Is it possible to adjust the Featured Categories Pocket to display only featured discussions?

stefanieb · 2023-05-18T20:54:15+00:00

There was an error rendering this rich post.

We noticed that although the new layout editor hasn't been applied to Categories yet, there is a "Featured Categories" pocket that can be applied to a Category Page.

Is it possible to configure the Featured Categories pocket (not homepage widget) to display specific discussions?

Find more posts tagged with

Accepted answers

Rav Singh

Unfortunately not, it will only display categories that are marked as a 'featured' one.

A potential option is looking at the Featured Collections widget that will allow you to specify discussions to display but its only available on Layout Editor-enabled pages ie. The home page and discussions pages.

Something I've done to get around this (sort of) is using the RSS pocket method on certain category pages so it showcases the latest discussions in a more prominent way. It still doesn't allow you to specify which discussions appear but it works well in some categories where only admins/staff can create new discussions rather than discussions in for viewing by the wider community.

All comments

Rav Singh

Unfortunately not, it will only display categories that are marked as a 'featured' one.

stefanieb

@Rav Singh That's so interesting and sounds like exactly the use case we're working toward!
Is there some documentation that you might be able to point us toward to help us learn more about setting up the RSS feed in the way you describe?

+ @ABlackwell @Julie Lowe @aasim_yacub @Sasha_antonenko who I know are excited about this too! 😀

BrendanP

Layout editor coming to category pages in Q3 is going to allow for this and be a big help.

Rav Singh

https://success.vanillaforums.com/discussion/comment/5812#Comment_5812

Hey @stefanieb

Sure thing I'll link the post below which should help. You'll see in my screenshot below of how it looks in our site where it showcases the latest discussions in certain categories. Again though, you can't control which content displays (only the latest) so I'd suggest using discretion on which categories you apply it to.

Once Layout Editor is enabled on category pages then using the Featured Collections widget will be a much better solution.

https://success.vanillaforums.com/discussion/990/using-the-rss-feed-widget-to-feature-content

It was @BrendanP that actually raised the idea of using the RSS feed pocket initially so big shoutout to him 🙌.

Shauna

I wonder if Content Collections would be a good fit here: https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/591-content-collections we implemented this here not long ago… read more:

https://success.vanillaforums.com/discussion/1683/featured-collections-are-live-in-the-success-community