Configuring Global Banners

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 User Interface section.

Configuration

  1. Navigate to Admin > User Interface.

  2. Click Edit. The page becomes editable.

  3. Click to select the Show Custom Banner check box. New controls appear below.

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

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

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

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

  7. Click Save.

  8. Click Preview Banner to see your new banner.

    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.

  9. Click the View button inside your banner to go to the URL you entered.

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