How can I personalize my view of content?

You can personalize the home page so that it shows the things you care about most. As you and others use the community, the amount of content there will grow. You'll develop a preference for certain people's blogs, for discussions in certain areas. And you'll learn that some areas just rarely have something you need. When personalizing your view, you use widgets, which are windows on content inside and outside the community, even into other communities you're a member of.

You'll probably spend a lot of time in your personalized page, but if you ever want to see the full view of content again, click the All Content tab.

To start personalizing your home page, click the Your View tab, then click the personalize link. Jive SBS will display a layout screen with a set of widgets listed at the top and a default layout beneath it. Here are a few simple steps for customizing:

Quick Steps

Here's the quick-and-easy look at designing a page with widgets.

  1. To start customizing a page, go to the tab that will display your layout.
    • If you're personalizing the home page, this will be the Your View tab.
    • If you're customizing an overview page, this will be the Overview tab.

    You'll get a layout screen with a set of widgets listed at the top and a default layout beneath it.

  2. In the layout area beneath, find widgets you don't want displayed on the page and click their Remove this widget link (it's under the arrow in the widget's upper right corner).
  3. In the widgets list above, find widgets you want and drag them onto the layout area.

    If you're connected to another community you're a member of, click the tab with that community's name to get a list of the widgets related to that community.

    Drag a widget to the design
  4. Tailor a widget to your needs by clicking its Edit this widget link (it's under the little arrow in the widget's upper right corner).
    Set properties
  5. Click a layout to arrange your layout's columns. Choose layout
  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 until you have what you want, then click Publish Layout.

Widgets Available

The following lists the widgets and the categories they belong to.

Your View

These widgets are available for people personalizing their home page.

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