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bjoern_schulze
Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 12, 2020
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Groups: Add customization options for sidebar

Related products:CC Groups
  • November 12, 2020
  • 9 replies
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Currently the sidebar in Groups is hardly being utilized as a tool to show contextual content. Except from the group description and the group member list there are no additional widgets available.

I propose to have the groups sidebar be customizable like the general sidebar, with the ability to add, move, remove and configure widgets, such as:

  • Events widget
  • HTML widget
  • Announcement card / “featured_side”

With these additions there wouldn’t be a need to build workarounds in order to e.g. promote events, feature content.

    9 replies

    xiaoyu-shen
    xiaoyu-shen
    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    November 24, 2020

    Hey @bjoern_schulze, thanks for sharing this! I’m 100% with you on this idea. Having customization helps to provide better contextual information to group members. 

    Some questions for you:

    1. What kind of information you’d like to show on the group page? e.g. an event, a highlighted topic. 
    2. Any specific use case for HTML widget? 
    3. Would you use different widgets on different group pages? 
    4. Are there any shareable components/content, you’d like to configure once only and display on all group pages? 
    xiaoyu-shen
    xiaoyu-shen
    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    November 24, 2020
    Updated idea status New → Open
    bjoern_schulze
    bjoern_schulzeAuthor
    Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    December 2, 2020

    Hi @xiaoyu-shen,

    1. Private group events, Highlighted topics from the group (but also community wide), Solved topics, HTML block, Leaderboard, Tag cloud, Badges
    2. Provide a direct link to a (external) beta software download page, Custom menu (with relevant links regarding the group project)
    3. Not for the global widgets (like solved topics), but for highlighted topics and HTML block
    4. Yes, some widgets like Solved topics, Leaderboard, Tag cloud, Badges → should have the same configuration community-wide (Homepage, general sidebar, topic sidebar)
      GloriaQuintanilla
      Contributor ⭐️⭐️
      March 17, 2021

      Hi all, 

       

      Agree with this idea, would love to be able to add a permanent call to action using the HTML widget in a group, like we do in Product Updates. Our use case: we have a specific group for users of a product. We need to create topics now to highlight specific related areas of the community or feature topics at the top. Would be handy to use the side bar, which is largely empty for this purpose.

        alfonsmr
        alfonsmr
        Helper ⭐️
        April 22, 2022

        Any news with this idea?, The current description and list of members seems pretty basic to me for a group. I would love to see more options

        Thanks

        Communities Director @ C2C, The Google Cloud Customer Community - https://rebrand.ly/c2c-global-w
        anirbandutta
        anirbandutta
        Expert ⭐️
        April 25, 2022

        💯  and all gamification around groups

         

        It's an opportunity for engagement
        Sebastian
        Sebastian
        Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
        September 6, 2023

        Hi! To help us better identify areas of improvement for Groups, we’ve created a 7-8 minute survey. It would be awesome if you could take the time to fill this in. At the end of the survey, you’ll have the option to opt-in to any upcoming Groups betas, as well as be invited for interviews and usability tests.

        Open the survey

        Sudhanshu
        Sudhanshu
        Gainsight Product Manager
        June 23, 2026

        Great news everyone! This one is now live! 

        The Layout Editor has been expanded to Group pages. You can now customize the layout of each page independently, add and configure widgets inline, and tailor the sidebar per page.

        Full details in the product update here: https://communities.gainsight.com/product-updates/gainsight-cc-more-control-over-every-page-every-language-every-connector-31166

          Sudhanshu
          Sudhanshu
          Gainsight Product Manager
          June 23, 2026
          Updated idea statusOpen→Released
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