Adding messages

The messages you add are published immediately to the control panel message board of your Site Administrators. The messages are displayed whenever the Site Administrators log into the control panel.

Note: AnnounceIt! displays a maximum of 5 messages on the message board. If you have reached the message limit, you will be unable to add messages. To add a message, update or remove an existing message.

To add messages:

In the shortcuts section of the Home page, click AnnounceIt! (Administration section).
Click Add Message.
In the Message Title field, enter the message title. Ensure that the message title does not exceed 256 characters.
Note: The Intended Audience field is pre-filled as you can send messages only to the Site Administrators.

In the Message Format field, click the arrow and select one of the following options:

XHTML. Select XHTML if you want to format the message using custom colors and custom character/paragraph formats. You must use appropriate XHTML tags to display text in this format.
Text. Select Text if you want to display the message in plain text without any formatting.

In the Message field, enter the message you want to publish. Ensure that the message size does not exceed 15 KB (kilobytes).
Text. If you have chosen Text in the Message Format field, type the message in plain text.
XHTML. If you have chosen XHTML in the Message Format field, type the message using XHTML tags. For example, if you want to display the message This is a sample message in bold, type the following:

<html>

<body>

This is a <b>Sample Message</b>.

</body>

</html>

Note: If you type the XHTML message in plain text, you will receive an error.
Click Publish.