Means of putting up 'Planned maintenance' alert on site for users?

[Carolyn Sullivan]

Hello all!

I was wondering: is there a baked-in method in the interface to add a planned maintenance alert banner at the top of the page so we can warn users, or would we have to code our own or just insert that on the homepage in the text field?

Thanks!

Carolyn.

[Dan Gillean]

Hi Carolyn, 

Adding some custom text and formatting to the editable parts of the homepage is probably the easiest thing to do. And of course you can always use static pages for more details, etc. See: 

• Formatting
• Static pages

If you want something that would be visible on any page where a user may first arrive, you could potentially use the Privacy notification widget for this purpose. Its contents are customizable and it will accept markdown formatting, so you can also link to a static page with more information, for example. See: 

• https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/user-manual/administer/settings/#privacy-notification

Of course, if you have developers and are already using the Privacy widget, then you could always duplicate it. The original commit that added this functionality to the 2.5 release (here) will show you which files are involved. 

Cheers, 

Dan Gillean, MAS, MLIS
Business & User Experience Analyst
Artefactual Systems, Inc.
604-527-2056

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