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How to Display Code Maroon and Other Sitewide Alerts

Display or disable sitewide alerts using the Aggie UX alert banner or an emergency alert system.

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Aggie UX allows you to have site-wide alerts, either using the Aggie UX alert banner component with content controlled on the site or displaying Code Maroon university emergency alerts.

Code Maroon Campus-wide Alerts

Code Maroon is the official Texas A&M University emergency alert system, powered by AppArmor. You can enable AppArmor emergency alerts to automatically display on your site when active.

How to Enable Code Maroon Alerts

  1. Open the Google Controller Block by navigating to _custom-content-blocks > site-alerts > App Armor Code Maroon Block
  2. Click Edit
  3. Enter the App Armor ID
    1. Note: The App Armor ID for Texas A&M University’s College Station campus is 170.
  4. Choose whether to display Code Maroon alerts on either the site’s homepage and/or all first-level index pages by checking or unchecking the boxes.
  5. Click Preview Draft
  6. Click Submit

Does your campus not use App Armor?

Do you use a different emergency alert system that doesn’t use App Armor? We may be able to work with you to make adjustments. Email web@tamu.edu for more information.

Sitewide Banner Alert

Aggie UX provides the ability to put a custom banner alert on all pages of your site. There are four different alert types (information, success, warning and error) that help communicate critical information to your users.

How to Enable a Sitewide Banner Alert

  1. Open the Sitewide Banner Alert Block by navigating to _custom-content-blocks > site-alerts > Sitewide Banner Alert
  2. Click Edit
  3. Check Activate
    1. Note: You must take this action to edit the banner alert. Be sure to uncheck before submitting if you don’t want to enable the alert on the site at this time.
  4. Choose whether to display the alert on either the every page or all first-level index pages by selecting the appropriate option.
  5. Enter alert information
    1. Alert heading: Enter a brief heading that indicates what the alert is about.
    2. Alert type: Choose from information, success, warning and error to change the style of the banner alert.
    3. Alert description: Enter a brief description for the alert that describes why users are being alerted.
    4. Optional CTA links: If you need to direct people to take action based on this alert, fill in an optional CTA link.
  6. Click Preview Draft
  7. Click Submit

How to Disable a Sitewide Banner Alert

  1. Open the Sitewide Banner Alert Block by navigating to _custom-content-blocks > site-alerts > Sitewide Banner Alert
  2. Click Edit
  3. Uncheck Activate
  4. Click Preview Draft
  5. Click Submit