Add widgets to your Community to make extra functions available to Community members. You must be a Community owner to add or remove widgets from a Community.
Widgets are self-contained, HTML-based representations of software applications. When you add an IBM Connections widget to a Community, you create an association between that Community and the widget application. Membership between the Community and the widget application is synchronized, and links to the full widget application are created in the Community so that you can find and work with the full application. A summary of the latest activity is posted on the Community's Overview page, and you can access the full application at any time by clicking the corresponding link in the Community navigation bar.
When you first create a Community, it displays the following widgets by default: Recent Updates, Status Updates, Forums, Bookmarks, Files, and Members.You can customize your Community by adding extra widgets. For example, adding the Wiki widget gives members access to a wiki where they can share files and collaborate on project documents. Adding the Blog widget lets you create a blog for the Community where members can communicate dynamically and stay up-to-date with the latest Community news. The content palette displays the full selection of widgets that your administrator makes available for use in communities.
To add a widget to your Community, complete the following steps.