Edit an Alert Center Category

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Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site.

  2. Navigate to Modules, click Content, and select Alert Center:

  3. Select the category you would like to edit:

    The Alert Center displays various alert categories with Emergency Alert highlighted.

  4. Click the Actions button for the category:

    Alert Center displays emergency alerts for flash flooding and gas leak reports. The Actions button is highlighted.

  5. Click Modify:

    Alert Center interface displaying emergency alerts for flash floods and gas leaks. The Modify option is highlighted.

  6. Modify the category properties:

    A form to edit settings for the Alert Center, including permissions and alert display options.

    • Category Title: Name of the category

    • Description: Brief description of what is in the category

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

    • Show Alert Bar: Alerts from this category show in the Alert Bar at the top of the page

      An emergency alert about the Stone Street closure from Fiske Boulevard to Pineapple Avenue.

      Note:

      Only 2 alerts will show in the Alert Bar at once.

    • Featured Area Type: Choose how this category's items should display in the Alert Center module widget

      • Full Item Display: Displays the item's brief description in the Alert Center module widget for this category:

        Emergency Alert for a flash flood warning affecting all counties in CivicPlus.

      • Simple Display: Displays only the item's title in the Alert Center module widget for this category, without the brief description:

        Civic Springs Emergency Alert for flash flood warning and related alerts information.

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

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

      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      • Author: Submit new items, modify unpublished items

      • Publisher: Submit new items, modify or delete unpublished items, modify published items, and accept or reject submitted items

      • Owner: Publish new items, modify or delete unpublished items, modify or delete published items, accept or reject submitted items, create or modify categories, and assign category permissions

  7. Click the Save Changes button:

    Alert Center interface showing options to save changes for emergency alerts. The Save Changes button is highlighted.