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title: How to Keep Resource Widgets Independent and Pin Items
description: Keep Resources widgets independent and pin items by creating separate categories and filtering each widget to its own category.
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# How to Keep Resource Widgets Independent and Pin Items

This article explains how to keep different Resources widgets independent and control which specific resources appear in each widget by using separate resource categories and widget filters.

How it works

**Note:** If a resource needs to appear in more than one widget, you will need to assign it to multiple categories — one for each widget where it should appear. Be aware that this means it will show up in all widgets filtered to those categories.

- Each Resources widget pulls from a set of resources. If two widgets use the same source set, adding a resource to one widget will make it appear in both.
- To keep widgets independent and to "pin" specific items in each widget, configure distinct categories and filter each widget to a single category.

Step‑by‑step: Separate widgets and pin items

1. Create separate resource categories

- Navigate to: Manage → Content Categories → Resources
- Create distinct categories for each widget or section you want to keep independent. Example category names: 
    - Staff – Featured Resources
    - Staff – Additional Resources

1. Assign resources to a single category

- Edit each resource and assign it to the one category where you want it to appear.
- Ensure resources meant to remain in one widget are not assigned to the category used by another widget.

1. Request that the uConnect team filter each Resources widget by a specific category

- Submit a widget request to the uConnect team for the Resources widget you want to customize: https://clients.gouconnect.com/submit-your-widget-request/?submissionGuid=80d62a8d-32c3-4083-b00a-2e943915b970   
  *Note: Verify this link is current, as widget request URLs may change. If the link does not work, contact uConnect support directly.*
- Ask in the widget form for the widget's filter/source to pull only from the specific category created for that widget (for example, the "Staff – Featured Resources" category).
- Repeat for each widget, pointing each to its own category.

Using separate resource categories and having the uConnect team apply category filters per widget keeps your resource areas independent and gives you precise control over which items appear in each widget.

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