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Sidebar Components

News widget

A news widget can be added to you sidebar to display upto 5 news items that match your specified category/type.

Asset setup

Asset typeLink
Linking typeDon't show in menu / Type 2

Metadata configuration

Metadata field Value
UON.Widget.Type required News Widget
UON.Widget.NewsEvent.Type optional Current Staff
One of Type and AdhocType must be specified.
UON.Widget.NewsEvent.Type optional Three76
One of Type and AdhocType must be specified.

Content configuration

Content Source
Image Thumbnail attached to news article asset. Uploaded image should be 1500x1500, the widget will use the generated 600x600 variant.
Title Name of the news article asset
Description Default is the metadata dcterms.description of the news article asset.
Date Default is the metadata dcterms.date of the news article asset.

Technical info

Paint Layout #355724 - Sidebar widget - News (Link format)
Asset Listing #388549 - Sidebar widget - News - Database Query
DB Data source #388337 - News Widget Query
Search Page #355750 - Sidebar widget - News - Search Page
No longer used due to performance bottleneck.