January 13, 2026
Adding items to Launch Pad Widget
Learn how to add items via My Apps Content App
To provide a detailed and immersive Blog experience. To learn more about editing and adding new articles, please visit here.
| Title | Title that will display in the Content App list and on the Blog Detail widget |
| Body | The body text of the blog |
| Expires | The date and time when the blog will no longer appear |
| Start Date | The date and time when the blog will first appear |
| StaticUrl | What will be added to the site Url to create the friendly Url for the blog post |
| Image | The selected image will display with the blog |
| Image Description | By default is the image Url, but should be updated to a description of the picture |
| HubNewsCategory | Select tags that match the blog's content, they will appear on the blog and help organize them |
| BlogLocation | The location that the blog has relevancy. Will also be used to organize blogs |
| PublishedBy | Publisher of the blog, they will appear on the Blog Detail page |
| Job Title | Job Title of the publisher |
| FriendlyUrl | The friendly Url for the blog post, will only appear after you publish the blog |
| Attachments | Files that are attached to the blog post, can be added via the Add Attachment feature. |
| Select List Columns | Columns in the SharePoint list that the widget is utilizing. | |
| Cache Interval | Sets the time, in seconds, that the data should be saved in the local browser cache of the current user.
· 0 = Do not cache the data for this widget · -1 = Use the default caching strategy set in the Digital Workplace configuration · Whole Number = Cache for specific time, in minutes |
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| List Name | Name of the SharePoint list that contains the data to be displayed for this widget instance. | |
| Use Friendly Url | Determines if the widget pulls in the blogs friendly Url. Keep this checked | |
| Function to call before binding the UI events | OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion): Name of the function called after the UI has been rendered to the screen | |
| isasynccallback |
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| Function to call after fetching data | OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion): Name of the function called after data has been fetched by the widget. | |
| List is on Root Site | When checked, the widget references the list on root site. | |
| Site Collection URL | N/A for this widget: Specifies the site collection URL where the supporting SharePoint list lives. |
View Name: Blog Detail - Modern View Description: Updated blog display that shows blog content more condensed View Preview: