How Do I Configure the Content Discovery Element in SoCast?
How Do I Configure the Content Discovery Element in SoCast?
This Article Is For
- All users who have access to pages, blogs, contests, or sidebars
- Applicable to all themes
The Content Discovery element helps you showcase blog posts and stories on your website. Follow the steps below to configure the Content Discovery widget in SoCast.
Step-by-Step Guide
- Widget Name: Enter a name for the widget as it will appear in the Drag-and-Drop Editor. This name is for internal use only and will not be displayed on your website.
- Display Title Bar: Choose whether to display the title bar by selecting Yes or No from the dropdown menu.
- Data Type: Select which posts you want to display in the widget. Options include Latest, Top Stories, or Trending. Note: Top Stories is limited to the most recent 100 posts.
- Blog/News Category: Choose the blog category you want to display in the Content Discovery widget. To select multiple categories, hold the Ctrl key while clicking (Command on Mac).
- Image: Choose either No Image or Thumbnail. Custom image sizes can be set up in Settings > Blog & News > Lists. Story titles appear to the right of default thumbnails and below custom image sizes.
- Show Publish Date: Decide whether to display the publish date on blogs in the Content Discovery widget. Choose Show or Don't Show.
- Items to Display Per Page: Set the number of items to display per page. This number should be a multiple of 5.
- Allow Multiple Pages: Select Yes to display a paginator if there are more items than the set number per page. Select No to disable pagination.
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