Overview


Featuring portals on Homepage is the best way of promoting it to users. This helps users to identify Portals of importance and relevance and makes it easier for them to access its content. A user can also request to join or leave a portal by selecting any of the featured portals.


All the sub-portals of an account appear in the Featured Portals tab. A user can mark the portal as featured and it will be displayed on the Featured Portals listing on the Homepage. Featured Portals can also be reordered by dragging and dropping. Any Portal on VIDIZMO can be marked as a featured portal on the VIDIZMO's Account homepage.


Steps

i. From the Portal's Homepage,

  1.  Click on the navigation menu on top left corner.
  2.  Expand Admin tab.
  3.  Click on the Portal Settings tab and you'll be directed to Portal Settings page.





ii. From the Portal Settings:


     1. Select Home Page to further expand its options. The following options will appear here:

  • Featured Media
  • Featured Categories
  • Featured Portals


    2. Then select the Featured Portals tab.
    3. The Featured Portals section lists portals on the right-hand side that have been created so far in your Account. 
        Click   here   on How To Create A Portal to learn more.
4. Click on the Mark as Featured button to feature the desired portal on the Homepage.
5. You can also drag a Portal in this list to change its position on the homepage by clicking and dragging the icon.
6. When you are done arranging your Portals, click on the Update button for the changes to become effective .

A brief notification appears to inform you of the successful update.





iii. At the Account Homepage, all featured Portals get listed under the Featured Portals section. Clicking on the Portal name under the Featured Portals takes the user to the selected Portal's homepage.



Contributions were made by Sidra Jabeen.