To have a specific alert bar setup for a department or school website, you must first request it by going to sandiego.edu/web-requests and creating a web request.
This will outline the instructions to update the red alert box on the library home page.
your department web page(s).
In Cascade, visit navigate to the alert blockpage inside the Library websiteyour website. It will be in a folder called _alerts, and the page will be called alert-department.
Go into Edit mode
Only edit the copy that is highlighted yellow in the screenshot to the right, basically anything between the <strong> tags. You must know some HTML to make edits if you wish to add links.
Go on this page.
Make any necessary changes within the editor that appears. You can add links, lists, bold content, etc.
Submit your changes. This means you will go through the normal workflow steps just like you would any other page edits. NOTE: These changes go through an auto-publish workflow and you won’t need to wait on technical review like other pages as well.
Step 3
Publish the Home Page
In order for the alert to be published to the library home page, the home page itself must be published. Follow these steps.
Go to the home page
Go into Edit mode
No need to make changes, just submit the page to workflow like you would a normal change. Even though you didn't make an actual edit to this page it will trigger technical review which will then publish the page.
Notes
In the event of a high alert or emergency, please let us know if you want us to expedite your workflows,.
Double check your alert published to your web page(s).Your website page(s) should have automatically published to your live website if you completed all of the above steps.
Step 1
Step 3
Notes
If you experience any issues with this process, please let us know at www.sandiego.edu/web-requests.