EBS: Configuring an Everbridge Web Widget for Publishing Notifications in Everbridge Suite

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Configuring an Everbridge Web Widget for publishing Notifications in Everbridge.

Description

The Everbridge Web Widget provides an easy and quick method for publishing your notifications to a web page. This tutorial will demonstrate how to enable and configure a widget, and how a published message appears once the widget has been embedded into a web page.

1. Web Display

When a notification has been sent from your organization using the Web Widget publishing option, the message title, message body and map selection will display within the embedded widget, as seen in this example.

Web Display

2. Navigate

To enable the widget, start by navigating to the Settings menu in your Everbridge organization and select Organization.

Navigate

3. Select

Then select Publishing Options

Select

4. Select

and Everbridge Web Widget.

Select

5. Enable

To enable Web Widget Publishing, slide the button to the On position.

Enable

6. Default Widget

The default Web Widget will then display with an automatically generated URL. The widget is ready to be used with these default settings; simply provide the URL to your website administrator so they can embed it into a web page.

Default Widget

7. Customize

If needed, you can customize the widget settings. Click the pencil icon to open the editor.

Customize

8. Name

The Name is what appears when selecting the publishing option in your notification.

Name

9. Custom Name

If desired, you can change this to a custom name that more accurately describes the selection.

Custom Name

10. Source URL

Here, you can copy the iFrame source and provide it to your website administrator.

Source URL

11. Default Duration

By default, the message content published using this web widget will display on the web for the same length of time as the notification's broadcast duration.

Default Duration

12. Custom Duration

Or, you can set a Custom duration by selecting from the drop-down list

Custom Duration

13. Set End Time by Calendar

During the launch of a Notification, you may override the Default or Custom Duration setting, or select a third option to "Set End Time by Calendar" where you can specify the date and time the Broadcast should end.

Set End Time by Calendar

14. Map Display

When Map Display is enabled, the background of the widget will display a map area. This is recommended if your published content for this widget is primarily going to be used for location-based messages, as it provides visual context for them.

Map Display

15. Notification With Map Selection

Now, when a Map selection is used within a notification, the shape and the surrounding map area will appear in the widget background.

Notification With Map Selection

16. Notification Without Map Selection

Or, if no Map selection is made in the notification, the widget will display the Default Map Center in the background, as defined in your organization's default map settings.

Notification Without Map Selection

17. Disable Map Display

Consider disabling the Map Display option if you will be using this widget primarily for non-location-based messages.

Disable Map Display

18. Map Display Disabled

When disabled, there will be no map in the background of the widget.

Map Display Disabled

19. Save

If you have made any changes to the widget, click Save.

Save

20. Add New

If needed, you can create additional widgets. Click Add Widget to create another. Note: Though multiple Web Widgets can be configured, only one can be chosen per notification.

Add New

21. Help

For more information on creating or using Web Widgets, click the Help icon.

Help

This guide covered how to configure an Everbridge Web Widget for publishing notifications to a web page. Thank you for watching!
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