CivicPlus Portal Notifications Settings

Administrators will see a Notifications tab on the CivicPlus Portal Settings page. From here, admins can choose which subscription lists to show in their Portal as well as feature lists. 

Add a Notification Link to a Third-Party Provider

1. Navigate to the page with your embedded Portal or access the stand-alone Portal and sign in to your account
2. Select Settings in the left-hand toolbar
   
3. Click the Notifications tab
   
4. Select + New Notification Link
   
5. Fill out the link details
   
   • URL: Add the link the tile should direct to
   • Section: This will be set to Notifications
   • Title: Add a title for the link (maximum of 100 characters)
   • Description: If needed, add a short description for the link (maximum of 1,000 characters)
   • Tags: Add relevant keywords to help a resident user find the content. Links can be filtered based on the tags assigned. 
   • Featured in Portal: Check to feature on the Notifications tab and the Dashboard
6. Click the Save button
   
7. The custom link will now display on the Notifications tab
   

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Feature a List

1. Navigate to the page with your embedded Portal or access the stand-alone Portal and sign in to your account
2. Select Settings in the left-hand toolbar
   
3. Navigate to Notifications
   
4. Select Actions and choose Feature in Portal next to a list
   
5. The list will now have a bolded highlight bar on the left of the item in the front-end Notifications view
   
6. The list will also be added to the Featured Content section of the Dashboard
   

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Hide/Show a List

1. Navigate to the page with your embedded Portal or access the stand-alone Portal and sign in to your account
2. Select Settings in the left-hand toolbar
   
3. Navigate to Notifications
   
4. To hide a list so it will no longer show in your Portal, click Actions and choose Hide in Portal
   
5. The list will now have an X in the Visible column and it will no longer show on the Notifications page
   
6. To add the list back to your Portal, click Actions and choose Show in Portal
   

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Add Tags to a Notification List

1. Navigate to the page with your embedded Portal or access the stand-alone Portal and sign in to your account
2. Select Settings in the left-hand toolbar
   
3. Navigate to Notifications
   
4. Select Actions and choose Edit next to a list
   
5. Scroll down and type or select an existing tag
   
   Note: For integrated Notifications lists, the field will be called "Portal Tags". For links to third-party lists, the field will be called "Tags".
6. Click Update
   

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