Similar Items portlet

What is the Similar items portlet?

A portlet which shows similar items by content type and categories.

Adding content in the Similar Items portlet

1. Navigate to the page that you would like to add the Similar Items portlet to (you need to be logged in).

2. Once on the page, use the drop down menu on the right side of the edit bar that will be 'Your name'.

3. Select 'Manage portlets'.

4. You will now be taken to a page that allows you to select 'Primary portlets' and 'Secondary portlets'. Depending on the content type you can use, one or the other, or both. It is most common to use the 'Primary portlets'.

5. Using the ‘Add portlet' drop down menu under the portlet location that you require, select 'Similar Items.’ You will then be taken to a page where you can configure this portlet.

6. There are three headed sections in the Similar Items portlet edit interface:

7. Content;

   1. Title

      1. This field defines the title of the portlet.

   2. Number of items to show

      1. This field determines how many items of content will be displayed in the portlet.

8. Style

   1. Box border

      1. This feature allows the user to deploy a border of their choice on either or both sides of the portlet.

   2. Box type

      1. This feature allows the user to deploy a highlighted background to the portlet.

9. Advanced;

   1. Show only for sub-items

      1. Check this box if you would like to add the portlet at a section level, and define that it shows only on all the items in the section, rather than on the section as well.

Editing content in the Similar Items portlet

1. Click on your name in the top right of the edit bar to access the drop-down menu, ensuring that you are on the correct page, which hosts the portlets in question.

2. Select ‘Manage portlets’ from the dropdown menu

3. Click onto the portlet you wish to and edit any of the fields you would like to.

Removing the Similar items portlet

1. If you wish to remove the Blog posts portlet, click on your name in the top right of the edit bar to access the drop-down menu, ensuring that you are on the correct page, which hosts the portlets in question.

2. Select ‘Manage portlets’ from the dropdown menu

3. Click on the X button, next to the portlet you wish to delete.