closes #5937

public/src/admin/extend/widgets.js

@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ define('admin/extend/widgets', ['jqueryui'], function () {
 		$('#save').on('click', saveWidgets);
 
 		function saveWidgets() {
-			var total = $('#widgets [data-template][data-location]').length;
+			var saveData = [];
-
 			$('#widgets [data-template][data-location]').each(function (i, el) {
 				el = $(el);
 
@@ -112,26 +111,24 @@ define('admin/extend/widgets', ['jqueryui'], function () {
 					});
 				});
 
-				socket.emit('admin.widgets.set', {
+				saveData.push({
 					template: template,
 					location: location,
 					widgets: widgets,
-				}, function (err) {
+				});
-					total -= 1;
+			});
 
-					if (err) {
+			socket.emit('admin.widgets.set', saveData, function (err) {
-						app.alertError(err.message);
+				if (err) {
-					}
+					app.alertError(err.message);
+				}
 
-					if (total === 0) {
+				app.alert({
-						app.alert({
+					alert_id: 'admin:widgets',
-							alert_id: 'admin:widgets',
+					type: 'success',
-							type: 'success',
+					title: '[[admin/extend/widgets:alert.updated]]',
-							title: '[[admin/extend/widgets:alert.updated]]',
+					message: '[[admin/extend/widgets:alert.update-success]]',
-							message: '[[admin/extend/widgets:alert.update-success]]',
+					timeout: 2500,
-							timeout: 2500,
-						});
-					}
 				});
 			});
 		}

src/socket.io/admin.js

@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ SocketAdmin.plugins.upgrade = function (socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 SocketAdmin.widgets.set = function (socket, data, callback) {
-	if (!data) {
+	if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
 		return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
 	}
 
-	widgets.setArea(data, callback);
+	async.eachSeries(data, widgets.setArea, callback);
 };
 
 SocketAdmin.config.set = function (socket, data, callback) {