Modify an Existing Alert Item

Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners | Publishers | Authors

Instructions

1. Sign in to your site.

2. Navigate to Modules. Click on Content, and then Alert Center:

   

3. Select a category:

   

4. Click Actions for the Alert you want to modify:

   

5. Click Modify:

   

6. Edit the information, as needed:

   

   • Title: Enter the title of the alert

   • Link(s): Add one or more links associated with the alert

     Note:

     These changes affect only mailing lists created after the changes are made. You must manually update existing mailing lists in their properties

     • Web Address: Enter the URL for the link

     • Display Text: Enter the text displayed for the link

     • Open in New Window: Select this box to open the link in a new browser window or tab

     • Link Item, Image, Read On, RSS, and Notifications to this Web Address: Select this box to use the web address for the alert item, image, Read On link, RSS feed, and notifications

   • Brief Description: Enter a brief summary of the alert. You are limited to 250 characters

   • Full Description: Enter the full alert details

   • Updates: Displays updates associated with the alert

     • Add Update: Add a new update to the alert

     • Edit: Modify the selected update

     • Archive: Archive the selected update

     • Alert Details: Displays when the alert was created and last modified

   • Alert Bar: Select where the alert bar is displayed. Options include None, All Pages, Home Page Only, and Department Page and Subpages

     Note:

     The Alert Bar will only show 2 alerts at once.

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

     Note:

     Leaving the text as "Emergency Alert" does not override the Alert Bar text. The Alert Bar text is overridden only when you enter custom 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 website

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

7. Choose a Save option:

   

   • 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 opens. Your options for sending the notification include:

       

       • Subject: Add a brief subject line

       • Comments: Attach a brief description of the alert

       • Mobile Text or 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 is then sent to everyone who signed up for the selected Alert Center category through Notify Me®

   • Cancel: Will delete the changes you made