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Announcer Series version 4.6.0
The Announcer apps for Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence
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can be installed via the Atlassian Marketplace or the Universal Plugin Manager (UPM). However, version 4.6.0 of the Announcer apps is no longer available on the Marketplace for installation. To avoid performance issues, we recommend that all users of version 4.6.0 upgrade straightto version 4.6.2.
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If you're upgrading from a version before 1.5 If you're upgrading from a version before 1.5, please note that all of your announcements will become disabled when you upgrade. Simply visit the Administration Overview page and click Enable all (or select the announcements to enable). |
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Select the Cog menu
> Manage apps.
Expand the entry for the Announcer app.
Click Get Started.
Announcer for Jira, and Confluence involves global and announcement-level configurations, both of which are explained in the following sections. The Announcer is now integrated with Atlassian Statuspage, and you will find connection details explained in the relevant sections.
Announcer Configuration
Click ANNOUNCER FOR JIRA/CONFLUENCE/BITBUCKET > Announcements from the sidebar to view the Announcer Configuration page that displays all active/inactive announcements and allows you to create, edit, or delete an announcement. The Statuspage.io generated announcements, if any, can be identified as having the Statuspage icon (
) in the title.
You can also view all the invalid announcements in the Inactive Notifications section, highlighted with a warning icon. Click the (
) icon to learn more about the notification and enable it for further use or delete if it is no longer required.
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An example of an invalid notification can be one in which the targeted project role is deleted. |
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From this page, you can click:
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Option | Description | Default value | ||
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Usage Analytics Settings | ||||
Help Us Improve the Product | When enabled, it allows us to collect some usage data that will help us improve the product. To learn more about what is being sent, refer to Analytics Information. This configuration can also be turned off if you do not wish to share the information. |
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Notification Settings | ||||
Dialog Height | This allows you to change the default dialog height of Dialog announcements. | 500 | ||
Delegation Settings | ||||
Allow project administrators to create announcements | Allows Space Administrators and Project Administrators to create their own announcements. |
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Bypass Full Page Announcements | Enter the following in the respective text fields:
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HTML Settings | ||||
Add/Remove tags and attributes for styling the announcements | Allows you to configure global HTML tags and attributes. Usage details: <h1 style="background-color:red"> some header text </h1> Add the following to HTML Settings
tags = h1 | Refer to the image | ||
Remind Me Later Settings | ||||
Enable Remind Me Later | Enable this option to remind the user of the announcement after a pre-set period of time. Disabling this option displays the announcement until the user selects Dismiss. |
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Remind Me Later Text | Allows you to add the reminder link text that informs the purpose to the user. | blank | ||
Mute period | Specifies the amount of time (in minutes) for which you can mute the announcement. | 240 | ||
Explanation text | Allows you to add the hover dialog text that helps the user understand the announcement in detail. | Refer to the image | ||
Enabled 
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Click ANNOUNCER FOR JIRA/CONFLUENCE/BITBUCKET> Statuspage.io integrations from the sidebar to open the Statuspage.io Integration page. The integration with Statuspage ensures that important information about critical systems and/or any incident updates is displayed across Confluence, Jira or Bitbucket. A list of all announcements, enabled or disabled, is displayed in this page. Before you establish a connection with Statuspage, you see:
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First, establish a connection with your Statuspage instance. If not, actions associated with Add a Statuspage Integration now are ignored.
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