Help:Widgets

'''Widgets are here to make your viewing experience that much better. You decide which tools and links are close at hand, and keep only the things you use most. '''

Widgets allow each user to customize the information available to them in the right sidebar and on the personal dashboard page. You can build the widgets to suit your perspective on what's important for your wiki. In addition, as processing power permits, we intend to surface more page-by-page and overall statistical information so you can learn more about how visitors see your wiki.

Manage Widgets



Clicking on your highlighted user name and icon at the top left of the screen brings down a menu of options including Manage Widgets. This brings up the Widget Bar spanning across the top of the main page, where you can scroll left and right to view, or click directly on the widget icons to drag and drop them to the sidebar.



 Widget Dashboard

The Widget Dashboard is a place where you can get an overall snapshot of what's happening in the wikis you care about most. Besides allowing customization of Widgets before relegating them to the sidebar, it becomes your one-stop page to see what's current. The Widget Dashboard allows you to adjust the location of information that is readily available to you and your community. Drag and drop is bidirectional here – you can either drag them to the dashboard or sidebar.



Try the Widget Dashboard on your own wiki by going to Special pages under your Toolbox widget in the sidebar, and clicking on Widget Dashboard.

Full Widget List

View the complete Widgets list, to see the full gallery and explanations of each. This list also behaves like the Widget Bar -- you can click and drag the Widget icons from this list to your sidebar.



 Widgets at Work

Block User

The Block User widget allows you to prevent a user from making edits to the wiki.

You may enter either the screenname or IP address of the user you would like to be block, and be sure to set a timeframe as to how long they are to be blocked from editing. Click Block This User, or choose from the actions below the button, such as Unblock user or View Blocked users.

Last Wikis

This shows which wikis you visited last, so that you can easily navigate back to the ones you were viewing most recently.



The last wikis you viewed are listed as recently visited.

Need Help

Some wikis are incomplete or could use your help with editing.

The Need Help widget appears as empty in the sidebar at first.



Click to edit, and you can enter your own links to wikis or articles that you know need help.

Recent Changes

The most recently edited articles within this wiki are listed here.

Top Voted Thanks to the star ratings at the bottom of each article, you can now view the top rated articles that were voted on by other users.



Top Content

Filter articles by most popular, most visited, newly changed, or by highest rating.



Use the dropdown menu to select from how you want your articles to be displayed.

Recently Edited By

Besides viewing recently edited articles, you can also view who made those changes.

Click on the wrench icon to set the limit to how many recent editors there were to the article you are viewing.



Most Visited

See which articles have the most visitors.

This widget lists the most visited articles on this wiki. Click on More... to fully expand the list.

Problem Reports

View a list of the problem reports for the wiki you are viewing.

Top Users See a list of the most frequent visitors and contributors to this wiki.

Watchlist Keep a list of the articles you are watching.

Got Feedback?

Have a question about this feature? Want to recommend a new widget idea? Comment on the new Forum.

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