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Alert

The Alert component creates a special content box on all pages of a site to display an emergency alert message. Depending on the alert level, the amount of the site’s homepage content displayed on screen will change.

Component Information

Benefits

  • Alert components enable the university to quickly disseminate emergency information to website audiences during times of crisis.

Alert Levels

  • Level 1: Sitewide banner message 
  • Level 2: Replaces the homepage hero banner. Other pages on the website will have a Level 1 banner message.
  • Level 3: Replaces all homepage content

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Contact a system administrator to add alerts. 

No, the Alert is only for high-level emergency messages.

Instructions for Use

Alerts are set up by system administrators in Content Editor in the Shared Sites > Data > Global Alerts folder.

  1. Fill out all Alert fields. Save and publish when finished.
  2. Once an Alert has been created, it is activated on a site by selecting the sitename node and choosing the alert Level and the Active Alert in the Alerts section.
  3. Select the Alert to use and select the needed Alert level.
    • Level 1: Sitewide banner message 
    • Level 2: Replaces homepage hero banner. The other pages on the website will have a Level 1 banner message.
    • Level 3: Replaces all homepage content. The other pages on the website will have a Level 1 banner message.
  4. Save and publish.

 

 

Documentation updated: May 7, 2024