{"id":4286,"date":"2012-04-13T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T22:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help-o.ning.com\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:10:37","slug":"add-or-remove-widgets-from-your-ning-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/add-or-remove-widgets-from-your-ning-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Add or Remove Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An embedded\u00a0widget\u00a0is a piece of content from an outside website that&#8217;s placed directly into your Ning Network,\u00a0just as it appears on the external website. This can be a video from a video hosting service like YouTube or Hulu,\u00a0a game or application\u00a0that adds a new functionality, or even a media player from a different Ning Network. <strong>If you have embedded a video (or added an image) from another Ning network, please keep in mind that this code or content may be lost if that network removes it at any time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Embed a widget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Widgets are added with an embed code that comes from the source of the content. For example, YouTube shows the &#8220;Embed&#8221; button for its videos below the player.\u00a0 Click that button to reveal the full embed code, which you&#8217;ll want to copy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4300\" title=\"youtube embed code\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/youtube-embed-code.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 1\" width=\"585\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To embed the video, just\u00a0copy the embed code and paste it into a\u00a0<a href=\"\/help\/introduction-to-text-boxes\/\">text box<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"\/help\/introduction-to-pages\/\">page<\/a> on your Ning Network.\u00a0Using the text editor, you can click on the HTML button to bring up the HTML view, and just paste your embed code in there directly:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4302\" title=\"embedinhtmlmode\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/embedinhtmlmode.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 2\" width=\"585\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also click on the video file icon to bring up a pop-up window to drop your embed code in:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4308\" title=\"embed video\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/embed-video.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 3\" width=\"585\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you have added the embed code and any text that you&#8217;d like to include along with it, click the &#8220;Save&#8221; button in the text box or the page you&#8217;ve added it to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4311\" title=\"video\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/video.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 4\" width=\"585\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Widgets and loading times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Widgets can be very helpful because they&#8217;re an easy way to add content and functionality. Widgets do, however,\u00a0<a href=\"\/help\/troubleshoot-slow-loading-or-no-loading-issues-on-your-network\/\">slow down the loading times<\/a> of pages because they have to load in addition to the rest of your content. The more complicated the widget, the more it will slow down your load time,\u00a0and complex widgets like games and media players can be detrimental for this reason.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Remove a widget<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to remove a widget\u00a0from your\u00a0Ning Network, just remove the embed code you added to your text box or new page. Click on the HTML button to see all the code that has been added to the text box. Embed codes usually begin with &lt;object&gt; and end with &lt;\/object&gt;, so that&#8217;s what to look for if you&#8217;ve forgotten what part of your content\u00a0is the embed code:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4319\" title=\"objecttags\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/objecttags.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 5\" width=\"585\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just delete everything in between those two tags. Click &#8220;Save&#8221; and your\u00a0widget will be removed.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to remove a JavaScript widget media player, you might need to look for &lt;script&gt;\u00a0&#8230;&lt;\/script&gt; tags.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4322\" title=\"remove js\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/remove-js.jpg\" alt=\"Add or Remove Widgets 6\" width=\"585\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Too many widgets can cause problems. If you find yourself unable to save your changes to your text box, you might have too much content in there. Try copying and saving it to a file on your computer, then delete all of the content in the text box, and start over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An embedded\u00a0widget\u00a0is a piece of content from an outside website that&#8217;s placed directly into your Ning Network,\u00a0just as it appears on the external website. This can be a video from a video hosting service like YouTube or Hulu,\u00a0a game or application\u00a0that adds a new functionality, or even a media player from a different Ning Network. If you have embedded a video (or added an image) from another Ning network, please keep in mind that this code or content may be lost if that network removes it at any time.<br \/>\nEmbed a widget<br \/>\nWidgets are added with an embed code that comes from the source of the content. For example, YouTube shows the &#8220;Embed&#8221; button for its videos below the player.\u00a0 Click that button to reveal the full embed code, which you&#8217;ll want to copy.<\/p>\n<p>To embed the video, just\u00a0copy the embed code and paste it into a\u00a0<a href=\"\/help\/introduction-to-text-boxes\/\">text box<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"\/help\/introduction-to-pages\/\">page<\/a> on your Ning Network.\u00a0Using the text editor, you can click on the HTML button to bring up the HTML view, and just paste your embed code in there directly:<\/p>\n<p>You can also click on the video file icon to bring up a pop-up window to drop your embed code in:<\/p>\n<p>When you have added &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[521,240,467,519,299,520,964,411,398],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - 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