widget_item - provide ability to use the page title instead of the message_id to locate the desired item. You can use either, but the page title is often easier to use and discover.

doc/Widgets.md

@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@ Some/many of these widgets have restrictions which may restrict the type of page
 
 * suggestedchats - "interesting" chatrooms chosen for the current observer
 
-* item - displays a single webpage item by mid
-    * args: mid - message_id of webpage to display (must be webpage, not a conversation item)
+* item - displays a single webpage item by mid or page title
+    * args:
+	* channel_id - channel that owns the content, defualt is the profile_uid 
+	* mid - message_id of webpage to display (must be webpage, not a conversation item)
+	* title - URL page title of webpage (must provide one of either title or mid)
 <br />&nbsp;<br />
 
 * photo - display a single photo

include/widgets.php

@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ function widget_item($arr) {
 		return '';
 
 
-	if(! $arr['mid'])
+	if((! $arr['mid']) && (! $arr['title']))
 		return '';
 
 	if(! perm_is_allowed($channel_id, get_observer_hash(), 'view_pages'))
@@ -826,10 +826,20 @@ function widget_item($arr) {
 	require_once('include/security.php');
 	$sql_extra = item_permissions_sql($channel_id);
 
-	$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d and item_type = " . intval(ITEM_TYPE_WEBPAGE) . " $sql_extra limit 1",
-		dbesc($arr['mid']),
-		intval($channel_id)
-	);
+	if($arr['title']) {
+		$r = q("select item.* from item left join item_id on item.id = item_id.iid
+			where item.uid = %d and sid = '%s' and service = 'WEBPAGE' and item_type = %d $sql_options $revision limit 1",
+			intval($channel_id),
+			dbesc($arr['title']),
+			intval(ITEM_TYPE_WEBPAGE)
+		);
+	}
+	else {
+		$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d and item_type = " . intval(ITEM_TYPE_WEBPAGE) . " $sql_extra limit 1",
+			dbesc($arr['mid']),
+			intval($channel_id)
+		);
+	}
 
 	if(! $r)
 		return '';

version.inc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2016-01-27.1291H
+2016-01-28.1292H