Widgets

To display content you use widgets. The widgets are controls which you drop on the page (in page content editing mode) and configure them to display already existing content. If you do not create content first, the widgets have nothing to display. You create content using the content modules on the Content tab.

You display the content you have created with these content modules using the widgets. You can configure the widgets to display different part of content, by combining widgets and by tagging and classifying content. You display the content you have created on Content tab using widgets.

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• Adding widgets on your page
  Use this procedure to add widget on your page and to open the configuration mode of widgets.
• Content widgets group
  The Content widget group contains widgets which you use to display reusable content you have created on Content tab.
• Navigation widgets group
  The Navigation widget group contains widgets that you use to display website navigation and archive of content items you have created on Content tab.
• RadControls widget group
  To use RadControls you must be an advanced user or developer.
  For more information, see RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.
• Data widget group
  The widgets from this widget group can be configured only in advanced mode.
  For more information, see Advanced configuration of widgets.
• Scripts and styles widgets group
  The Scripts and Styles widgets group contains widgets that you use to apply style to the page or to enhance the page with additional functionality.
• Login widgets group
  The Login widgets group contains widgets that you use to provide your website users with the ability to login, to display the currently logged user and login or logout links.
• Search widgets group
  Use the Search widget to add and configure a search box to a page. After you have created one or more search indexes, you use the Search widget to select indexes to be used for the search.
• Users widget group
  The Users widgets group contains widgets that you use to display lists of users, user registration form and provide the user with the ability to change profile information, such as password or email.
• Social widgets group
  The Social widgets group contains widgets that you use to display Facebook feed and Facebook like and send buttons on the pages of your website.
• Classifications widgets group
  The Classifications widgets group contains widgets that you use to display lists of categories and tags on your website. You use the categories and the tags to filter the content of the pages.
• Email Campaigns widgets group
  The Email Campaigns widgets group contains widgets that you use to display subscription and unsubscription forms to the visitors of your website.
• Ecommerce widget group
  The Ecommerce widget group contains widgets that you use to setup your online store. For more information, see Setup the ecommerce pages.
• Advanced configuration of widgets
  In Advanced configuration mode you can configure individual properties of the widget. To use this mode you must be an advanced user or a developer.

Configuring widgets while browsing the website

You can create, edit, and upload content while you are browsing the website. You do not need to open the website in the backend; you can use the inline editing function to edit your website directly while browsing it. Using the direct inline editing, you can see how the items you are editing look in the context of the website.

For more information about inline editing, see Creating and editing content while browsing the website.

Adding custom widgets to the toolbox

If the build-in Sitefinity widgets do not meet your requirements, you can create and use custom widgets. If you have a custom widget that you want to use in Sitefinity, you must first register the widget in the toolbox.

For more information, see Registering a new widget in Sitefinity.