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When to Use an Alert

(this section was updated; 6/27/19) Agency Alerts allow you to post temporary, text-only messages site-wide on your website, or on specific Locations. An Alert is typically used to call site visitors attention to a special circumstance or timely notification. Examples could include a brick and mortar location(s) being closed, outages for your agency, or submission deadlines. An Alert displays a brief banner on one, several, or all pages of your agency website. They can only be created by individuals with Editor and Editorial Lead user permissions. Only Editorial Leads can delete Alerts.

Agency Alerts offer displays to convey varied levels of urgency: Notice, Alert, and Warning. Agency Alerts are singular - one alert may be displayed at any time. Alerts may be scheduled or manually published and removed.

  • The Alert will only appear on your agency’s website
  • If an Alert is published, the alert block shows the content of the alert
  • If more than one Alert is published, only the newest one will appear
  • You can choose to display an Alert site-wide or on any Location (content type) on your website. 

Alerts will be displayed one of three different colors depending upon the type selected:

Notice

Alert

Warning


There is a special State Emergency Alert that, when published, will display on all Drupal agency websites. This type of alert can only be published by a select few individuals.

State Emergency

Misuse

Do not leave an alert up for an extended period of time.

How to Create an Alert

  • Log into your agency website.
  • Click on Add Content.
  • Select Alert.
  • Add Alert Title (required). This will be the headline of the Alert.
  • Select an Alert Type (required). Choose the level of Alert which will convey the  appropriate level of urgency:
    • Lowest Level: Notice  
    • Medium Level: Alert
    • Highest Level: Warning

  • Select a Destination (optional). Enter the URL and Link Text for the page that your Alert should link to.
    • If you’re linking off to an external site, you’ll need to include the full URL (https://google.com).
    • If you have included a URL in the URL field, you might want to add Link Text. This is how your URL will display to users. For example, you might enter “Learn more about Hurricane Relief” in the Link Text field.
      • Note: If your Alert will link to a full page for more information, please be sure that page is created and published before creating the Alert.
  • (this section was updated on 6/27/29) Determine the pages which should display your Alert:
    • Show Alert Site-wide will display the Alert to display on every page of your website. [screen shot]
    • Use the Show this Alert On field if you do not want the Alert on every page, but instead only want the alert on a specific Location. Enter the title of the Location on which you want the Alert to show.  
    • Type another Location to add the Alert on multiple Locations.
  • Add Alert Details (optional). This is a short explanation of the Alert.
  • Publish, Save as Draft, or Schedule Publishing for your Alert (see Publishing instructions for more information).

Removing an Alert

To remove the Alert from your site, either Unpublish or Delete the published Alert.

Similar Content

The Location Content Type gives the ability to add a “Temporarily Closed” notification to any Location page, separate from an Agency Alert.  Please see the Location Content Type Training for more information.

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