Is it possible to adjust the Featured Categories Pocket to display only featured discussions?
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?
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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.
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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.
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@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! ๐1 -
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.
It was @BrendanP that actually raised the idea of using the RSS feed pocket initially so big shoutout to him ๐.
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