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You can create online message bars, even targeted to a certain visitor segment, specific visitor segments in order to communicate important alerts, announcements, ads or links to your visitors.

• Place a full-width bar at the top of your page.
• Control Adjust the position, layout, and color scheme to suit company branding.
• Target specific messages to a variety of pre-defined or custom visitor segments.
• Choose a call for action - redirect that redirects the user to another page, or show presents the user with a survey.

In the main Message Bars dashboard under Visitor Engagement, in the Navigation pane, you can view the status of each message bar and filter message bars by status (active / or inactive) and by visitor segmentssegment.

Contents

• How to create Create a message barMessage Bar
• How to edit Edit a message barMessage Bar
• How to delete a message barDelete a Message Bar
• How to copy Copy a message barMessage Bar
• How to view message bar reportsView Message Bar Reports
• How to erase message bar reportsErase Message Bar Reports

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Message Bars Main Window

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How to Create a Message Bar

1. In the main Message Bars user interfacemain window, click Add Message Bar in the upper right hand corner.
   New message bar dialog
   
   
2. In the General Details dialog, The General Details window will open and you can now enter the Message Bar Name.
   Select where
   Determine Where should this message bar appear - select ? by selecting the website item in which the message bar will be displayed using the Object Explorer or by entering the URL manually. You can also enter * to display the message bar on all pages of your SharePoint environment.
   
   Enabling Show message bar on any sub-page in this section - Show  will show the message bar on all page URLs beginning with this URL address
   
   Choose Message bar status - Choose whether or not to  to activate the message bar immediately or later.
   Select who
   Choose Who should see this message bar - ? from the drop-down menu to select the visitor segment for which you would like to view the message bar will be displayed. You can select "Anyone" to display the message bar to all visitors. For more information about visitor segments see "How to create Visitor Segments".
   
   Select how often to show the survey:
   • Show as long as visitor has not clicked or closed message bar
   • Show message bar even if visitor already clicked or closed it
   • Show message bar even if visitor already clicked or closed it (once per visit)

   Select when should this message bar be prompted -

   • When the visitor is part of the selected visitor segment
   • When the visitor is part of the selected visitor segment and he/she moves the cursor towards the browser close button
   • When the visitor is part of the selected visitor segment and he/she scrolls down the page
   
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   Message Bar General Details dialogWindow
   
   
3. In the Settings dialogsection, select the message bar position on the SharePoint page.
   
   Push page down - select whether to display down determines whether the message bar over will cover part of the page or push appear above the page down.
   
   Select when to show the message bar from the drop- immediately / after x seconds / after down menu. Options range from immediately until after 1 minute.
   
   Select when to hide the message bar - never / after x seconds / after . Options range from never until after 1 minute.
   Make message bar closable - Choose whether or not the visitor will
   Decide whether to Make message bar closeable if you would like the visitor to be able to close (minimize) the message bar.
   
   Select the tab position - Choose  to choose where to position the close (minimize) button.
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   New Message Bar Window Settings Detail
   
   
4. In the Appearance dialog, select section you can select the message bar text style and color palette as it will appear on the SharePoint page. All color selections may be entered manually using the color selector, which appears when you begin to type in a Hex Color identifier text box. The color selected will appear as a preview in the relevant text box.
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   New Message Bar Window Appearance Detail with Message Bar Preview
   
   
5. In the Content dialog, enter the message that will appear on the message bar (limited Message, limited to 85 characters).
   When selecting a call for action, you can take further actions (such as redirecting the visitor to a different page or a survey) when the visitor clicks , that you want to appear on the message bar. If you do not want to take further action, select no
   
   When entering a Call For Action Text, you can select from five options for Call For Action Behavior including No call for action.
   Select the call for action behaviour and enter the call for action text that will appear as a link on the message bar.
   
   When selecting redirect Redirect the user to a different page, enter the page URL ( or select find it from using the Object Explorer by clicking on the "..." button) that the visitor will be redirected to after clicking on the message bar. Select Open in a new window in order to open the page in a new browser window.
   
   When selecting show Show the user to a survey, select the survey that will appear right after a visitor clicks on Call to Action from the message bar. For more information see "How to create Create a surveySurvey".
   
   You can execute  Execute JavaScript code after a visitor clicks on the message bar. Enter the JavaScript code you would like to execute in the text box that appears when you choose this selection.
   
   Select enable Enable segmentation based on this message bar if you want would like to create a segment for visitors who clicked on the message bar. For more information about visitor segments see "How to create Visitor Segments".
   
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6. Finally, you You may preview and save the  your message bar you have createdat any time during the process. The preview feature is also available in the main Message Bars UI after creating the message bar.will only update after pressing the Preview button at the bottom of the page.You may also preview your message bars at any time from the Message Bars main window.
7. Click Save at the bottom of the window when you are done with editing your new message bar. 

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How to Edit a Message Bar

In the main Message Bars user interface,

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simply click on the message bar you wish to edit.

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How to Delete a Message Bar

1. In From the Message Bars main Message Bars user interfacewindow, click on the message bar you wish to delete.
2. Click on Delete in  at the bottom of the page in order to delete the message bar.
   Note: message - All associated message bar reports will be deleted as well.
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How to Copy a Message Bar

1. In From the Message Bars main Message Bars user interfacewindow, click on the message bar you wish to copy.
2. Click on Copy in  at the bottom of the page in order to copy the message bar.
   Note: the - The copied message bar title will be "Copy of ..." and the message bar status will be Inactive.
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How to View Message Bar Reports

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From the

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Message Bars

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main window you can view message bar reports.
The information displayed is the total number of views, the total number of clicks and the click through rate (CTR).


Message Bar report

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How to Erase Message Bar Reports

In order to erase the message bar reports (and not the message bar itself) do the following:

1. In From the main Message Bars user interfacemain window, click on the message bar you wish to erase the reports for.
2. Click on Flush Flush at the bottom of the page in order to erase the message bar reports.
   Note: The -  The message bar itself will not be deleted.
   Erase Message Bar report