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Announcements is a full portal publishing system. Staff with the right permissions can write rich updates in a markdown editor, schedule them for future publishing, post them to Discord with a custom embed, and allow portal members to comment and react.

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The Announcements Feed

The main page shows all announcements in reverse-chronological order as a timeline feed. Each card shows the author, tags, status badge, a plain-text preview, and engagement counts for views, comments, and reactions. Pinned announcements always appear at the top and are marked with a pin badge. Staff members see a stats strip showing total, published, draft, and scheduled counts. Non-staff members only see published announcements. Use the search bar to filter by title, content, or tag. Use the status tabs (All, Published, Drafts, Scheduled, Archived) to narrow the view.

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Creating an Announcement

Click New Announcement in the top-right corner. This opens the announcement form.

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Content Tab

The core writing area:

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Settings Tab

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Discord Tab

Configure an optional Discord post alongside the portal announcement.
1

Select a channel

Under Channel, pick the Discord text channel where the message will be posted. If a message has been posted there before, the channel and last-sent timestamp are shown.
2

Choose a format

Select Plain message (simple text, no styling) or Rich embed (coloured bar, title, fields). The choice affects what appears in the next step.
3

Add message content

Type optional plain text above the embed (or the full message if using plain format). You can reference announcement data using the Discord variables list.
4

Configure the embed (if using Rich embed)

The full embed builder expands. Configure accent colour, title, title URL, description, author, thumbnail, image, footer, timestamp, and up to 25 fields.
5

Post to Discord

Click Post to Discord (or Update Discord message if already posted). If there are unsaved changes to the announcement, Invaro saves them automatically before posting.
A collapsible Preview panel at the bottom of the Discord tab shows a Discord-style render of the message before sending.

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Discord Variables

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Comments Tab

The Comments tab is available after an announcement has been saved (not on new unsaved announcements). It shows all existing comments and a text area to post a new one. Comments can be deleted by hovering over them and clicking the X. If comments are disabled, the tab shows an option to enable them from Settings.

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Saving and Publishing

The Save button in the top-right saves the current status (draft, scheduled, etc.) without changing it. The dropdown arrow next to Save reveals:
  • Publish — saves the announcement and sets status to Published immediately (only shown when not already published)
  • Save as preset — saves the current form settings as a reusable preset
An Unsaved Changes bar at the bottom of the page appears whenever there are edits and offers Save and Discard options.

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Presets

Presets let you save a set of announcement settings and reuse them on future announcements. When saving a preset you choose which parts to include: title template, content, tags, interaction settings (comments/reactions on/off), and Discord defaults. Using a preset — click Use Preset in the top-right corner of the form. Select a preset from the list. The form fields are updated immediately; you can still edit everything before saving.

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Managing Announcements

From the feed, hovering over an announcement card reveals action buttons (for users with the right permissions):

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Access Control

The Announcements page supports granular access via the Permissions system. CanView lets staff see all statuses (not just published). CanCreate allows creating new announcements and duplicating. CanEdit allows editing existing ones. CanDelete allows deletion. Portal members without any Announcements permission only see published announcements.