Auto Populate Your Widget

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When you add assets or content widgets to your page, you have the option to select Automatically select relevant content. When you select that option, your widget will automatically be populated with system-determined related content. Manual options such as reordering, drag-and-drop, add, and remove are not available. You may filter or sort with widget options.

Important Note:

The Automatically select relevant content toggle will not appear as an option for the Single Image widget format.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners | Publishers | Authors

Instructions

  1. Navigate to your desired page

  2. Click Content The content button located in the vertical menu on the left-hand side of the screen.

  3. Drag and drop the content onto your page or select an existing widget  The chosen content dragged and dropped on the page.

  4. Check the Automatically select relevant content box  The checkbox toggle labeled Automatically select relevant content.

  5. Configure Auto-Populate settings  The dropdown fields that appear when Automatically select relevant content is checked.

    • Content Types: Add content types for the system to pull assets from

    • Categories: Add categories for the system to pull assets from

    • Tags: Type the name of a tag to add an existing tag, or type the desired name of a tag and press Enter to create a new one

    • Number of Items Shown: Choose how many items to show within the widget

    • View All: Click to include a View All link below the items

      Note:

      This displays a list of all items matching the widget's content types, categories, and tags. The link will only appear if more items are available to view.

    • Sorting: Choose to list the items in ascending or descending alphabetical order, oldest first, or newest first

      Note:

      Alphabetical sorting is only available when one content type is selected.

  6. Select Save or Publish The floppy disk save icon, and the upward pointing arrow publish icon.