Messages

Allows you to set a notice appearing to users when they visit your site.

Choose Settings > Messages from the menu.

When at least one message has been created, they will be displayed in a table.

• Click the '(Edit)' link in the ID column to make changes to an existing message.
• Click the 'delete' link to permanently remove the message.

Messages will be displayed by to a user until that user closes the message. Messages are shown on the main screen and through-out the registration process. Users will continue to see messages that fall within the time period for viewing each time they visit , unless they close the message(s). Once a user has closed a message, it generally will not show for that user again, although if significant time has passed between visits, a message may show again.

User experience

Creating a message

1. Select the Start Date for the message.
2. Select the End Date for the message.
3. Enter the Message.
4. Enter a Read More URL if you want to include a link to a webpage.
5. Click the Save button.

See also: Message History - a report on messages the system has displayed.