What are widgets?
Widgets are self-contained, HTML-based representations of software components. The content palette displays the widgets that are available for you to use in the Home page.You can access the following types of widget from the content palette:
- IBM Connections widgets. The IBM Connections widgets available from the content palette include widgets for the IBM Connections applications that 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 IBM Connections applications to recommend content that might be relevant to you.
- Widgets acquired from another vendor. When your administrator has enabled the use of widgets from another vendor, these are displayed in the content palette along with the IBM Connections widgets that are available for use.
You can access the content palette by clicking Customize on the Updates tab or the Widgets tab.
Note: For the widgets in all the IBM 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 your Home page
Add widgets to the Updates and Widgets tabs so that you can view 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 on the Updates and Widgets tabs.
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