Configure an announcement with HTML color tags using Announcer for Jira

Owned by Camilo Galleguillos
Nov 21, 2022
1 min read

This article contains step-by-step instructions to create an announcement with HTML color tags using the Announcer for Jira app.

Instructions

  1. Log in as an Administrator in your Jira instance.
  2. Click Cog wheel () > Manage apps.
  3. Select Announcer for Jira and click Get started.
  4. Click Announcements, under the ANNOUNCER FOR Jira section, in the sidebar on the left.
  5. Create an announcement:
    1. If you are creating an announcement for the first time, click Create one now to create a new announcement.

    2. If you have any existing announcement(s), click Add another notification.

  6. In the Announcement editor window, enter the basic details for the announcement. Refer to this guide for more details.
  7. To configure additional settings, click Show advanced options...
    1. Select the HTML option from the drop-down list on the left.

    2. Enter your HTML color code in Contents as:

    3. Click Preview for a preview of the announcement. If there are no further changes, click Save.

The announcement created using HTML color tags and styles mentioned above is displayed as:

By default, few HTML tags and attributes are supported for use in the HTML Contents editor. You can add more HTML tags and attributes from the Announcer Global Configuration settings as specified in this guide.