Site Announcements Mod Support (Modzzz)

This is the Support forum for the Site Announcements mod.

This mod has been updated to Dolphin 7.1 . It has been overhauled with several new features.

Can the announcements be placed on other pages beside the account page?

 That functionality will be added shortly.

Version 2.0.3 released. (see patches/version_2.0.3 folder for instructions)

Adds Page Management section to Admin panel which allows the site administrator to add Announcement block to any page on the site. The Administrator can choose the page, column and the order of appearance in the column.

Thanks for the update.  I think this mod is what I need for site announcements.  A couple more questions before I buy.  Can the announcement be placed on more than one page?  For example, can I place the announcement on both the account page and the profile page, and if they go to their account page and read and mark read, then when they go to their profile page the announcement will not be presented again; and in the reverse if they go to their profile page first.  Also, some members tend to stay logged in.  So if I create an announcement and the person stays logged in for an extended period of time, will they still see the new announcements, or do they need to log out and back in to see them?

My apologies for asking so many questions but I am trying to see how I can use the mod.

Announcement can be placed on any number of pages

Once they mark it as read, it will not show in other pages. However, if the member needs to see those announcements again, they can go the main announcement page and click on the 'I read already' browse option.

The new announcement will show if they visit another page that has the announcement block or if they happen to scroll through the announcements.

I am seeing a couple of minor bugs.  One, when "both" is selected for Allow Gender, it shows in the announcement settings:

These issues will be addressed in the upcoming patch.

Version 2.0.1 released. (see patches/version_2.0.1 folder for instructions)

Added End Date to announcement.

7.1

I added the block to the home page, account page, and profile page.  The block is visible on the home page, the account page but it does not show up on the profile page.  What could cause this problem?

I am puzzled, the mod does not come with a Profile page block so how did you get to add the block to the profile page ?

My apologies, I forgot I was using the Profile Composer module so had to navigate to that module to add the block to the profile page as it has its own page builder.  Nothing wrong except my mistake; user error.  The module is working great, thanks for providing this tool.

I have a question.  I thought when you set an end date for the announcement that it would automatically be removed.  However, I noticed that even after the end date the announcement is still visible.

 In the upcoming update, I have made it so that is only visible in the Admin panel.

Version 2.0.2 released. (see patches/version_2.0.2 folder for instructions)

Layout adjustments have been made.

Why it appears "Private" on my site?

 The issue has been resolved.

Version 2.0.3 released. (see patches/version_2.0.3 folder for instructions)

Adds the ability for creating announcements viewable by non-members too.

Version 2.0.4 released. (see patches/version_2.0.4 folder for instructions)

Adds the ability to link an announcement to a Site URL or External Url.

Version 2.0.5 released. (see patches/version_2.0.5 folder for instructions)

Update made to the Age entry field on the post announcement form.

This module is now compatible with Dolphin 7.2 . For those upgrading from Dolphin 7.1, please check the upgrade folder for instructions.

Version 2.0.6 released. (see patches/version_2.0.6 folder for instructions)

Modification made so that full message is displayed in main Announcement box.

I'm using a 2.0.5 version in a 7.3.2 Dolphin.

While in http://[mysite]/m/announcement I can see all my recent active/valid Announcements, in Homepage using your "_modzzz_announcement_block_homepage" I can see only one (the most recent).

May I set your special block to display all recent active/valid Announcements?

No, that block is specially designed to display one at a time and allows the view to take action (Skip, Read Next etc.). I would have to create another block to display the list of announcements.

How can I remove the Mark As Read button from the Recent Announcements block?

 You can modify the modules/modzzz/announcement/templates/base/action_buttons.html file

June-7-2019 9:15 AM EST . Update has been made to Dolphin 7.4 version. Re-upload files to your server.