In a discussion titled ‘What is the Global Notice useful for?’, Nichalas_Petranek asks for clarification on the purpose and appearance of the Global Notice feature, particularly for urgent or emergency messages. jomaxro responds with practical use cases, including announcing scheduled site upgrades or migrations with downtime, and sharing critical new site information. They also provide live examples: a themed site at https://soaps.sheknows.com/message-boards/ and a non-themed test site at https://try.discourse.org/ (noting that the latter resets daily). Nichalas_Petranek observes that, unlike banner topics, the Global Notice appears to be non-dismissable, and thanks jomaxro for the helpful examples, which will aid in their growing familiarity with Discourse administration.
Continuing the discussion from Global notice, where do I find that:
While I was reading through the forum, I came across the topic linked above. That got me curious… what are some specific use cases for an URGENT, EMERGENCY message? What would it look like for visitors?
Since this is the first time I’ve heard of the feature, I guess I would just like more information overall for it.
Some use cases I can think of:
You can see a real-life example of a global notice at Soaps.com's Message Board - Soap opera message board. While that’s a heavily themed discourse site, it should give you an idea. It’s a simple message that appears at the top of all pages. For a non-themed example, see https://try.discourse.org/. Note, try resets daily so the notice will not be there tomorrow.
It appears to not be dismissable, unlike banner topics…
Thank you for the examples, Joshua. This will help as I become more experienced in working with the admin side of discourse.