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Add an announcement

An announcement is a banner that users can dismiss, which you can use to tell them about new data and features on your Data Service. It appears at the top of every page of your site. Site administrators can add, edit and remove announcements.

  1. Select Announcements in the top navigation.
  2. Under Make Announcement, type your message. It can be up to 200 characters.
  3. Optionally, enter a web address in Link to add a link at the end of your message.
  4. Select Done.

The Make Announcement panel with a message and link

The announcement appears as a banner at the top of your site.

An announcement banner at the top of the site

On the Announcements page, select Edit in the Live Announcement panel, change the message or link, then select Done.

On the Announcements page, select Remove in the Live Announcement panel, then confirm with Remove. The announcement no longer appears on your site.

  • Only one announcement can be live at a time.
  • Removed announcements are listed under Past Announcements. You can’t edit or delete them.

The Past Announcements list