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How to add a Special alert

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A Special alert displays at the top of pages you specify (see example below), surrounded by a red border. A Special alert can be created by a Site manager or by someone who has been given the Special alerter role. You can only have one special alert active on a site.

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Note: Special alerts should ONLY be used to convey urgently important information, and was designed to be a quick sentence or two - not multiple paragraphs of information.

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Add a Special alert

  1. From the Administration bar click My Workbench.

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  1. From the Administration bar select My Workbench.

  2. Select the Create/Manage Content tab.

  3. Select Special alert.

  4. Under Publishing options deselect the checkbox beside Published.

  5. Click Save.

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Known issue:

When the special alert information is taller than the left navigation, the body content will become left-justified beneath the navigation. Editing down the special alert and then linking it to a page that has the full details is suggested.