Configuring the Global Banner

Overview

You can configure a multipurpose global banner for all users and use it for maintenance, security, or policy notifications. You can set the banner style, text, a hyperlink, and an in-theme color, which is determined by the style. The styles include:

  • Caution
  • Error
  • Failure
  • Information
  • Status
  • Success
  • Warning

The settings are available in the configuration preview.

Configuration

  1. Navigate to Admin > Configuration in Secret Server.

  2. Click Configuration Preview in the top right hand corner.

  3. Select Enable.

  4. Go to Administration > Configuration > User Interface.

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  5. Click the Edit button. The page becomes editable:

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  6. Click to select the Show Custom Banner check box. New controls appear:

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  7. Type or paste the desired text in the Banner Text text box.

  8. Type or paste the desired URL, if any, in the Banner View Link text box.

  9. Click the Banner Style dropdown list to select one of the following:

    • Caution
    • Error
    • Failure
    • Information
    • Status
    • Success
    • Warning

  10. Click the Save button. You entries will look similar to this:

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  11. Click the Preview Banner button to see your new banner:

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    The Preview button is primarily for when you have previously dismissed the banner. The first time you save a new banner, it automatically appears at the top of every page, including the one you are on.

  12. Click the View button to go to the URL you entered.

  13. Click the Dismiss button to remove the banner from all pages for that session.