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 widgets in Page Designer's Other category.

Access the widgets

1. On the Admin Toolbar, click (or right click for a new tab) Edit Page.

2. In Page Designer, click the Build tab and scroll down to the Widget section.
3. 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.

• As you add and configure widgets (see Build Page Layout and Content), it's a good idea to occasionally click Save.
• After you add widgets to your community, be sure to click Publish.

Other widgets

Each of the widgets in the Other category are described in their associated section below.

AI Chat

The AI Chat widget is what powers the AI Search Agents that you create in the Admin interface. You must place at least one AI Chat widget in your community in order to make this feature available to your users, but you can add this widget to any page in your community where you want this AI-powered search available.

See Create and Manage AI Search Agents to learn how to create and manage AI Search Agents and add this widget.

Carousel

Display a collection of images in a rotating carousel.

All image management is completed on the front end of your site. See Image Carousel to learn more.

Code of Conduct

This widget displays your organization's global Code of Conduct.

You can manage the Code of Conduct text in the Admin interface, on the Settings > Security > Terms and Conditions page. See Manage your Terms & Conditions for more information.

NOTE: Most sites require users to agree to their Code of Conduct on their first log in.

Your site includes a "Terms and Conditions" link in the header and/or footer; users can click it to view this text.

Options

This widget has no configurable options.

Community Events List

Use the Community Events List widget to display a list of events for a community and control which events appear, how they are filtered, and how much event information users see in the list.

Options

You can configure the Community Events List widget via the following options:

Timeframe Options

• Show All Future Events?: Use this option to control whether future events are included in the widget. Disable it when you want to limit the list to past events only or use a narrower time-based configuration.

  • Hide Events After...: Use this option to limit how far into the future the widget looks. Enter a number of days to hide events that start beyond that threshold. This is useful when you want the list to focus on near-term upcoming events instead of showing events far in advance.

• Show All Past Events?: Use this option to control whether past events are included in the widget. Enable it when you want the list to show recently completed events alongside upcoming ones or when the widget should function as a recent-events list.

  • Hide Events Before...: Use this option to limit how far back the widget includes past events. Enter a number of days to hide events that ended before that threshold. This is useful when you want to keep older past events from staying in the list too long.

• Max Number of Events: Use this option to control the total number of events shown in the widget. If you include both future and past events, the widget divides the available slots between them, which helps keep the list balanced instead of filling entirely with one type. For example, if you set this option to 7, the list will display 4 future events and 3 past events).

Filter Options

• Community: Use this option to limit the widget to one specific community’s events. By default, the list will display all events a user can view. If this widget is placed within a community, it will only display events specific to that community (no configuration necessary).

• Community Type: Use this option to limit the list to events from communities of a specific community type. By default, content from all community types will display. Use it when you want to display only events from one category of communities.

• Event Type: Use this option to limit the list to events of a specific event type. This is useful when you want the widget to focus on one kind of event instead of showing every event type.

• Filter by Location?: Use this option to turn location-based filtering on or off. Enable it when you want the widget to show only events that match a physical location or online-event criteria.

  • Display Only Online Events?: Use this option to limit the widget to events marked as online. Use it when you want to separate virtual events from in-person or location-based events.

  • Display Events in a Specific State, Province, or Country: Use this option to limit the list to events that take place in a specific physical location. Use it when you want the widget to support a regional audience or show only events in a particular geography.

• Filter by Keyword: Use this option to limit the list to events whose title or description contains specific text. Use it when you want to surface events related to a topic, phrase, or subject area without relying only on event type or location filters.

• Filter by Tags: Use this option to limit the list to events with one or more specified tags. This is useful when you want to group events by topic or category, including both formal tags and user-created tags.

Content Options

• Show Featured Image?: Use this option to show or hide each event’s featured image in the list. Enable it when you want the widget to be more visual and to highlight event branding or graphics where space allows.

• Show Event Description?: Use this option to show or hide a short description for each event. When enabled, up to 180 characters of an event's description is shown.

• Show Event Location?: Use this option to show or hide a location tag for each event. This can indicate whether the event is online, in a physical location, or uses a conference-call format.

