Question:

How can our agency's website show a list of our current Nixle messages on it?

Answer:

Adding a Nixle message widget is an effective way to drive website visitors to register for Nixle alerts. Follow these steps to create a message widget:

Log in to the agency at agency.nixle.com Choose Message Center from the menu bar Choose Message Widgets from the sub-menu bar Choose Create New Message Widget

Enter a Widget Name Select the desired message types for the widget to display by checking the checkboxes Set the Widget Height and Widget Width Choose the color scheme for the widget by clicking the following icons: The icon (Headline text color) sets the color for the group name text The icon (Secondary text color) sets the color for the text in the top and bottom border of the widget The icon (Header/footer background color) sets the color for the top and bottom border of the widget

Choose a color by clicking and dragging the mouse in the primary color square on the left-hand side A specific hex triplet can be entered in the # field The RGB and HSB values can be adjusted by either clicking and dragging the icon up or down, or by entering a number in the value field The color spectrum column can be adjusted by sliding the  level up or down Click outside of the color square to apply the selected color to the widget Choose Preview Widget to view how the widget will appear on the website To make any additional changes to the widget, choose Edit Widget Choose Save Widget and Generate Code to access the HTML code for the widget Copy and paste the code for the widget into the website's HTML