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Custom Views

The Custom Views feature enables orgs to take the links of two important or frequently-used sites, resources, or tools and add them directly to the Main Navigation:

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To create a Custom View

  1. Go to Links > Shared Categories
  2. Open a Category and find the link you want to add to the Main Navigation
  3. Click the action menu icon next to the link and select “Add to Custom Views”
  4. Click the Save button at the top of the screen.

The Custom View should now appear on the Main Navigation, in the section marked with the link icon.

When you open your Custom View, there will be two actions available to you, Copy link and Open in a new tab. These can be found on the action menu on the far right of the Custom View's action bar.

 

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NOTE—To remove a Custom View, follow the steps above but select “Remove From Custom Views” in Step 2

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Once created, you can manage your Custom Views by clicking the action menu icon on the main Links panel and selecting "Manage Custom Views".

 

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    Kristen Lisanti

    Are these individually chosen links? Or do Admins set them up to be used by all users? 

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    Brad Palmer

    Good question Kristen. System Admins set them up for everyone. They are org-wide.

    Brad

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    Roxanne Sesker

    Is there a limit on the personal links to add?

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    Brad Palmer

    There is no limit on the number of personal links a contributor can add. Of course it gets harder to find links if there are too many but that tends to be a personal choice.

    bruce

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    Mark Donnachie

    Is there the facility to add a parameter to a Shortcut/External link? e.g. Email Address

    www.example.com?email=example@example.com

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    Brad Palmer

    I'm not sure I fully understand your question but mailto links work. Formatted like this "mailto: brad@jostle.me".

    So will Skype links "skype:JostleBrad" and phone links "tel:+16043334444".

    Brad

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    Mark Donnachie

    Thanks for the reply Brad. I was wondering if a piece of information from the users Jostle profile e.g. email address can be appended to the URL (querystring) in the Org-Wide links section, for example:

    www.mywebsite.com?jostleemail=mark@donnachie.com

    This would then enable to the recipient website to consume this parameter and identify the user for example.

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    Brad Palmer

    No, but you can create a link that will open a new email on your local email client with their email address in the To field, per my example above.

    And you can link in their whole profile. Just grab the URL while you are viewing it.

    Brad

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    Mark Donnachie

    Thats fine, I was looking to implement a simple 'single sign on' solution to an external web link, but they will have to log in! Thanks for the clarification.

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    Deanna Smith

    Good morning,

     

    I would like to add an Org link that opens up an email template (can be from outlook). IS this something I can do?

    thanks

    Deanna

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    Brad Palmer

    Hi Deanna,

    Modern browsers very much restrict such things for well founded security reasons. Glen on our team researched a possible way to configure this, which may or may not meet your needs. I will send to you directly.

    Brad

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    Richard Woolf

    Is there an option to just show the TEXT of the link (with the http address embedded in the text) rather than show the full http address underneath the link name?  I think this would be a lot less busy and also allow more links to show together on a page.

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    Brad Palmer

    Very helpful observation Richard. I'll share this with the experience designer crafting this.

    Brad

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    Richard Woolf

    Is there a way to re-order the LINK categories after they are created?  They appear to be listed in the order of creation.  I would like the CATEGORIES to sort alphabetically.

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    Richard Woolf

    BTW, I really am happy we have the option to add CATEGORIES now!!!! Thanks for making that happen.

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    Brad Palmer

    They should be in the order you previously had them. If that is not the case, please email us at support@jostle.me so we can investigate further.

    We are working to add in an ability to order links. This is in active development and something like two months out.

    In the mean time, if you have a high-stake need to change the order they appear, please email us at support@jostle.me and let us know exactly the order you want.

    Brad

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    Richard Woolf

    Thanks. I will be on the lookout for the "order" update. Hopefully we will be able to specify the order of the both the categories and the links.

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    Larissa Mrozek

    Would you ever consider adding one more organization wide link? Even three would be helpful!

     

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    Permanently deleted user

    Hi Larissa,

    If you're referring to the "Quick Links" that you can add to your Main Navigation, and you'd like to request another slot be added, you can do so in our Feature Request forum. Every suggestion or request posted for a new feature can be voted on by other customers, and those with the most support stand the best chance of making it into a future release.

    Just follow the link below, click on the "Links view" heading, and add your request.

    https://forum.jostle.us/hc/en-us/community/topics

    Cheers,

    Vince

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    Joanna Waine

    Is there a way to add individual links outside of a category?  I'd like to open our Links and see our top 10 links visible, with the rest of the links then in categories. 

    Thank you

    Joanna

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    Permanently deleted user

    Hi Joanna,

    Currently, it is not possible to add individual, active links to the Category-level screen. However, if you want to suggest such a feature be added, you can do so in our Feature Request forum (Under "Links and Custom Views").

    Other users can upvote your request, and those with the most support stand the best chance at becoming a new feature in the platform.

    Cheers,

    Vince

     

     

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