### Description
The KB Home widget allows users to see all of the Knowledge Categories available to them in Service Portal. You can customize and style this widget using the available instance options and associated custom templates.
### Instance Options
| Option | Property | Comments | Default Value | Source |
| ----- |:-----:| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Template | `u_template` | This property allows a custom template to be selected. | `Default value` | Instance |
| Max Results | `max_results` | Determines which field to use for sorting the articles displayed under each category title. | `Default value` | Options Schema |
| Order By | `order_by` | This property allows a custom order to be selected. | `Default value` | Options Schema |
| Show Panel | `show_panel` | If this option is checked (set to 'true') a panel will appear around each category section. | `Default value` | Options Schema |
| Column Classes | `column_class` | Allows you to use a bootstrap class to set the number of columns to display in the layout. The default value is col-md-4, which will result in a 3 column layout. | `col-md-4` | Options Schema |
| Article page | `page` | The value of this field is used to determine which page to take the user to when they select an article. | `Default value` | Options Schema |
| Category page | `cat_page` | The value of this field is used to determine which page to take the user to when they select an article. | `Default value` | Options Schema |
| Equalize heights | `equalize` | Used to create equal height columns. | `true` | Options Schema |
### Templates
| Name | Comments |
| -------- |:---|
| `kb_home_panel.html` | Sets the standard panel template. |
### Configuration
```json
{
"data": {
"column_class": "col-md-4",
"categories": [
{
"label": "Business Applications",
"articles": [
{
"short_description": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. "
},
{
"short_description": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. "
}
]
},
{
"label": "Computers",
"articles": [
{
"short_description": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. "
},
{
"short_description": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. "
}
]
}
]
}
}
```
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