Higher Logic provides dozens of widgets that you can use to:
- modernize the look of your community pages,
- enhance the usefulness of your site, and
- increase member engagement.
In this article, we'll focus on our RSS widget.
Access the widget
You'll be able to add, edit, and remove widgets when editing one of your community's pages. To edit a page:
- Navigate to the page you want to update and click Edit Page on the Admin Toolbar (or right click for a new tab). Alternatively, you can click Edit Navigation to access the CMS and your community's complete page list, from which you can access and edit any page.
- Editing a page is accomplished with Page Designer. Click the Build tab and scroll down to the Widget section.
- Use the Category dropdown and/or the search field to more quickly find a specific widget.
- Widgets are grouped and accessible from their own category in the dropdown.
- Select the All category to view the complete list of widgets; click RSS to view the widget discussed in this article.
RSS Reader
Use this widget to display an RSS feed of your choosing, on a page of your choosing. In order for this widget to function, you'll need to understand how to retrieve the correct URL for the RSS feed you want to share.
NOTE: There's no "one size fits all" way to locate an RSS feed's URL, as the steps are slightly different depending on the platform where it's hosted. While Higher Logic cannot promote a specific resource to walk you through how to find an RSS URL, you can find plenty of help using a quick Internet search.