What is a widget?
A widget is an interactive button or shortcut that you can set up on your personalised start page. A widget is an application that allows you to see current information at a glance, loaded from another source. You can also use the widget as a button that leads you to an internal or external page.
It is also possible to add a shortcut in a group. You can find more about this here.
Please note! Activated widgets are only visible on the desktop version of Plek. Unfortunately, you cannot use widgets on the mobile app.
How do I activate a widget?
You can activate a widget from the admin panel. In addition, you can find a helpful article on activating and deactivating a widget here.
What kinds of widgets can I add?
Channel widget
You can show all messages posted to a channel on your start page with a channel widget. This way, you do not have to open the channel, and you can have access to posts from a channel from your start page.
- Add a channel widget (via the channel widget + button on the right)
- Select the channel you want to show on your start page.
- Click on add widget
- The widget will now appear on your start page
Banner widget
You can place a banner on your start page linked to an internal or external web page with a banner widget. With a banner widget, you draw extra attention to an important page.
- Add a banner widget (via the banner widget + button on the right side)
- Enter the name of the widget.
- Mark the widget as featured. With this setting, the widget will appear next to the important news overview.
To feature a widget next to the news overview, we need to adjust these settings behind the scenes. Please contact us via support@plek.co. Please make sure that the width of your screen is wide enough for the correct display. - Add the link to the page you want the user to go to.
- Do you want the page to open in a new tab? Then check new tab.
- Add an image. This image will form the banner on the start page. Note! The image for the banner widget must have a minimum width of 600px.
- Click on add widget
- The widget will now appear on your start page.
iFrame widget
An iFrame is a piece of HTML code that can call up a frame from another website and place it in your environment, for example, a Youtube clip, a Spotify playlist or a weather widget.
- Add a banner widget (via the button iFrame widget + on the right)
- Enter a name for the widget. The default widget name will be used when this field is left blank.
- Add the iFrame embed code.
- Click on save.
- The widget will now appear on your start page.
Poll widgets
The poll widget lets you quickly measure an opinion on the home page. The results of the poll are displayed immediately after completion. To display a poll on the homepage, one must first be activated. You can read how to do that here.
Note! The poll in the poll widget is a stand-alone widget. This widget is different from the poll in the forms module.
Other widgets
- The document widget display the most recent documents on the home page.
- You can highlight your colleagues on the start page with a team members widget. You can also find all your colleagues on the People page with all the information on their profiles.
- With the calendar widget, you can see which events are coming up on the start page. A user does not have to open the calendar from the menu bar first.
- You can highlight the most important apps on the start page with the featured app widget. You can also find this under the applications heading in the menu.
- With the birthday widget you can see which colleague's birthday is in the next 30 days.
- Add a banner widget (via the widget button of your choice, on the right).
- Enter a name for the widget. The default widget name will be used when this field is left blank.
- Click on save.
- The widget will now appear on your start page.