What is a Widget?

A widget is a block of content you can add to your website that provides information or interaction for website visitors. For example, you can add a widget that shows information about an event that your Church is hosting.

What are Realm widgets?

In Refresh Websites, you’ll find a number of widgets that are specific to Realm. These widgets are synced with Realm data, which means when you place a Realm widget on your website, it will always be up-to-date with the information you enter in Realm.

For example, in the case of the event widget, you might decide you need to change the event’s time. When you make this change to the event in Realm, the widget on your website will automatically update to match Realm’s data.

This means that you don’t have to spend extra time updating your website. It’s already done for you!

Which widgets are Realm widgets?

When you edit your website, you’ll see a long list of widgets to choose from. So, which widgets are the Realm widgets?

Realm widgets include:

• Events List

• Single Event

• Groups List

• Giving Form

• Custom Calendar (Using Google Calendars)

How do I create a Custom Calendar widget?

You can create a custom calendar of specific events and subscribe to it with Google Calendar. Then, you can create a Google Calendar widget for your website.

1. Create a custom calendar within Realm.
2. Copy the subscribe link for the custom calendar within Realm.
3. Use the public calendar link to subscribe to the custom calendar in Google Calendar (see the instructions in the Use a link to add a public calendar section).
4. Create a Google Calendar widget for your website using the calendar you just subscribed to.