Set a System-Wide Message

The message of the day is a text string that appears on the customer portal pages. The system-wide message is used for any customer accounts that do not have a custom message configured.

To set a system-wide message:

1. Click the setup tab.

2. From the Choose Setup Page list, choose customer portal administration. The Customer Portal screen appears.  show screen

3. In the Customer Portal Administration screen, click in the System-wide message of the day field.

4. Type the text message, up to 128 characters. The following characters are not allowed: ";\ & '

Important: If you use the carriage return or Enter buttons on your keyboard to create multiple lines of text, make sure that each line has a printing character.

5. Click apply changes.