Dashboard Feature
This page explains how a create your own dashboard for your platform.
Note: This feature is not part of the default Open Social product (basic/distro), but can be ordered as an extension module.
A site manager and a content manager have the ability to create their own dashboards. They can set it as the landing page of the platform or as a user storyboard. There are plenty of options.
Create a Dashboard
Login > go to Content > add content > add a dashboard admin/add/dashboard
Give your Dashboard a Title
Once you saved your Dashboard, you can start editing the Layout and customize it to your liking.
Press add a section> choose a layout> name the section
Different sections can have different blocks and sizes, such as shown below.
You can implement several types of entities in those blocks.
Currently, we provide:
- Custom content block
- A Hero image
- Highlighted content
- Highlighted items, like quick links (ex. Social Media button/link)
- Introduction (text/full HTML)
- Text Box
- Activity stream
- Pre-set automatically populated (latest topics, upcoming events, newest groups, newest members)
- Polls
- Follow Tag button
Up-coming blocks:
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Community statistics
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FHQ (accordion block)
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Search bar
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Personalized user block.
Examples
Pictures below show examples of specific content blocks in several formats and examples of dashboards.
*Introduction text
*Hero Block
*Featured Items
*Community statistics
*Dashboard Example
The Dashboard possibilities are endless! They can be linked and placed on your platform to your advantage.