How to Keep Resource Widgets Independent and Pin Items

Summary This article explains how to keep different Resources widgets independent and pin specific resources to the top of each widget by using separate resource categories and widget filters.

How it works

• 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 filters each Resources widget by a specific category category

• Submit a widget request for the uConnect team with the Resources widget you want to customize: https://clients.gouconnect.com/submit-your-widget-request/?submissionGuid=80d62a8d-32c3-4083-b00a-2e943915b970
• 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.

Conclusion Using separate resource categories and having the uConnect team apply category filters per widget keeps resource areas independent and lets you control which items appear!