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Use owner actions in a private Embed

Change the Embed background or refresh Notion data from a private Blocky Embed, and learn when the Made With Blocky.so tag shows.

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A private Embed has a Quick Actions menu with owner actions. You can change the Embed background, and you can refresh the data of a widget with a Notion source. A public Embed has no owner actions.

Before you start

  • Embed the widget with its private URL. See Copy a public or private Embed link.
  • The private URL works for anyone who has it. Anyone who opens it can use the owner actions, so put it only on pages that you control.
  • Refresh Data shows only when the widget's owner has a subscription and the widget has a Notion source.

Open the Quick Actions menu

  1. Open the Notion page that has the private Embed.
  2. Point to the Embed, or move the keyboard focus into it. The Quick actions button appears in the top-right corner of the Embed.
  3. Click Quick actions. The Quick Actions menu opens.

Change the Embed background

The Embed background is the page color around the widget. It is not the widget's own background.

  1. In the Quick Actions menu, click Change Background Color.
  2. Choose a color in Background Color.
  3. Click Save. The dialog closes, and the Embed shows the new color.

The public Embed of the same widget shows the new color too.

Refresh the Notion data

In the Quick Actions menu, click Refresh Data. The item shows Refreshing... while Blocky loads the data from Notion. When the refresh ends, the Embed shows the new data.

The Embed shows no message when a refresh fails. To see what went wrong, refresh the data in the editor. See Use Notion data in a widget.

What the widget's own controls do

In a public or a private Embed, viewers can use the widget's own controls, such as the history in a Habit tracker or a Mood tracker. Blocky saves those changes.

A private Embed can't change the widget's layout, content, or Notion source. To change those, open the widget in the editor.

The Made With Blocky.so tag

The Made With Blocky.so tag shows in the bottom-right corner of an Embed in these cases:

  • The widget's owner has no subscription. The tag shows on the public and the private Embed.
  • The widget's owner has an affiliate link. The tag shows on the public Embed.

The tag links to blocky.so. On a public Embed whose owner has an affiliate link, it links to the affiliate link instead.