{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":42529,"path":"platform-user-interface/service-portal/kb-news-widget.md","title":"KB News widget","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# KB News widget\n\nThe KB News widget displays information from the Knowledge Base. You can use this base system widget as-is in your portal or clone it to suit your own business needs.\n\nYou can configure the KB News widget to display specific information by selecting a category from the KB category list.\n\n**Note:** The KB News widget only displays the knowledge base articles a user has access to based on ACL rules.\n\n\\[Omitted image \"WidgetKBNews.png\"\\] Alt text: KB News widget with announcements about service interruptions\n\n## Instance options\n\n\\[Omitted image \"IOKBNews.png\"\\] Alt text: KB news widget instance options with four options listed\n\n<table id=\"table_rjn_sx4_j1b\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nField\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nTitle\n\n</td><td>\n\nName of the widget that appears in the widget header\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nBootstrap color\n\n</td><td>\n\nColor scheme for the widget. The default colors are defined by the portal theme, but if you want the instance to have a specific color, select the option from the list.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nMax number\n\n</td><td>\n\nThe maximum number of news articles appearing in the widget. The default number is 5.**Note:** If a user does not have access to articles based on ACL rules, the widget can display fewer articles than the maximum number.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nKB category\n\n</td><td>\n\nThe knowledge base category determined by the kb\\_category table. Only published articles display. For a news widget, select something like **Announcements** to show upcoming events.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>**Parent Topic:**[Knowledge Management widgets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/km-widgets.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[Create and edit a page using the Service Portal Designer]()\n\n[Configure widget instances]()\n\n[Clone a widget]()\n\n"}}