Title:     Portal Admin interface: Widgets
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Portal admins are able to update the stored metadata of widgets: URL of the actual widget, its availability in the portal, thumbnail etc.

To access the admin interface, see [Portal admin interface](admin-interface.html).

## Overview

The list of widgets will be growing. In the admin interface it's possible to filter widgets on status (`preview`, `published`), type (`OpenSocial`, `W3C Widget`) or a free text search in the widget's title and description. All search criteria are optional.

Only widgets that are marked as `published` will appear in the portal widget store. If a user adds a new widget, its status is set to `preview`

## Widget metadata

  - Title: the title that is used in the widget store
  - Location: the URL for the widget definition
  - Type: defines which widget provider should be used for rendering the widget
  - Description: shown in the widget store
  - Status: defines if the widget is available in the store (in the future it will be possible to block a gadget)
  - Thumbnail: shown in the widget store listing
  - Screenshot: gives the user an idea how the widget will look like. Shown on the widget detail page in the widget store.
  - URL the gadget title links to: if filled in, the title of the rendered gadget will link to this URL
  - Author: will be shown in the widget store
  - Author email: can be used to contact the author, currently not shown in the widget store
  

![Screenshot of Widget metadata](/images/screenshot-admin-widgetdetails.png)