This feature allows you to post news to user (Stores or Reps) home pages. Users will see latest seven announcements on their homepage with the option to see all announcements. On the announcements page you can search for keywords or sort them by from-to date. Announcements folders are collapsed by default, to expand or collapse all announcements folders click on Show All, to expand or collapse individual Announcement click on Show More box.

Create Announcement

  • Click on the Announcements sub-tab on Home page
  • Click on New Folder
  • Type in Title
  • Select date range announcement will be displayed. In the From section, you can select the time you want the announcement to show.
  • Type in your Message
  • Allocate announcement using the standard Allocation Formula.
  • Optionally, you can attach a file to the announcement (image, document, etc.)
  • Click on Save

Allocate to Reps

If you want to allocate to Reps ( Corporate Rep, Dealer Rep, Retail Rep ) you can place checkmark in front of Reps you want to allocate to. You can filter reps by typing keyword. Filter is CASE sensitive. By clicking on the small grey arrow pointing down system will select all Reps displayed.

To get list of Reps that are part of allocated locations only, scroll to bottom of page and click Update button. This will reload a page and highlight Reps that are assigned to allocated stores. Click on small arrow to select only highlighted Reps.

Note

  • Store users will see only the latest seven announcements on homepage
  • By default, system hides expired folders. Click on Show Expired button to show all folders.
  • Each announcement will be truncated to show only the first one or two lines of text. By clicking on Show More, the announcement will expand to show all text.
  • Clicking on Show All Announcements will display all announcements still active.
  • Time for announcement is in 1 hour increments and in 24h format
  • End users (stores) do not have to reload page to display time scheduled announcements. They will show automatically once show time is reached.
  • You can do some basic formatting for announcement titles and content. Please enclose words you need to format in the following tags to format the message:

    • <bo> = bold
    • <ud> = underline
    • <rd> = red
    • <gr> = green
    • <yl> = yellow
    • <pu> = purple
    • <og> = orange
    • <bl> = blue
    • <bk> = black
  • You can collapse Representatives section by clicking on Representatives. System will remember your preferences and keep it collapsed on all pages.

  • Please note Update might take few minutes to complete and to calculate Reps that are assigned to select stores.