• Show Event Type?: Use this option to show or hide the event type as a tag in the list. Enable it when users need to distinguish between different kinds of events at a glance.

• Show Event Date & Time?: Use this option to show or hide each event's date, start time, and time zone directly in the widget. When enabled, members can see when an event happens at a glance without opening the event's details page. Enable this option when the widget is meant to help members quickly decide whether an event fits their schedule, especially for webinars, virtual events, or cross-time-zone audiences. Disable this option when you want a more compact widget layout, when space is limited, or when the page is intended to provide only a simple preview and users are expected to click through for full event details. 

Advanced View Options

• Hide If No Data?: Use this option to hide the entire widget when there are no events to display. Disable it when you want the widget to remain visible and rely on empty-state messaging based on the user’s permissions.

• Open Event Details on External Site?: Use this option to control where users go when they click an event. If an event has an external website configured, enabling this option opens that external link instead of the event details page on your site.

• Preview as User (for Authenticated Users): Use this option to preview the widget as though it were being viewed by a specific logged-in user. This is useful for checking event visibility from another user’s perspective, though the previewed user still might not be able to open the full event details from the preview.

• Preview as User (for Non-Authenticated Users): Use this option to preview the widget as though it were being viewed by someone who is not logged in. This is useful for checking the public-facing event experience, including whether a logged-out user would be prompted to sign in to view full event details.

Contact Us

This widget displays the Contact Us form users can fill out to send a message to your main point of contact.

You can customize certain aspects of the Contact Us form, and assign the point of contact who will receive these messages, in the Site Setup interface. Refer to the Contact Us section of Set Up Your Site to learn more.

Options

This widget has no configurable options.

Featured Card

This widget makes it easy to create high-quality banners and card-based content, complete with customizable images, icons, text, and buttons.

All management is completed on the front end of your site. See Widget Spotlight - Featured Card to learn more.

Login and Sign Up

Displays a form allowing users to log in (or create an account for new users).

NOTE: This widget is only applicable to customers with a standalone (i.e., non-integrated) site.

Options

You can configure the Login and Sign Up widget via the following options:

• Forgot Password Text: Use this option to set the text shown for the password-recovery link or prompt in the login area. Use it when you want the account-recovery language to better match your site’s terminology or tone. The default text is "Can't access your account?"

• Login Password Text: Use this option to set the text shown for the password field in the login area. Use it when you want to customize how the password field is labeled for your users.

• Login Title Text: Use this option to set the heading for the login section. Use it when you want to make the purpose of the login area clearer or tailor the wording to your audience.

• Login User Name Text: Use this option to set the text shown for the username or email field in the login area. Use it when you want to clarify what users should enter to sign in.

• Show Forgot Password?: Use this option to show or hide the forgot-password link in the login area. Enable it when you want users to have a self-service way to start the password-reset process from the page.

• Show Login?: Use this option to show or hide the login section of the widget. Use it when you want the page to focus only on account creation, or when the login experience is handled elsewhere.

  • Show Captcha?: Use this option to show or hide reCAPTCHA on the login form. Use it when you want to add bot protection to the login experience; however, the reCAPTCHA feature must first be enabled on the site by Higher Logic before this widget setting can be used.

• Sign Up Target URL: Use this option to set the destination users go to when they choose to create an account. This is useful when your registration experience lives on a separate page or URL.

• Sign Up Title Text: Use this option to set the heading for the sign-up section. Use it when you want to introduce the registration area with clearer or more action-oriented wording.

• Signup Link Text: Use this option to set the text of the sign-up link or button. Use it when you want the account-creation call to action to match your site’s language and style.

Quick Links

Allows you to share important links with your members.

All management is completed on the front end of your site. See Widget Spotlight - Quick Links to learn more.

Recently Followed Content

Displays a dynamic list of up to five links to the most recent content a member has followed, including blogs, discussions, questions, ideas, and library entries.

In addition, a View all followed content link is provided that navigates a user to their full list of followed content.

Options

This widget has no configurable options.

Search Box

Allows you to place a search field on any page across your site.

Options

This widget has no configurable options.

Share on Social Media

This widget can be placed on the details page of either events or volunteer opportunities to enable users to share them with their social networks.

Options

This widget has no configurable options.