Announcements

The Announcements section is used for displaying any communication that needs to go out publicly.

Announcements are listed at http://internal-operations.uwss.wisconsin.edu/announcements of the Internal Operations site. The most recent ones can also be found https://internal-operations.uwss.wisconsin.edu/helpdesk/ under “Recent Announcements.“

Create an Announcement

Log into the Internal Operations website.
On the left side menu, choose Announcements > Add new
Add your title and the page content using the Block Editor.
Select an Audience. On the right sidebar of the edit Announcement page, chose “Audience” and select the appropriate one.
1. If you need to create a new category for the audience you can do so by clicking on the “Add New Category.“ Once you click it there will be two boxes that pop up. In the first box, you can enter the new audience. It also gives you the option to chose a Parent Category in the second box.
2. Another way that you can add a new Audience or edit the current ones is through the menu on the left side. Choose Announcements > Audience.
  1. Add the Name, Slug which is the URL-friendly version, a parent category if there is one and a description. After you entered the information click on the “Add New Category.“
Select a Location. On the right sidebar of the edit Announcement page, chose “Location” and select the appropriate one.
1. If you need to create a new category for the location you can do so by clicking on the “Add New Category.“ Once you click it there will be two boxes that pop up. In the first box, you can enter the new location. It also gives you the option to chose a Parent Category in the second box.
2. Another way that you can add a new location or edit the current ones is through the menu on the left side. Choose Announcements > Location.
  1. Add the Name, Slug which is the URL-friendly version, a parent category if there is one and a description. After you entered the information click on the “Add New Category.“
Add a Subject. On the right sidebar of the edit Announcement page, chose “Subject.” From there you can an appropriate subject.
1. If you need to create a new subject or edit the current ones you can do so through the menu on the left side. Choose Announcements > Subject.
  1. Add the Name, Slug which is the URL-friendly version and a description. After you entered the information click on the “Add New Tag“

Sidebar

To update the sidebar, edit the Announcements Sidebar Widgets area.

Navigate in the left side menu to Appearance > Widgets.
Edit items by clicking to expand sidebar widgets area and editing it.
To add a new widget to the area, click and drag the desired widget from the left side into the Announcements Sidebar Widget on the right.

To add a button to the Widget area, use the following code inside a Custom HTML widget, replacing the link and text.

<div class="wp-block-button">
  <a class="wp-block-button__link has-background has-primary-background-color" href="**link_here**" style="border-radius:50px">
    **Text Here**
  </a>
</div>

List View

Insert a list of recent announcements on any page with the [recent_announcements ] shortcode. In the editor, insert the shortcode text in a Shortcode block.

Shortcode Options

Use options to configure how the list displays.

title

Set title='false' to remove the title from the list. By default, the title displays.

count

Set how many announcements to display.

days

Limit the search to a certain number of days. For example, use days='30' to only display announcements from the last month.

Example

Use [recent_announcements days='30' count='4' ] to display the 4 most recent announcements. Only display announcements from the last 30 days. If there haven’t been 4 posts in the last 30 days, fewer than 4 posts will display.

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