Site Alerts are colored banners with text that appear near the top of the homepage of your taxpayer website. These banners are a great way to keep your public informed of upcoming events, holidays, and weather closures. You can even add clickable links in your Site Alert that will direct visitors to photos, videos, other webpages or PDFs with important information. These helpful banners can be put up and taken down with just a few clicks. This article will show how to create and manage Site Alerts.

Topics covered in this section:

• Create a New Site Alert
• Link to Media in a Site Alert
• Edit an Existing Site Alert

Create a New Site Alert

1. Click Site Alerts on the Admin Portal menu.

2. Click the New Site Alert button on the upper left of the screen.

3. Type a title for the New Site Alert (this is not the content of the alert, just the title for it), and choose a color for the banner. 

4. Select the style of the text (you can edit this later) and compose your message. 

5. Finally, click Publish. You'll see a message saying that your Site Alert has been published. To view the Site Alert on your webpage, Click the Visit Site icon in the upper right corner.

6. The Site Alert will appear at the top of the homepage.

Link to Media in a Site Alert

1. On the Admin Portal menu, Click Content and then select Media Library. For a quick guide on adding media to your Media Library, read How to Add Content to Your Media Library.

2. In the Media Library, click on the folder that contains your media (in this case the events folder) and click View under the file you want to link to.

3. Highlight and copy the URL.

4. Navigate back to Site Alerts on the main menu.

5. Select the Site Alert you want to link to your media file and click the Edit button.

6. Highlight the part of the text you want to turn into a link, then click the link icon and choose Insert Link.

7. Paste the link in the field next to URL and click confirm.

8. the text you selected will change color, letting you know it's now a link. If you're finished, click Publish.

9. To view the Site Alert on your webpage and try out the link you created, click the Visit Site icon in the upper right corner.

10. The Site Alert will appear at the top of the homepage. The link text will be blue and will be underlined if you hover over it, indicating a link. 

Edit an Existing Site Alert

1. Click Site Alerts on the Admin Portal menu.

2. Locate the Site Alert you want to change and click the Edit button

3. You can easily change the title, color or message of the Site Alert. 

4. If there is a link in your message, you can remove or change the link by highlighting the linked text and clicking the link icon. Either delete the unwanted link or paste in a new link from the media library. Review Link to Media in a Site Alert if you need help with this step.

5. Finally, click Publish

6. You'll see a message saying that your Site Alert has been published. To view the Site Alert on your webpage, click the Visit Site icon in the upper right corner.