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Last reviewed: Nov 2025

[DEPRECATED] Create OpenScienceLab Notifications¶

1. Create a new event in your notification calendar

   1. The event title corresponds to the notification title

   2. Select the time or date range for which you would like to display the notification

   3. The remaining notification details are included in the event description

      1. Add a <meta> tag

         1. Define profiles for which to display notification (profile names may contain spaces)

            1. profile: profile_1, profile_2, profile_n

               1. Note: comma separated with no spaces

         2. Define notification type

            1. type: info is blue

            2. type: warning is yellow

            3. type: success is green

            4. type: error is red

         3. Optional hide notification

            1. mute: true

      2. Add a <message> tag

         1. Add your message body as html

            1. Add line breaks

               1. </br>

            2. Add links

               1. <a href="https://url.com" target="blank"><span style="color: blue">link</span></a>

                  1. Note: You must unlink the URL using the unlink button in the calendar message tool bar for it to work.

         2. Turn off text automated formatting

            1. Select all the text in the message body

            2. Click the remove formatting button in the message toolbar