{"id":40054,"date":"2025-09-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-fill-the-links-widget-and-authorize-users-for-it\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:24:53","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-fill-the-links-widget-and-authorize-users-for-it","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/allgemein-system-einstellungen\/how-do-i-fill-the-links-widget-and-authorize-users-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fill the &#8220;Links&#8221; widget and authorize users for it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ChurchTools offers you the option of providing your ChurchTools users with links to various content in the &#8220;Links&#8221; widget on the <em>start page<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, store internal or external links that you want to display in the widget in the <em>system settings<\/em> and authorize them individually via the rights management. You can find out how to do this in this tutorial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. store links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em>System settings<\/em> (1) under <em>General<\/em> (2), call up the <em>Start page<\/em> (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2402\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x.png 2402w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-1024x293.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-768x220.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-1536x440.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-2048x587.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.23.57@2x-360x103.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2402px) 100vw, 2402px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under <em>widget &#8220;Links&#8221;<\/em> (4) click on <em>+ Add link<\/em> (5) and enter a <em>title<\/em> (up to 50 characters), <em>subtitle<\/em> (up to 100 characters) and the desired <em>link<\/em> in the dialog box.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have stored more than one link, you can adjust the order using <em>Sort<\/em> (6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1538\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x.png 1538w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x-1536x533.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.27.39@2x-360x125.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1538px) 100vw, 1538px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Links permissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/basics-understanding-permissions\/21-where-to-find-the-permission-management\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7599\">rights management<\/a><\/em> (1) under <em>Administration<\/em> (2) you will find the global Permission to <em>view entries in the links widget (view links)<\/em> (3).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the <em>checkboxes<\/em> (4) to authorize <em>person status<\/em>, <em>group types<\/em>, <em>groups<\/em> and <em>users<\/em> for individual or all links. You can find detailed instructions on <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/assigning-permissions\/how-to-give-global-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7595\">how to do this in the article How do I assign global permissions?<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1184\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-1536x711.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-2048x948.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/System-Settings-General-Home-Links-Permissions-CleanShot-2025-09-19-at-15.31.29@2x-360x167.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Article to read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/customization\/the-start-page\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9459\">The Start page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/general-system-settings\/overview-of-system-settings\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7448\">Overview of system settings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/permissions-management\/rechteverwaltung-verstehen\/21-main\/\">Overview of permissions management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChurchTools offers you the option of providing your ChurchTools users with links to various content in the &#8220;Links&#8221; widget on the start page. 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