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The sitewide alert is available for posting temporary, relevant messages that have potential to affect operations at the university. Messages of this nature should be succinct and to the point. If the message needs more explanation, the space is set up to accept hyperlinks, so you can briefly explain the issue and then link out to more information as necessary. Please note that this space is intended for messages that are critical and temporary often affecting operations at the university; it’s not a space intended to use for marketing messages.
Example: Holiday closure notice on the homepage of the website
This feature is currently active on the
- main uthscsa.edu website,
- UT Health Physicians,
- UT Dentistry, and
- Multispecialty and Research Hospital websites.
You can add a closable sitewide alert which will appear on all pages of the website. The user can close the alert by clicking on the x in the upper right corner of the alert box.
It will appear at the top of the screen.
Add Sitewide Alert
To add the alert, click on Shortcuts in the top toolbar.
Then click on Edit Sitewide Alert.
Enter the alert message and click on the Save button.
Remove Sitewide Alert
To remove the alert, click on Shortcuts in the top toolbar.
Then click on Edit Sitewide Alert.
Click on the Clear values button.
HSC Alerts
HSC Alerts should appear automatically on the homepage and the UT Health Police home page. There is javascript which pulls in the alert immediately as long as it appears in a feed provided to us by E2Campus. There are 2 separate feeds or channels since some alerts may only be appropriate to display on the Police home page. The HSC Alert administrator must post the alert to the proper channel for it to appear on the homepage. You can check the feeds from E2Campus to see if there is any content available for the homepage.
If all you see is document write when you click on a link above, then the feed is empty and no alert message should be displayed on the homepage.
There should be no need to clear the Drupal cache or clear the Acquia Varnish cache for these to appear. However, it may be necessary to refresh your browser.
HSCAlerts appear in a red box at the top of the page. They cannot be collapsed. They will automatically disappear after a predetermined time set by the HSCAlert administrator (usually 24 hours.) Multiple alerts can appear at the same time.