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Deleting a widget Permanently delete widgets from the system. Global Site settings Configure privacy, Google Analytics, URL redirects, and more. Creating a privacy policy for your website How to add a privacy policy to your site, including tips and resources for writing it. Editing user account How...

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This widget will display and group publications by their type (books, journals, etc.). Adding Publications-by-Type widget 1. Click on Layout button on the top right side of the page. 2. Click on Create New Widget button and select Publication types 3. Fill out the form (shown below) and save 4. Drag...

This widget will display and group publications by year; regardless of type. Adding Publications-by-Year widget 1. Click on Layout button on the top right side of the page. 2. Click on Create New Widget button and select Publication years 3. Fill out the form (shown below) and save 4. Drag and drop...

This widget will display and group publications by all authors, regardless of type, year, etc. Adding Publications-by-Authors widget 1. Click on Layout button on the top right side of the page. 2. Click on Create New Widget button and select Publication authors 3. Fill out the form (shown below) and...

A Slideshow Widget allows you to display images in a slideshow format. Note that this is different from the Slider Widget, which allows you to display different widgets in a slideshow-like format. To create a slideshow widget: 1. Click on the Layout button on the top right side of the page. 2. Click...

The Image Gallery widget allows you to display photos in two formats, Carousel and Grid. A Carousel will display the images across the page where site visitors can click an arrow to view more. In Grid format, all image thumbnails display on the page. Examples Carousel (with image names) Grid (with...

Any type of Google Doc can be embedded, although the method of doing so isn’t always immediately obvious, nor as user-friendly as embedding a Google calendar or map. A couple challenges present themselves: How to get the embed code differs from one type of Google doc to the next You aren’t always...