Widgets are where the rubber meets the road— or, rather, where dynamic Web content meets static Web pages.

Widgets are, in a nutshell, instructions to the CMS to show some dynamic content.  A widget might say something like this:

“Show me up to three news items tagged “important” from the Biology, Chemistry and Physics groups; display them in random order; and if any of them are starred, give them a yellow background.” 

Creative widget usage is key to making great LiveWhale-powered websites.  Widgets can be specified group=me, which means that they’ll display content from the group that owns the page they’re on; in other words, your stuff automatically shows up on your pages.  

This LiveWhale starter kit includes some starter group=me widgets as well as starter content.  Here are the default starter widgets: