Message Widget Setup

The administrator must have the ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN permission to create, edit, and delete Active Home Pages. See Assigning the Active Home Page Permission.

For information on adding widgets to an active home page, see Creating a New Active Home Page.

The Message widget enables a system administrator to customize a formatted message for end users. A maximum of three (3) images can also be attached to a Message widget. You can configure as many widgets of this type as you need on an Active Home Page.

The Message widget allows you to:

• Customize the widget's title
• Create a message for roles or users assigned to this active home page
• Embed a hyperlink to a separate website (URL)
• Attach images to the widget

To Customize the Message Widget Title

1. Go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.
2. Click the cog wheel of the Active Home Page you are editing, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access this active home page by clicking the name of the home page (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail.
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the Message widget and select the EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION icon. The Message widget's dialog box will display.
   
   
   
4. From the Message widget dialog box, enter the title. This is the message that will display in the widget's header.
   
   
   
5. Click APPLY to save the new title. Click CANCEL to cancel your edits.
   
   
   
6. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, the changes that you made will not be saved.
   
   
   

To Create a Message for Roles or Users Assigned to this Active Home Page

1. Go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.
2. Click the cog wheel of the Active Home Page you are editing, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access this active home page by clicking the name of the home page (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail.
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the Message widget and select the EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION icon. The Message widget's dialog box will display.
   
   
   
4. Enter the text you want to appear in the widget's text box. Use the editing toolbar to customize indentations, font size, header size, font color, background color, font type and alignment.
   
   
   
   

   To remove formatting in the text field, highlight the text that has the formatting you want to remove, then click the CLEAN icon in the toolbar. The previously formatted text will revert back to the default formatting.

5. Click APPLY to save the new edits. Click CANCEL to cancel your edits.
6. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, the changes that you made will not be saved.
   
   

To Embed a Hyperlink to a Separate Website (URL)

1. Go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.
2. Click the cog wheel of the Active Home Page you are editing, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access this active home page by clicking the name of the home page (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail.
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate to the Message widget and select the EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION icon. The Message widget's dialog box will display.
   
   
   
4. In the text box below the title field, enter the URL address of the site you want your users to access. You must include "http://" or "https://" (whichever the URL requires) in the address you enter.
   
   Select the entire URL address, , then click the LINK icon.
   
   
   
5. Click APPLY to save the new edits. Click CANCEL to cancel your edits.
6. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, the changes that you made will not be saved.
   
   
   

To Attach Images to the Message Widget

1. Go to SYSTEM > ACTIVE HOME PAGE ADMIN.

2. Click the cog wheel of the Active Home Page you are editing, then select EDIT. In this example, we are using the AUDITORS' HOME PAGE. Alternatively, you can also access this active home page by clicking the name of the home page (in orange font) at the bottom of the thumbnail.
   
   
   

3. Navigate to the Message widget and select the EDIT WIDGET CONFIGURATION icon. The Message widget's dialog box will display.
   
   
   

4. Position your cursor at the spot in the text field where you want the image to display, then navigate to the message editing toolbar and select the image attachment icon.
   
   
   

5. Browse your files and select the image to open and attach to the widget. The image will display in the text window.
   
   
   

   About images: You can upload a maximum of three (3) images to each message widget. The maximum image size for each image is 2MB. The following file types are supported within the widget: png, gif, jpeg, bmp, svg, and icon. If the image you are adding is LARGER than the width of the widget, it will automatically resize to fit the width of the widget. If the image you are adding is SMALLER than the width of the widget, it will display at its actual size.

6. Click APPLY to save the new edits. Click CANCEL to cancel your edits.

7. To save edits in any widget, you must click the SAVE CHANGES icon in the top right corner of your screen. If you do not click this icon, the changes that you made will not be saved.