DS Notice

Component description

An informational/alert style strip of text to highlight content and/or and elicit a user to seek more information

Includes the option of adding a link or ‘Read more’ dropdown

Notice may be combined or added as an option to other components e.g. DS Course search/browse

Component field properties

• Character counter limits and recommendations per field
• Mandatory and optional elements
• Other notable display options.

Show/Hide notice

Select ‘Show’ to display the notice

Notice text

If adding a notice, uncheck default and add text here

Link text

If adding a link to your notice, uncheck default and add the link label text here

Note: cannot be used if including a drop-down/expand box

Asset link - when internal to CMS

If the link target is on the La Trobe website, uncheck default and enter the target page’s asset number in the Id field.

Note: cannot be used if including a drop-down/expand box

URL link - when external to CMS

If the link target is on an external website, uncheck default and enter the target page’s URL

Note: cannot be used if including a drop-down/expand box

Expand box content

If the notice includes extra content, uncheck default and enter your content and edit/format using WYSIWYG editor

Guidelines for use

• Used in exceptional circumstances as an alert or for additional important information
• If the information is brief enough, using the dropdown is preferable to linking to another page.

Most suited for these page types

DS pages only

Example(s) of use