Managing gadgets
A gadgetSmall application component that is responsible for its own rendering and behavior, accessible from the dashboard or the panes in the Optimizely user interface. A gadget can contain functionality that you can use within the gadget interface or link away to other products integrated in Optimizely (for example, a direct link to CMS / Pages where you can use the classic editing view features). is a small application or add-on that can be made available for easy access from
Adding gadgets
Select Add Gadgets, and select a gadget to add from the list of available gadgets.
Rearranging gadgets
Select Rearrange Gadgets, select a gadget, and drag it to the desired position on the dashboard or in a pane.
Removing gadgets
Select Rearrange Gadgets, and click the Remove gadget symbol next to the gadget you want to remove from the dashboard or pane.
Built-in gadgets
Gadgets for the dashboard
- External links. Provides an overview of the external links of your website.
- Forms viewer. Lets you monitor the activity for a specific web form.
- Notes. Lets you add colorful “post it” notes to your dashboard.
- RSS feed reader. Shows the latest feeds from an RSS source of your choice.
- Visitor groups statistics. For monitoring visitor groups viewing personalized content.
See dashboard gadgets to edit the configuration settings for dashboard gadgets.
Gadgets for the panes in edit view
- Archived Tests. For viewing archived A/B tests. See A/B testing.
- Blocks. For accessing blocks (default in the assets pane).
- Media. For accessing media files (default in the assets pane).
- Forms. For accessing forms (default in the assets pane if the Optimizely Forms add-on is installed).
- Forms Elements. Displays the forms elements that can be used when creating a form (only available if the Optimizely Forms add-on is installed).
- Project Items. For viewing items belonging to a project. You can multi-select and mark items as Ready to Publish. from this gadget.
- Sites. Displays the page tree for the website.
- Recent. Displays items you have viewed during your current browser session.
- Tasks. Displays tasks to be done on the website. This gadget lets you filter items on status. You can, for example, see a list of all items set as Ready to Publish.
- Recently changed. Displays recently changed content on the website.
- Versions. For managing content versions. See Working with versions to work with versions.
Some gadgets are available by default in the user interface, while others need to be added manually.
Add-ons
Many add-ons are made available in the user interface as gadgets to extend the capabilities within various areas of Optimizely.