Modify an Existing Alert Item

  • Updated on Aug 15, 2025
  • Published on Jul 31, 2025
  • 2 minute(s) read
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Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners | Publishers | Authors

Instructions

  1. Click Modules The drop down menu labeled Modules.

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

  3. Click Alert Center The URL labeled Alert Center.

  4. Select a category A category name in the All Categories column.

  5. Click Actions for the Alert you want to modify The button labeled Actions to the right of the Alert name.

  6. Click Modify The button labeled Modify at the top of the action list.

  7. Change the information An example image of the information fields that make up the Alert properties.

    • Title: Title of the alert

    • Link(s): Add related links regarding this alert; click the plus sign to the right of the Display Text to add additional links

      • Open in new window: Alert link will open in a new window

      • Link item, image, read on, RSS, and notifications to this Web Address: Select to Redirect the link

    • Brief Description: Brief description of the alert; you are limited to 250 characters

    • Full Description: The full description of the alert

    • Updates: Select Add Update to add an update

    • Alert Bar: Choose if you would like the alert to display in the Alert Bar on no pages, all pages, or only the

      Note:

      The Alert Bar will only show 2 alerts at once.

    • Alert Bar Text: Name that appears on the Alert Bar

      Note:

      Leaving “Emergency Alert” does not override the alert bar text; only custom text will override the alert bar text.

    • Upload Image(s): Add related photos to the alert

    • “Read On…” Text: Determine how the link will be displayed if there is a Full Description

    • Alert Starts: When the alert will display on the front-end of the

    • Alert Ends: When the alert will end on the front-end of the website

  8. Choose a saving option The button labeled Save Changes, and the button labeled Save and Send.

    • Save Changes: Will save your changes without publishing them to the live site

    • Save & Send: Will save your changes and notify subscribers

      • A notification window will open; your options to send the notification include: The notification pop up labeled Alert Center.

        • Subject: Add a brief subject line

        • Comments: Attach a brief description of the alert

        • Mobile Text/Push Message: Attach a message to the SMS notification

        • Include link to item: Provides a link to the item within the SMS message for a user to select via their mobile device

        • Send

          • On Start Date: Sends the item on the start date previously set

          • Immediately: Sends the alert immediately

        • Select Send, Don’t Send, or Cancel: The notification will then send accordingly to those who have signed up in Notify Me for the selected Alert Center category

    • Save & Submit: Will save your changes and submit them for (only visible to Authors)

    • Cancel: Will delete the changes you made

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