We are excited to announce the launch of updated product names, logos, and headers within our user interfaces as part of the CivicPlus® Solution Rebranding initiative. These changes mark the first step toward creating a cohesive and seamless user experience across all solutions in our portfolio. As part of this transition, users may notice minor design updates. While the functionality you rely on remains unchanged, we are in the process of updating screenshots and other resources on our Help Centers to reflect the new branding. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to complete these updates.
Selecting the Department page and subpages will allow site visitors on a specific Department's pages to see department-specific information in the Alert Bar rather than seeing the same alert added for All Pages. Department-specific alerts will always take precedence over All Pages alerts, ensuring that two alerts can be published on the Alert Bar and on All Pages without preventing any Department-specific Alert Bar content.
Alert Bar Text: Add a name to appear on the Alert Bar.
Alert Bar Link: List the link that directs clicks on the Alert Bar.
Note: Leaving “/AlertCenter.aspx” does not override the alert bar link; only a custom relative or absolute link will change where the main Alert Bar area directs.
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
Link(s): Add related links regarding this alert; click the + to the right of the Display Text to add additional links
Note: This can only be enabled on a single link. This option will be disabled for any other links once it is selected.
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
Choose a saving option
Save Changes: Will save any changes you have made to the file
Save & Publish: Will save the changes and publish them to the live site
Save & Submit: Will save the changes and submit them for approval (authors only)
Cancel: Will delete what you have done
A notification window will open; your options to send the notification include:
Subject: Add a brief subject line
Comments: Attach a 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, which the user can visit via their mobile device
Send
On Start Date: Sends the item on the start date previously set
Immediately: Sends the agenda 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
The article above says the "brief description" is limited to 250 characters. When the email is sent out, why does it truncate at 160 characters (including spaces)?? And then you click on "Read on" in the email to finish the sentence, and the brief description doesn't even show up on the page! Frustrating.
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The article above says the "brief description" is limited to 250 characters. When the email is sent out, why does it truncate at 160 characters (including spaces)?? And then you click on "Read on" in the email to finish the sentence, and the brief description doesn't even show up on the page! Frustrating.
Is HTML allowed in the "Full Descripton"? An editor would be a great feature for these alerts as well.
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