Add an Alert Center Category

  • Updated on Aug 15, 2025
  • Published on Jul 31, 2025
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This article will show you how to add a category to the Alert Center.

Important Note:

A category must be published and have at least one published alert in it before it will show on the live side of the website.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners

Instructions

  1. Click Modules The drop drop menu labeled Modules.

  2. Click Content The left hand navigation tab labeled Content.

  3. Click Alert Center The URL labeled Alert Center.

  4. Select Add Category The button labeled Add Category on the right hand side of the page, to the right of the Categories header and below the Go to Archives button.

  5. Fill in the information The text entry fields and options for an Alert Category.

    • Category Title: Name of the category

    • Description: Brief description of what is in the category

    • Show Brief Description: Choose how you would like the description displayed

    • Show Alert Bar: Alerts from this category will show in the Alert Bar at the top of the page An example image of the Alert Bar.

      Note: Only 2 alerts will show in the Alert Bar

    • Featured Area Type: How the alerts would display in the of the related pages

      Note: When Full Display is selected, the Brief Description will show in the Alert Center for this category.

    • Email List: Allows Admin users to send out notification emails from this category

    • Allow Subscribers: Allows users to subscribe to Calendar in the Notify Me module

      Note: You must have the Notify Me module for this function.

    • Allow SMS: Choose to enable SMS messaging

    • Show Archives: Choose to display archives as visible to the public

    • Permissions: Setting permissions at the folder level is suggested

      • View: May view the live side only

      • Author: Submit new items, modify/delete unpublished items

      • Publisher: new items, modify/delete unpublished items, modify published items, accept/reject submitted items

      • Owner: Publish new items, modify/delete unpublished items, modify/delete published items, accept/reject submitted items, create/modify categories, and assign category permissions

  6. Select a saving option The buttons labeled Save Changes and Save and Publish.

    • Save: Will save the work as an unpublished draft

    • Save & Submit: Will save the work as an unpublished draft and notify a publisher that it is ready for review (option is for Authors only)

    • Save & Publish: Will save the work and publish it for viewing

    • Spell Check: Will check the spelling

    • Cancel: Will delete what you’ve done

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