Recently Viewed Content

To incorporate the Recently Viewed Content Widget onto a standard layout or a custom page:

1. From your homepage, select Site > Site Builder.
2. In the left menu, select Layouts. 
3. Choose from the provided default page layouts.
4. Select Actions and then Edit from the dropdown.
   Note

   If you want to add the Recently Viewed Content widget to a custom page, click Actions and then Design from the dropdown.

5. From the left sidebar menu of available widgets, select Recently Viewed Content Widget.
6. Fill out a Title if desired.
7. Optionally, check the Use New Title Display checkbox to direct learners back to a page on your site or a different URL altogether. When checked, you will be provided with the following options:
   
   
   • Call to Action - Label for the button.
   • Call to Action Link - the page or URL learners should be directed to when they click the CTA button.
   • Catalog Query (optional) - if redirecting learners to your public catalog page, do you wish to control the content they see. If so, you can manually select the content to be exposed or write a search query. (For more information on catalog queries, please refer to this article.)
   • Open URL in New Tab - the option to have a new browser tab open for the redirected page
8. Number of items to display (Max 25) - the number of recently viewed pieces of content the widget will hold for the learner in total.
9. Display Options - choose what content information should appear in each content thumbnail within the widget (such as title, content type, sources, authors, images, descriptions and due dates).
10. Row Width - for desktop view only, determine how many pieces of content the widget should hold in the row at first glance.
11. Sidebar Type -
    • RSS/Atom Feed - option to populate the sidebar of the widget using Really Simple Syndication files (which refers to files that are easily read by a computer application in order to automatically get the latest content from sources that are updated frequently, like websites, blogs, podcasts, and newsletters) or an Atom Feed (which will allow links to resources and unique identifiers to contain characters outside the US ASCII character set).
      Note

      If you get an error when trying to add a feed, try validating the feed at http://validator.w3.org/feed/.

    • Static Content - populate the sidebar of the widget using HTML that you create.
12. CSS - optionally customize the widget by adding your own custom code (please remember, we do not support any outside code brought into your system).
13. Enable Carousel Display - enable your learners to click an arrow to display more content than the items you've set per row.
14. Click Save.

Your newly designed widget will be easily located at the bottom of your page layout.

Other Editing Options

• After saving, edit the settings for the widget by clicking the Pencil Icon at the top left of the widget.
• To reposition the widget on the page, simply click the Carrots on the left side of the widget.
• To delete the widget off the page completely, click the Trash Can Icon on the right side of the widget.
• To preview how the widget appears for your learners, click View Preview Mode at the top right of the page. Click Back to Editor Mode to continue editing the page layout.

The following is a list of default Thought Industries page layouts where you could incorporate the Recently Viewed Content Widget:

• Homepage
• Video
• Transcript
• Article
• Support
• Registration
• Redemption
• Learning Path
• Dashboard
• Catalog
• Custom Pages