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Hot Topics Widget

Overview

This widget allows users to view the most frequently visited articles. You can:

  •          Configure the date range for the Articles to be listed in the Hot Topics widget.
  •          Control the number of articles in the Hot Topics widget.

For example, you can configure that only the 5 most popular articles viewed during the last 20 days should be listed.

Configuring Hot Topics

  1. Login to Portal Administration.
  2. Click Edit in the selected portal's row in the Available Portals table.
  3. Click Configuration.
  4. Scroll to the lines:
    <Home>
    <hotTopics>
  5. Make changes as described in the table.
  6. Click Save.

XML Section

Description

Example

<Home>
<hotTopics>

</hotTopics>

 

Only one instance of the Hot Topics widget can be implemented per portal. Articles will be displayed by Modified Date, newest to oldest.
Enable the widget by setting "enabled=true".

Disable the widget by setting "enabled=false

Specify a number between 1-50 to indicate the number of articles to be listed. This is mandatory.

Specify a number between 1-90 to indicate the number of days. This is mandatory.

 

<hotTopics>
<enabled="true"> <numberOfArticles >5
</numberOfArticles>

<numberOfDays>90
</numberOfDays>

</hotTopics>

 

  Table : Configuring Widget Hot Topics