rbmotd 4.0

Message of the Day support for Review Board

Message of the Day for Review Board

The Message of the Day extension for Review Board helps administrators communicate important updates to users on the server. This can be used to announce upcoming downtime, maintenance, an details on a new upgrade.

Messages are shown at the top of the page and may include basic HTML formatting, including links to more detailed notices.

Users can dismiss a message they've already seen if they no longer want to see it.

Requirements

This requires Review Board 8 or higher.

Installation

Installation is easy. Just follow these steps:

1. Install the extension:

   $ rb-site manage /path/to/sitedir pip install rbmotd
   

2. Log into Review Board as an administrator.

3. Visit Admin UI -> Extensions and click Reload Extensions

4. Click Enable next to the extension.

5. To configure a message, click Configure.

Getting Support

We can help you get going with Review Board and the Message of the Day extension, and diagnose any issues that may come up.

We provide more dedicated, private support for your organization through a support contract, offering:

• Same-day responses (generally within a few hours, if not sooner)
• Confidential communications
• Installation/upgrade assistance
• Emergency database repair
• Video/chat meetings (by appointment)
• Priority fixes for urgent bugs
• Backports of urgent fixes to older releases (when possible)