Announcements#
Changed in version 4.0: In prior releases this feature was called whiteboard messages.
Provide info to your translators by posting announcements, site-wide, per project, component, or language.
Announce the purpose, deadlines, status, or specify targets for translation.
The users will receive notification on the announcements for watched projects (unless they opt out).
This can be useful for various things from announcing the purpose of the website to specifying targets for translations.
The announcements can posted on each level in the Manage menu, using Post announcement:
It can be also added using the admin interface:
The announcements are then shown based on their specified context:
No context specified
Shown on dashboard (landing page).
Project specified
Shown within the project, including all its components and translations.
Component specified
Shown for a given component and all its translations.
Language specified
Shown on the language overview and all translations in that language.
This is how it looks on the language overview page: