Announcements
Messages under the header for everyone, such as a maintenance window, each from its start to its end
For administrators: tell every user about a maintenance window or an incident, under Settings > Appearance > Announcements.
The page needs the showSettings or the showAppearanceSettings role option. From 7.3.0 it is one list, and each announcement has its own page and Enabled switch.
In this section
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| General | Each announcement’s Enabled switch, which replaced the switch for all of them |
| List | The announcements that have not ended, their columns, and an announcement’s page |
| Adding one | The two-step wizard: the message, then when it shows |
Where they show
Announcements show as a line under the header of every page, for every signed-in user, each in the colour of its type.
Several enabled ones can show at once, the latest first. The sign-in page and a form embedded in another site show none.
Each one has a close button. A closed announcement stays closed in that browser tab until the tab is closed, or until its message or its end date changes. A saved announcement reaches every open browser at once; one that reaches its start or its end date shows or hides there within a minute.