Introduction
The System Announcement tool can be accessed by clicking on the Home Announcement button in the Operations tab:
This tool lets you set up personalized, multilingual welcome announcements. For example, to warn users of upcoming maintenance.
The list of ads is displayed in the tool:
Activate/deactivate ads
The Ad activation button allows you to modify the status of your ads:
The announcement will be displayed within 2 minutes on all screens of people connected to CMS (and on all new connections).
At CMS, the announcement is displayed as a banner alert when the user logs on to the interface.
Modify an ad
To modify an ad, select it from the list and click on the Modify ad button:
Add an ad
To add an ad, click on the "New ad" button:
Then enter the announcement text and the message language code. The '*' character in the Language field means that this message will be active for all other languages.
Plan an advert
Available from version 4.8.0
An advert can be displayed for a given period, with a start and end date, using the "Schedule advert" button available under the "Activate advert" button.
Select the desired ad by clicking on it. It should be highlighted in blue.
Click on the blue arrow of the "Activate ad" button (orange box) to bring up the "Schedule ad" button (yellow box), then click on it.
A programming window appears.
Enter the dates and times you wish to program. The ad will then be visible during this period.
Click on Ok. The announcement is programmed.
Delete an ad
To delete an ad, select it from the list and click on the Delete ad button:
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