• IBM Connections widgets. The widgets available from the content palette include widgets for the Connections applications you have installed. Use these widgets to display a snapshot view of the latest updates for each application. The content palette also contains social analytics widgets if your administrator has made them available. These widgets use information from the different Connections applications to recommend content that might be relevant to you.

• Third-party widgets. When the administrator has enabled the use of widgets or OpenSocial gadgets from another vendor, these are displayed in the content palette along with the Connections widgets available for use.

We can access the content palette from any of the Home page views by clicking Customize.

For the widgets in all the Connections applications to load properly in Microsoft Internet Explorer, ActiveX Controls must be enabled on the Security tab. To access the Security tab, select Tools > Internet Options > Security.

• Add widgets to the Home page
  Add widgets to the activity stream and My Page views so that we can see updates from IBM Connections and other sources, and bring extra functionality to the Home page.

• Manage Home page widgets
  Use the options available from the widget action menu to manage widgets in the Update and My Page views.

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