Disable Highlights App in Connections 7 ·

Today I got the question of how to disable the highlights app in Connections 7. When you follow the documentation for Connections 6.0CR6 you get an error message (and the document is not available in Connections 7).

I commented out the widget definition in widgets-config.xml like described in the documentation for the former release.

<!-- IBM CONNECTIONS ENGAGEMENT CENTRE - ICEC4Communities  -->
<!--
<widgetDef bundleRefId="highlights" defId="Highlights" description="Highlights.description" modes="view fullpage" showInPalette="true" themes="wpthemeNarrow wpthemeWide wpthemeBanner" uniqueInstance="true" url="{webresourcesSvcRef}/../../xcc/templates/iWidgetXCCCommunityDefinition.xml">
<itemSet>
        <item name="lang" value="{lang}"/>
</itemSet>
</widgetDef>
-->
<!-- IBM CONNECTIONS ENGAGEMENT CENTRE - ICEC4Communities  -->

<templates>
        <!-- default template will be used to display the default widgets -->
        <template id="default">
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="ImportantBookmarks" instanceId="ImportantBookmarks1" uiLocation="col3"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="MembersSummary" instanceId="MembersSummary1" uiLocation="col3"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="StatusUpdates" instanceId="StatusUpdates1" uiLocation="col2statusposts"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="description" instanceId="description1" uiLocation="col2"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Forum" instanceId="ForumInstance1" uiLocation="col2"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Bookmarks" instanceId="BookmarksInstance1" uiLocation="col2"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Files" instanceId="FilesInstance1" uiLocation="col2"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Tags" instanceId="Tags1" uiLocation="col1"/>
                <!-- <widgetInstance defIdRef="Highlights" instanceId="Highlights1" uiLocation="col1"/>-->
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Blog" instanceId="Blog1" uiLocation="col1"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="Wiki" instanceId="Wiki1" uiLocation="col1"/>
                <widgetInstance defIdRef="RichContent" ifGatekeeperSet="COMMUNITIES_TOP_MENU_WITH_BANNER_DEFAULT_LAYOUT" instanceId="RichContent1" uiLocation="banner"/>
        </template>
</templates>

Sychronize the nodes
Restart the application server hosting WidgetContainer and Communities Application
Now create a new community and you will get one of the following errors

The error message does not help to find the issue, no errors are written to the SystemOut.log.

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Open the Gatekeeper settings on https://YOUR_CNX_URL/connections/config/highway.main.gatekeeper.tiles and change the setting COMMUNITIES_HIGHLIGHTS_AS_OVERVIEW from True to False.

Note

To access the gatekeeper settings, you need the admin role in the Common application.

No need to restart an application or application server, just go back to Communities and try to create a community again. This time it works without error messages.

Author

Christoph Stoettner

I work at Vegard IT GmbH as a senior consultant, focusing on collaboration software, Kubernetes, security, and automation. I primarily work with HCL Connections, WebSphere Application Server, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, and Linux. My daily work occasionally leads to technical talks and blog articles, which I share here more or less regularly.

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