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 associated to our Library module.

NOTE: Only widgets associated to our redesigned library are discussed in this article.

Access the widgets

You'll be able to add, edit, and remove widgets when editing one of your community's pages. To edit a page:

1. 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.

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; click Library to view the widgets discussed in this article.

Library page widget

This is the primary Library widget that powers the redesigned Library experience. 

Library Entries

In a default community configuration, this widget is used on the Browse > Library Entries page and on the Library tab for individual communities.

This single widget powers Higher Logic's redesigned Library experience.

• If your organization uses our redesigned library, the Library Entries widget is used on the main "Library Entries" page, as well as the Library tab for individual communities.
• If your organization does not leverage our redesigned library interface, the Library Entry List widget is used instead. To learn more about updating to the redesigned library experience, see Upgrading to the Redesigned Library.

This widget displays a list of Library Entries in either a list or card view, toggleable via the View icons, and allows entries to be filtered by type and sorted in various ways. In addition, users can create entries and select an entry to view its details in the expanded Preview Panel, providing several management actions.

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Library Entry widgets

These widgets are used on the View Entry page that displays when users click to view an individual Library Entry.

NOTE: The easiest way to access the default View Entry page is to navigate to a Library, click to view an Entry, and then click Edit Page in the Admin Toolbar.

Reference the image to the widgets discussed below.

1 - Library Entry Actions

Inserts an Actions dropdown on a Library Entry page allowing users to perform several actions, such as:

• Viewing the Entry's permalink
• Editing the Entry (admin only)
• Pinning the Entry to the top of the Entry list (admin only)
• Deleting the Entry (admin only)

2 - Library Entry Statistics

Can display the following activity/statistics for a Library Entry:

• number of times favorited
• number of comments
• number of total views
• number of files
• number of times shared
• number of downloads

When configuring the widget, you can choose which statistics to display.

3 - Library Entry Details

Displays an Entry's description, if one has been provided.

4 - Library Entry Attachments

Displays a Library Entry's associated files.

You can configure a few options, such as setting the maximum number of files to show, sorting the files by name, and more.

Media Display

The Media Display widget allows you to embed video content from the selected Library Entry on any page across your site.

This functionality is useful for sharing important video content in several locations across your Higher Logic Community to ensure it's accessible to all users it may pertain to. 

Global Library widgets

These widgets can be added to any page across your site. They both allow users to upload files to a Library, though one provides a more detailed upload process while the other is simpler.

Create/Edit a Library Entry

This is the default widget used in your community when choosing to create a Library Entry.

It provides the full, step-by-step process to upload a file to a Library, as explained in Upload & Download Files. Ultimately, this upload process allows users to provide more details about a file before uploading it.

Quick Library Entry Upload

In contrast to the Create/Edit Library Entry widget discussed above, the Quick Library Entry Upload widget provides a simpler, and faster, upload experience, though this speed comes at the cost of having fewer options and details to include about a file before uploading it.

• If added to a page within a community, the default behavior is to upload the Library Entry to that community's Library (though you can specify a different community, if needed).
• If added to a page not associated to a community, you must specify which community Library to have Library Entries uploaded to. If you don't, the widget will not function.

Files uploaded via this widget do not display in the widget: they are uploaded to the community where the widget is located or to the configured community. This widget simply serves as a vehicle to allow file uploads via a simple interface.

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