Custom Gallery Content Guide
The Custom Gallery Dashboard is your centralized place to manage the appearance and widget content of your Custom Gallery. It also provides metrics to track your Gallery’s performance. The following guide describes the functionality available to you in your Dashboard..
Accessing Your Dashboard
- 1. Login to your Widgetbox account.
2. Click the “My Widgetbox” tab at the top of the page.
3. Click the “My Gallery” link on the left hand side of the page.
Managing your widget content
The “Edit Content” button allows you to manage what widgets are displayed in your Custom Gallery.
Adding Widgets
Widgets in a Custom Gallery are organized into categories. A Custom Gallery must have at least one (1) category and can have a maximum of twenty (20) categories.
- 1. To create a new category, click “Add new category”
2. Create a name for the category. This is the name your users will see when they browse your Gallery’s categories. (You can edit the name at any point in time.)
3. There are two (2) types of categories you can create: Custom and Smart.
Custom Category is defined by a set of tag criteria you create.
- a. Select up to three (3) tags. Widgets with these tags will be included in your category.
b. Define whether you want the widgets in the category to contain any one of the tags you selected, or all the tags you selected, by choosing “any” or “all” from the drop down.
c. Define how you would like the widgets in the category to be sorted by selecting one of the sort orders from the drop down menu.
Smart Category automatically adds all the widgets from Widgetbox that match a given set of criteria. There are six (6) smart categories to choose from:
- a. Hottest
b. Hidden Gems
c. New & Notable
d. Top Rated
e. All time favorites
f. Featured
4. When you have finished selecting the criteria for a category. Click “Save”.
Spotlighting Widgets
You can feature up to 25 individual widgets in any category, or hand-pick every widget in a given category, by using the Spotlight feature.
- 1. When creating of editing a category, click the “select widgets” link in the Spotlight section on the right.
2. This pulls up a new screen that allows you to search for widgets in Widgetbox’s gallery.
3. Select widgets by clicking the green add button. Widgets you’ve selected will appear in the “My Spotlight Widgets” section.
4. You can define the order of your spotlight widgets by changing the number associated with each one.
5. When finished, click “Done”
Ordering Categories
You can control what order your users see categories in by changing the number next to their name. Click “Update” when done.
Blocking Widgets
There are three (3) different types of filters you can use to block widgets from being displayed in your Custom Gallery. Filters are applied on a gallery-wide basis, across all widget categories.
- 1. Widgetbox filters: Use Widgetbox’s pre-defined filters to automatically block inappropriate or adult content from your gallery
2. Custom filters:
- a. Define custom filters to block widgets that contain certain tags.
b. Individually select widgets to block from your gallery
3. Widget type filters:
- a. Only include flash widgets
b. Don’t include Blidgets
Editing your Gallery’s Appearance
Add your brand and customize the look and feel of your gallery to match the rest of your site by clicking on the “Edit Appearance” button in your Gallery Dashboard. This will take you to a page where you can add header and footer HTML and CSS to customize the appearance of your Gallery.
Previewing Changes to your Custom Gallery
At any point in time, you can click the “Preview Gallery” button in the upper right corner to preview changes to your Custom Gallery.
Publishing Changes to your Custom Gallery
When you are ready to publish changes to your Gallery, click the “Publish Changes” button in the upper right corner. It is recommended you preview any changes before you publish.
