Portal Announcements are used to send a scheduled message to all Clearlogin users in their dashboard. When a scheduled announcement goes live, the Notification Bell icon will signify an announcement is available to view.
Some things to note about portal announcements:
Once an announcement goes live, making changes to the announcement will not reset the announcement's status in the user dashboard.
All users have the ability to mark an announcement as Read. Once the announcement is marked Read, it cannot be changed back to Unread.
In an announcement's configuration, you can make the announcement sticky by not allowing it to be deleted.
The announcement type determines how the announcement is presented to the users with different icons and colors.
When selecting the Notification Bell icon only the announcement name is shown. To view the message, a user has to click the arrow icon to view the message text.
One or more portal announcements can be active at the same time. When multiple announcements are active, they are stacked as a list.
In the left navigation bar, browse to: Settings > Announcements
Click the Add New Announcement button, or the Edit icon to edit an existing announcement.
Existing announcements that are inactive or have expired will be listed in red. Existing announcements that are active will be listed in green.
Setting Name
Description
Name
This is the name/identifier for the announcement. This name is shown to the users in the announcement header. There is a 40 character limit for the announcement name.
Description
This is the message text for the announcement. To view the message, a user has to click the arrow icon in the announcement header.
Announcement Type
The following types of announcements can be chosen:
Success (default)
Info
Warning
Error
The below example screenshot shows the colors and icons for each type of announcement.
Role
Select a role to filter the announcement:
All (default)
User
Admin Read Only
Admin
Time Zone
Choose a time zone for the announcement schedule.
Start Date
Choose a start date/time for the announcement schedule.
Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC
Examples:
2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
2021-01-01 08:30:00 UTC
2021-01-01 17:30:00 UTC
End Date
Choose an end date/time for the announcement schedule.
Format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC
Examples:
2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
2021-01-01 08:30:00 UTC
2021-01-01 17:30:00 UTC
Deleteable
When enabled, the users can delete the announcement.