Manage widgets Guide

5. (Govintra) Need to know widget

Displays a list of news stories that have been flagged as “need to know”.  You can change the title of this widget, and the amount of stories to show.

Mark new stories as need to know by changing the post format to “status”.
Need to know widget settings

Need to know widget settings

Widget settings

Hide if already read

With this setting checked, a cookie is set on individual browsers to mark that a story has been read. If the need to know story has already been viewed, it will not show again in the need to know widget.

Colour settings

Set the background colour and text colour for the widget display. The border colour is used for the top border of the widget area.

Need to know widget example

Need to know widget example