Notify users when new File Exchange files are available
NetFirm CS administrators can set up notification messages to alert specific NetClient CS or NetStaff CS users when files are uploaded to File Exchange.
- In theAdmintab of the navigation pane, selectNotificationin the Utilities section.
- In the Notification list, selectFile Exchange.
- SelectNetStaff CSin theDisplay Users:field, do one of the following:
- SelectAll Usersin theNotificationsfield to send notification messages to all users when a file is uploaded to a File Exchange folder that they can access.
- If a NetFirm CS administrator previously set up a NetStaff CS user to receive notifications for File Exchange uploads but the NetStaff CS user turned those notifications off from within their portal, you can reset the portal to once again receive notifications for uploads. To do this, you must first turn off notifications for the user by selectingSelectedunder Notifications, unmarking the checkbox for the user, and selectingEnter. Then, re-enable File Exchange notifications for the user and selectEnteragain.
- SelectSelectedin theNotificationsfield to send notifications to specific NetStaff CS users, and select the checkboxes for the users who should receive the notification.
- If you selectAll Users, new users will receive notifications by default. An administrator doesn’t have to return to this screen to select the checkboxes for new users.
- Enter any part of a user’s name or login intoFindto locate a user.
- In theFilter Optionsfield, selectUnselectedto display only the users who are not set up to receive notifications about File Exchange uploads. SelectSelectedto display only the users who are set up to receive notification messages.
- If you don’t want NetStaff CS users to receive notifications when their colleagues upload files to File Exchange, select theSend notification for NetClient CS user uploads onlycheckbox.
- SelectNetClient CSin theDisplay Users:field.
- Select the checkbox for each NetClient CS user NetFirm CS should send a notification message to.
- SelectEnter.noteOptional: You can modify the template for the notification message or specify the method by which users will receive the notification.
- Notifications won’t be sent for uploads to private folders.