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// In your view page do followings
$obj = $this->widget('application.extensions.dashboard.dashboard', array(
    'divColumns' => array('column1', 'column2', 'column3'),// Css class names of DIV columns
    'dashHeader' => array('show'=>true, 'title'=>'Dashboard')// Dashboard header options
))
 
// Adding portlets to each column
// These column1,column2,column3 css classes are defined in dasboard/assests/css/dasboard.css 
// You can define your own columns and assign here also define them in above "divColumns" array as well
// EXAMPLE 1
// =====================
<div class="column1">      
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('feeds', 'Feeds', 'Feeds Data');?>// portlet id, name, content
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('news', 'News', 'News Data');?>
</div>
<div class="column2">
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('shopping', 'Shopping','Shopping Data');?> 
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('hits', 'Hits','Hits Data');?> 
</div>
<div class="column3">
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('weather', 'Weather', 'Whether Data');?>
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('traffic', 'Traffic','Traffic Data'));?>
</div>
 
<?php $obj->end()?>// Closing widget
 
// EXAMPLE 2 - Using render partial
// ================================
<div class="column1">      
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('feeds', 'Feeds', 'FEEDS PORTAL');?>// portlet id, name, content
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('news', 'News', $this->renderPartial('_news',false,true));?>
</div>
<div class="column2">
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('shopping', 'Shopping', $this->renderPartial('_chart',false,true));?> 
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('hits', 'Hits', $this->renderPartial('_grid_view',false,true));?> 
</div>
<div class="column3">
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('weather', 'Weather', '28 C Colombo');?>
    <?php $obj->addPortlet('traffic', 'Traffic', $this->renderPartial('_meter',false,true));?>
</div>
 
<?php $obj->end()?>// Closing widget
 
// Thats all
// Note: This dashboard save user selected portlets in a cookie for 30 days. Hope to save them in a db in future releases.