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Sidebars

Sidebars are used to add extra content to Channels, Channel tabs, and Video pages through the use of widgets. And you can add more than one widget to a sidebar.

They have a cascading effect where each subsequent level overrides the previous level. The hierarchy is as follows:

  1. Channel
  2. Channel tab
  3. Video

The bottom of the list overrides the top, for example anything set on the video overrides the channel tab, and the channel tab overrides the channel.

Adding a widget to a sidebar

Each entity that has sidebars (channels, channel tabs, and videos) will have a section when you edit it called Elements. This is where you will set up and configure your sidebars.

To add a widget to the sidebar you need to go to the Elements section and the Sidebar tab.

Next you click Add new Sidebar Element. This will load a form to set up your widget.

Start by giving it a name, something that'll allow others to clearly identify what the widget is, for example 'Image' would be a bad name to give it, but 'Asset TV VCP Advert MPU' is much better.

Select whether you want it published or not by ticking the checkbox. If it isn't published no one will be able to see it.

Next you need to choose the Element Type, this is what defines the type of widget it is. After you've done this go to one of the following guides to configure that specific type of widget.

Configuring your widget