Sharepoint Alerts Web Part

The Alerts web part lets you centrally manage notifications and alerts targeted to your users.
It reads entries from the included SharePoint List (located in the root site) and displays notifications during the specified time window as configured for each notification.
The solution can be used on SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Sharepoint 2019 and SharePoint Online/Office 365.

SharePoint 2019 'Modern' version »

Product	Price
Alerts Web Part for Sharepoint 2013 30 day Evaluation Version	Free
Alerts Web Part for Sharepoint 2016 30 day Evaluation Version	Free
Alerts Web Part for Sharepoint 2019 30 day Evaluation Version	Free
Alerts Web Part License Key per Server License	USD 150.00
Deployment Instructions for SP 2013/2016/2019
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Installation Instructions:

download the Alerts Web Part Installation Instructions (PDF file, see above)
Follow the installation instructions in the PDF manual.
You can either deploy the DLL manually or using the WSP solution to deploy the feature to your server/farm as described in the instructions.
Navigate to a page where you would like to place the webpart and choose "Site Actions/Edit Page"
Add the web part to the appropriate zone. The web part is listed in the "Miscellaneous" web part gallery section
Configure the Web Part Editor "Miscellaneous" pane section as needed.
Enter your alerts into the "AEAlerts" SharePoint list found in the root site of your site collection:

Title:
The text displayed by the alert (HTML formatting is supported).
From:
defines the start date/time from which the alert will be enabled.
To:
defines the endt date/time from which the alert will be disabled.
Category:
Sets the alert type.
Details:
optionally enter the alert details (displayed as a tooltip)
Link:
optionally assign a link to the alert
Color:
optionally override the alert background color
Icon:
optionally override the alert icon.
You can look up all the available icons here:
https://www.flicon.io/

Example: AlarmClock

Web part settings:

Ticker Title: optionally sets the ticker header text.
Ticker Delimiter: sets the delimiter (if multiple alerts are active).
Scroll Delay: sets the ticker speed (higher values = slower).
Scroll Amount: sets the ticker scroll amount in pixels.
Font Style: overrides the default ticker font CSS styles.
Background Color: seets the ticker background color.
Layout: let's you choose between the below layout options:
- Default (one line per active alert)
- Color coded (one line with lefthand color code as assigned to each alert category.
- Ticker
- Custom (displays the alert as defined in the "Field Template" setting)
Category Colors: assign color values to your alert categories.
Separate each value by a comma.
Field Template: enter the template to be used to render the alerts.
Include the "AEAlerts" list columns enclosed in curly braces.

Example:
<div style='{bgc};padding:9px;margin-bottom:5px'>{icon}{Title}<p style='font-size:12px;margin-left:34px'>{Details}</p></div>
Hide if no Alerts: hide the web part when no alerts are currently active.
Show Alert Icons: display the icons assigned to each alert category.
Open Links in new Tab: open the links as defined in the "Link" column in a new browser tab.
Page Refresh Interval: refresh the page every x minutes to check for new alerts.
Options: optionally enter any additional options as needed.
License Key: enter your product license key.
Leave this field empty to allow for a 30 day evaluation period.

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