E56 Widgets

Explanation

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Regular improvements

• We have a code, which can reorder the widgets. It is almost done and just need small improvement.
• This task can be fully automatised and a cron which will be executed once a day/week, which will reorder the widgets based on different requirements, including how active is it.
• Effort: 1 day
• Feedback: Are we speaking here of category widgets, in the sidebar?
• Both.

Order category widgets

The widget functionality is everything related to the widgets. Current functionality is to order the widget based on:

• 2 widget areas – homepage and sidebar

Algorithm:

• Divide active blog than not active. Current settings is 30 days. If there is no new post in last 14 days, we consider the blog for not active
• We sort firstly all active blogs (A-Z for homepage widgets, Z-A for sidebar widgets)
• Then all inactive blogs (A-Z for homepage widgets, Z-A for sidebar widgets)

Order widgets

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How to Order Widgets

Home Page Widgets:

These are the widgets below the author pictures on the home page.

Side Bar Widgets