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

Click Modules
Click Content
Click Alert Center
Select Add Category
Fill in the information
- 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
  Note: Only 2 alerts will show in the Alert Bar
- Featured Area Type: How the alerts would display in the {{glossary.Feature Column}} of the related pages
  Note: When Full {{glossary.Item}} Display is selected, the Brief Description will show in the Alert Center {{glossary.Module}} {{glossary.Widget}} for this category.
- Email List: Allows {{glossary.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 {{glossary.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  - Author: Submit new items, modify/delete unpublished items
  - Publisher: {{glossary.Publish}} new items, modify/delete unpublished items, modify published items, accept/reject submitted items
  - Owner: Publish new items, modify/delete unpublished items, modify/delete published items, accept/reject submitted items, create/modify categories, and assign category permissions
Select a saving option
- Save: Will save the work as an unpublished draft
- Save & Submit: Will save the work as an unpublished draft and notify a publisher that it is ready for review (option is for Authors only)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

Publish an Alert Category

Instructions