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If you are an admin, you can highlight important items of content such as questions, videos, links, files, topics, and articles, by adding them to the Featured content carousel.

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  • Learning plans and surveys cannot be added to the Featured content carousel.
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  • With the exception of events, which do not appear on the mobile version of the carousel, the same content is displayed on both the desktop and mobile apps.

There are two versions of the Featured content carousel: 

  • Desktop carouselThe desktop version of the carousel can be displayed at the top of the main Fuse homepage and on community-specific homepages.
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  • of the carousel, each item scrolls automatically and is displayed at timed intervals.There are two versions of the Featured content carousel: 

  • Mobile app carousel: The mobile version of the carousel can be displayed at the top of the main content feed. Content displayed on the mobile version of the Featured content carousel does not does not scroll automatically, meaning users must manually swipe to view each item.

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An item of content's title, description, and thumbnail are displayed on the content card on the mobile app, which can be configured on the Edit content screen.


Prerequisites

Before adding content to the Featured content carousel, ensure that the content contains a thumbnail with a minimum width of 960px (recommended) and with a maximum size of 980px x 240px.

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Fuse supports the following image types for content thumbnails: GIF, HEIC, JPE, JPEG, JPG, PNG, and TIFF.

Configuring featured content for all users

To configure featured content for all users on the Fuse instance:

  1. Expand the sidebar (Image Modified) and click Admin (Image Modified).
    The Admin dashboard appears.

  2. On the Admin dashboard, click Featured content.
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    The Featured content screen appears.
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  3. In the Display featured content? section, select one of the following options:

    • None: Featured content is not displayed for users on both desktop and mobile.

    • Desktop & Mobile: Featured content is displayed for users on desktop and mobile.

    • Desktop: Featured content is only displayed for users on desktop.

    • Mobile: Featured content is only displayed for users on mobile.

  4. In the Content and topics section, search for existing content and click + to add it to the Current featured content table.
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  5. In the Preview section, you can preview the featured content carousel before making it available to users.

    • Click Desktop to preview the featured content carousel on desktop.

    • Click Mobile to preview the featured content carousel on the mobile app.

  6. In the Display options for the featured content section, select one or more of the following options:

    • Titles: The title of the content appears on each thumbnail on the featured content carousel.

    • Arrows: Allows users to click left and right on the carousel to navigate to different items of featured content.

    • Circles: Allows users to click buttons to navigate to different items of featured content on the carousel.

  7. On the top-right of the screen, click the Save button.

The content is saved on the Featured content carousel.

Configuring featured content for a community homepage

To configure featured content for a specific community homepage:

  1. On the community homepage, click the Settings icon (Image Modified).

    The Community admin screen appears.
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  2. On the left-hand menu, under General, click Featured content.
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    The featured content configuration screen appears.

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  3. In the Display featured content? section, select one of the following options:

    • None: No featured content is displayed.

    • Desktop: Featured content is displayed on the community homepage on desktop.

  4. In the Community content (most recent) section, search for existing content and click + to add it to the Current featured content table.

    In the Preview section, you can preview the featured content carousel before making it available to users.

  5. In the Display options for the featured content section, select one or more of the following options:

    • Titles: The title of the content appears on each thumbnail on the featured content carousel.

    • Arrows: Allows users to click left and right on the carousel to navigate to different items of featured content.

    • Circles: Allows users to click buttons to navigate to different items of featured content on the carousel.

  6. Click Save.
    The content is saved on the featured content carousel on the community homepage.