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Title – this is the text that will be visible in the alert banner. There is a maximum length of 150 characters, but be as short and succinct as possible.
Alert type – this will decide the colour and icon used for the banner. Options available are:
emergency
fire
flood
heatwave
lightning
medical
pollution
traffic
notification – use this for information alerts
URL – you can add a link to a webpage where more information is provided. This can be an internal or external link.
Link text – the text that will be hyperlinked with the URL provided above.
Site – the site/(s) the alert will display on.
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Once the alert has been published, it will appear across all pages tagged to the site you selected. It isn't possible to publish an alert to just specific site-sections – it will always publish across the entire site.
It is recommended to only have one alert published at a time.
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In the CMS, select Structure > Taxonomy > Sites > List terms.
Find the site or site section you want to check and click Edit.
At the bottom of this page is a section called Site alerts and notifications, which will display any currently published alerts.
You can edit, delete, archive, clone or schedule an update for this alert from this section.
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