If you have important or recommended topics that your users might find useful, the custom Topics widget can be used to focus attention to those topics and make users aware of them.
Example: You might configure the custom Topics widget to only show specific topics that you think are essential or might useful for users to see; such as in a new starter community, you could specify topics filled with lots of useful content to help new starters get orientated. You could then position the widget at the top of the page, meaning that each time a user lands on the community, they see those topics straight away.
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Configuring the widget
To configure the custom Topics widget in the Widget builder:
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