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The Solodev Alert Module effortlessly manage and display alerts on your website. Customize messages to match your needs and make sure your audience never misses an important update.

• Create and manage alerts with ease - Set up alerts quickly through an intuitive module. Easily update or remove messages as your needs change.

• Fully customizable display and behavior - Control exactly when alerts appear and how long they stay visible. Tailor the experience to suit different types of messages and user needs.

• Keep your users informed in real-time - Make sure visitors never miss important updates, announcements, or warnings. Whether it’s system maintenance or promotional messages, deliver them instantly and reliably.

# Prerequisites

• Have a Solodev CMS.
• Have a Website.

# Step-by-Step Setup Guide

These steps will guide you through the process of installing the Alert Module and getting it live on your page.

1. Navigate to Modules

• In your CMS dashboard, click Modules in the left navigation menu
• Click the Add Module button

2. Add the module

• Give your alert module a name
• Select from the three options:
  • Datatable: Creates a simple data table structure
  • Module: Builds a custom module from scratch
  • Package: Installs a pre-built module from a zip file
• For the purpose of this tutorial, select Package: and use this zip file .
• Click Submit.

Note:

The alert module comes with a pre-configured entry that you can customize by accessing the module entry.

1. Navigate to web files > content and create a new code file in your desired location.

2. Add the alert code using the example template provided below.

alert-bar.tpl

[repeater id="" limit="0,1" display_type="news"]
  <div class="text-center bg-primary py-2">
    <div class="container">
      [is_set value="{{alert_link}}"]
        [cond type="is" subject="{{alert_link_external}}" value="1"]
          <a href="{{alert_link}}" class="text-white" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">{{event_title}}</a>
        [/cond]
        [cond type="is_not" subject="{{alert_link_external}}" value="1"]
          <a href="{{alert_link}}" class="text-white">{{event_title}}</a>
        [/cond]
      [/is_set]
      
      [is_empty value="{{alert_link}}"]
        <span class="text-white">{{event_title}}</span>
      [/is_empty]
    </div>
  </div>
[/repeater]

Important!

You need to add the ID number of your alert module to the repeater shortcode within the id="" attribute.

3. Open your homepage index.stml or the desired page where you want to add the alert bar.

4. Insert your alert-bar file into the page.

5. Click Publish.

Note:

To learn more about shortcodes and how they work, visit our shortcodes documentation.

6. Go to your website and refresh the page to see your alert bar in action.

# Support

Support for Alert Module is handled directly through Solodev's global help desk. For more information regarding support queries, go to www.solodev.com.