Modify the Content Experiences widget
You can edit the banner of your Content Experiences widget to create a modern and unique layout for your content in the Content Experiences widget.
Before you begin
Role required: sp_admin or admin
Procedure
Navigate to All > Self-Service > Employee Center.
The Employee Center home page is displayed.
Note: Custom HTML options are not supported OOB on content experience widgets for Banner content type.
Press and hold the control key, right-click the Content Experience widget, and then select Instance Options.
Note: On the topic page, selecting any heading—including quick link headings—allows you to access Instance options. Within the instance window, you can modify the current heading levels. Once changes are made, select Save to apply the changes; the updated heading level will be reflected on the topic page, enhancing overall visibility.
Configure the widget:
| Widget option | Description |
|---|---|
| Display heading text | Displays the Content Experience widget headingTo configure the heading, navigate to Service Portal > Pages > <Page Name> > Instance: Content Experience Header |
| Display bounding box | Surrounds the widget with a shadow to give it a three-dimensional appearance |
| Display widget background color | If the content published to the widget is missing an image, the widget displays the set background color instead of the portal page background color. |
| Widget style | How you want the content to appear in the widget when viewed on desktop. The choices are:- Right-hand list menu: Displays a menu of content headings on the right side of the widget. - Dotted carousel: Displays navigable dots representing each page of articles. - Tiles: Displays content in one large left-side tile and two smaller vertically-stacked tiles on the right side. |
| Allow background image to be partially covered by right-hand list menu | Stretches the image across the width of the widget. This option only applies to the widget style right-hand list menu setting. |
| Alt Text | Content manager can add an Alt Text field, which provides a short description of the featured images. This capability is only available within the Content Experiences Widget for styles, banner or news and event content.Note: This feature lets users hear image descriptions on the portal using a screen reader. |
| Widget height | Sets the widget height |
| Show 3 small tiles | When the tiles widget style is selected and widget height is 600 pixels or more, this options displays content in three small vertically-stacked tiles on the right side |
| Load configuration | Sets how the order in which the page and widgets data loads. Choose from:- Asynchronous: First the page loads, then the widgets data loads. Users see content appear in the widgets as soon as each individual widget loads. - Synchronous: Page and widget data loads at the same time. The page remains blank until all the data loads. |
- Click Save.
Parent Topic:Configure employee communications widgets