MOTD for Alfresco

[cver]

I'm surprised that there is no "Message of the day" functionality in Alfresco Share.

I'm definitely not talking of a dashlet that would carry some message, but rather some kind of "emergency" like small banner that would automatically inform people of the status of Alfresco in a relative unobtrusive way. Not like the infamous yellow banner, but more in the same kind of the notifications of licence expiration.

I have admin role, but no deep AMP/java/css/ftl technical knowledge. So maybe it's a noob question. But searching for it only gets me responses from prehistory WCM bogus pages.

[mrks_js1 · Accepted solution]

this was just recently published by @jpotts: Keep your users informed with this new Alfresco Share add-on | ECM Architect

[cver]

This can surely be useful. And the idea to archive the messages in subdirectories is great. Thanks @jpotts. I'll try to install it.

But the goal here is not to put the information in an applet, because it means only the users that have personalised their dashboard to add it will see the message. IOW, zero. Or at boot time. What I want is a small banner that shows up for everybody either on top of their dashboard, or maybe on all the pages (document-properties etc.). Maybe it can be done by editing the dynamic-welcome template ?

[mrks_js1]

there is a section in the default share template which shows e.g. if your license is going to run out soon. maybe you can leverage this somehow, but it will require some coding.

[cver]

That’s what I’m looking for. But not only I’m not a FTL expert, I also don’t find my way through all these files, especially what needs to be put in .xmls, what in head, html, etc. The extension mechanisms are also very undocumented. Any idea were I could find some info thereon ?

Thanks for your kind support.

De : mrks.js1

Envoyé : jeudi 13 octobre 2016 08:53

À : Vermeulen Christophe

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[mrks_js1]

I'd create a new thread about 'how to leverage the warning bar' and close this here.

probably someone already had a look at this or has some more input.

[cesarista]

Hi:

Another aproximation, not based on dashlets and login form, is this:

Alfresco System Messages | Redpill Linpro Alfresco Team

Regards.

--C.

[mrks_js1]

cool! going to use this, thanks for the link