News

Requirements for latest version

This plugin requires :

  • PHP 7.2 or higher
  • GLPI >= 9.4

Features

This plugin allows to display alerts messages on GLPI homepage and / or login page.

  • Create alert with rich text as for notes.
  • Choice of begin/end publication date.
  • Manage alerts by entity.
  • Target : display alerts by profile / group / user.

Install the Plugin

  • Uncompress the archive.
  • Move the news directory to the <GLPI_ROOT>/plugins directory
  • Navigate to the Configuration > Plugins page,
  • Install and activate the plugin.

Usage

The plugin will create required tables in the database automatically. Those tables will be updated along with the plugin.

Plugin usage is quite simple:

  • configure alerts

You will access the plugin configuration from the Tools > Alerts.

Create alerts

  • Name : display as talert title
  • Active : is active or not
  • Description : content of alert
  • Visibility start / end : period of Visibility
  • Type : type of alert (General, Information, Warning, Problem)
  • Can close alert : User can close alert ?
  • Show on login page : display or not alert on login page
  • Show on helpdesk page : display or not alert on helpdesk page
  • Sub-entity : display or not on sub-entity
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Targets

You can define target by type

  • Group : for all users of group
  • Profil : for all users with profile
  • User : for specifi user
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Display on login page

../_images/login_page.png

Display on helpdesk page

../_images/helpdesk-page.png

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