System Message Banners

You can create System Message banners to inform patrons of news and alerts from your library. These appear in both the web catalog (Aspen Discovery) and the app (Aspen LiDA). Library staff with permissions can customize these banners to display across site pages associated with your library's catalog.

Add a new banner

  1. Login to Aspen with a designated library admin account.
  2. Go to Aspen Administration > Local Catalog Enrichment > System Messages.
    • In System Messages, you can edit existing banner messages or create a new message.
    • You can also batch update several selected banners at a time to quickly change various banner options.
  3. Click Add New.
  4. Enter a Title for the System Message (displays in the Admin area only).
  5. Enter your banner message in Message to show.
    • The WYSIWYG toolbar can help in formatting your banner.
    • The Toggle Preview button ("eye") displays how your banner will look when published.
  6. Check if this message should Display in Aspen LiDA if you would like it to appear in the app.
    • You can optionally enter a shorter message to display on LiDA, or leave blank to use the same message.
  7. Select which pages the banner should Show On to optionally only display in My Account, etc.
    • This could be helpful to indicate specific issues, such as if payment services are down.
  8. Choose your Message Style.
  9. Optionally, add the Start Date to Show and End Date to Show.
  10. Check Dismissible if you'd like visitors to be able to clear the banner from their pages after reading.
    • Note: If you re-use banners, such as a "library is closed" banner and update the dates, it's best to leave this unchecked.
  11. Select your Library and Branch (if you have one location, you can click just the library).
  12. When done, click Save Changes and Return.

Tip: If you don't see your message banner after you save, do a hard refresh of your browser.

Remove a system wide message banner

If you want to remove a SWAN system wide message, you can edit the banner and uncheck your library. Please do not delete, as you will delete for everyone in the system.

  1. Login to Aspen with a designated library admin account.
  2. Go to Aspen Administration > Local Catalog Enrichment > System Messages.
  3. Locate the banner and click Edit.
    • SWAN system wide banners will always start with "SWAN".
  4. Uncheck your library system and location.
  5. Save.