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- Go to your AdminCP, Click Apps > >> Installed >> Announcement
Adding an Announcement
- To make a new announcement, click New Announcement on the top right of the screen.
tab. Fill in the Subject for this Announcement for each language you have installed.
- Fill in the Intro text, for each language you have installed, which is usually just a short introduction to the announcement.
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- Fill in the Announcement main text now for each language installed.
- Set Toggle button to Display Options to Active Yes/No depending on whether you want to activate it now or post it later.
Activate/Deactivate Display options, select style.
- Style Info
Can be - Closed
Toggle button if an announcement can be closed then select the starting date
- Set the Start Date and Time.
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To Edit or Delete an announcement, Go to Manage Announcement, click to the left of it and choose either Edit or Delete.
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setting icon of the announcement you want to modify. Toggle button to disable
- To enable/disable an announcement, click the button to the far right of the announcement. Red is enabled and gray is disabled.
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In order to allow users to close the announcements after they view it, you would need to go in the User Group Settings for each user group. Once in the user group settings screen from that linked tutorial, find the following:
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go to UserGroup settings Tab then select the Group. Toggle button to allow users to close and browse announcements. the SAVE Changes.
- Set to Yes or No the setting Are members of this user group allowed to close the announcements block on the dashboard?
- Set to Yes or No the setting Can browse and view announcements? (this setting totally disables them from seeing any announcements if you set it to No)
