Widgets
Widgets are blocks of content that you can customize. Once you design and save a widget, it can be used on different areas of your site including your homepage or custom pages.
You and your team can use this page to begin preparing how you would like to design your language site and what information or resources you will need to gather. This page lists the available Widget options and their possible content specifications. Yellow boxes indicate that the specification is required.
Required | This information is required for the widget to function. |
Optional | This is optional information to add extra functionality to your widget |
In addition to the listed settings, all Widgets require a unique Nickname when they are created. The Nickname is private to your team and will only be visible on your Admin Dashboard.
Alphabet widget
This widget shows your alphabet in an interactive format. It will show any words or phrases that are linked to the alphabet letter, and any notes you have listed.
This widget has no custom specifications. It is automatically generated from your site.
Suggested use: Add to your homepage or to a custom page introducing visitors to your writing system.
Contact us widget
Language Administrators can list their contact information or the contact information of a community language coordinator.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Title | Required - Up to 20 characters |
Text | Up to 200 characters - a short customizable message |
Address | Can include a standard building address and maximum 3 phone numbers |
Social Media Links | A list of URLs for your social media pages (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc) separated by commas Example: https://www.youtube.com/example,https://www.facebook.com/test |
Suggested use: FirstVoices staff recommends that all teams have a Contact Us widget on their homepage to handle inquiries about the site.
Short Text widget
A short message in large bold text, with space for a translation and an optional audio recording. If you include a link, the Widget will contain a button to take visitors to the page of your choice.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Title text | Up to 35 characters |
Subtitle text / Translation | Up to 200 characters |
Audio | .mp3 or .wav file |
Link | Either a full URL: “https://www.firstvoices.com” or a page on FirstVoices “/smalgyax/alphabet” |
Link Label | Up to 30 characters - will be the text on your button |
Suggested use: Add a welcome message to your homepage.
Text With Image widget
A mid-sized paragraph of text to provide basic information on your homepage. You can add an image on either the left or right side, and you can add an optional audio recording. You can link to another page on your site with a customizable button.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Title | Up to 35 characters |
Text | Up to 1200 characters |
Image | Minimum of 600x600 pixels, square images preferred. |
Audio | .mp3 or .wav file |
Link | Either a full URL: “https://www.firstvoices.com” or a page on FirstVoices “/smalgyax/alphabet” |
Link Button Text | Up to 35 characters |
Suggested use: Add quick information such as an About blurb onto your homepage, and link to a longer custom page.
Page Text widget
This widget can only be used on Custom Pages, not on the language site homepage.
An unlimited amount of text that can contain basic formatting such as headers, bold, italics, and lists.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Nickname | create a unique nickname for your widget |
Text | Up to 4500 characters of formatted text. Formatting options include bold, italics, bulleted/numbered lists, and headers. |
Suggested use: Add to the custom page “/our-people” to describe your community in detail.
Logo widget
Displays the site’s custom logo and a mid-sized message.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Text | Maximum 500 characters |
Logo Left or Right | Does the logo image appear on the left or right side? |
Suggested use: Add to your “Our People” page to discuss the origin of your logo image or credit the creator/designer.
Word of the Day widget
Your site must have at least one Public word in order for this widget to function. If you do not have any Public words on your site, the widget will not appear.
For more info, read this article: Who can see your language entries?
This widget automatically displays a new 'Word of the Day' from your Dictionary, automatically changing every day.
This widget has no custom specifications. It is automatically generated from your site.
Suggested use: Add to your homepage to help visitors find new words every time they visit.
New This Week / Statistics widget
The widget automatically shows either 'New This Week', 'New This Month', or 'On This Site' statistics, depending on how recently the site content has been updated.
This widget has no custom specifications. It is automatically generated from your site.
Suggested use: Add to your homepage to help visitors get a sense of how much is on the site or how often the content is updated.
Quotes widget
The widget displays 3 quotes with their attributor.
Fields | Specifications |
|---|---|
Quote | Maximum 225 characters |
Attributed to | Maximum 50 characters |
Suggested use: Add to pages where you want to highlight teachings from elders, testimonials from community members, key phrases in your language, or other important quotations.