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Site alert A strip across the top of every page, for time-sensitive notices. Acknowledgement of Country The band at the top of the footer, on every page. ![The top of the homepage, with the site alert strip and the hero banner both outlined in red.](/storage/5xAGLrC8kUmF7LcvGgysosf0yCRllZe04yOYxDIU.png) --- Finding the blocks ------------------ 1. Press **Blocks** in the sidebar. The **Content blocks** screen lists every block, with its type and when it was last changed. 2. Press **Edit** on the block you want. 3. Make your changes and press **Save**. The change shows on the site straight away. ![The Content blocks screen listing the site alert, the Homepage Hero and the Acknowledgement of Country, with the list and the Add content block button outlined in red.](/storage/mLOkgHmrPVpscvNnGqS0nNny2jEYkakFxG5SIHoq.png) --- The homepage hero ----------------- Above the tabs sit **Admin label**, which only names the block in the list, and **Layout**. The rest is split into three tabs: Tab What you set there Content A short Label, the Heading and a Lead paragraph, and Show site search, which adds the search box. Links Up to two Buttons, the first being the main one, and Popular tasks, shown as small links beneath the buttons. Media An Image, and a Stat headline with its Stat caption: a single figure shown over the image. The **Layout** decides what shows. Split and Feature show the image and its stat; Centered and Minimal show neither, so the image and stat are ignored in those two. ![The Edit content block form for the Homepage Hero, with Admin label and Layout above the Content, Links and Media tabs, and the Content tab open.](/storage/3DWl5fgngEUZM8OTsyBs0xJ4h442I9AbUUO5Wa0v.png) > **💡 Note:** Visitors never see the Admin label. The heading they read is the one in **Heading** on the Content tab. --- The site alert -------------- Use the site alert for something every visitor should see right now: a closure, an outage, a consultation closing soon. It sits above the site header on every page until you take it down. Above the tabs sit the **Title**, and **Display title** to show it above the message. Below them is **Published**, which you untick to take the alert down. In between are three tabs: Tab What you set there Content The Type: Info, Update or Emergency. Then the Message itself. Scheduling A Start date and End date, so the alert appears and disappears by itself. Leave them empty to show it straight away and until you take it down. Display Dismissible, which lets visitors close it, and Page visibility, which limits it to certain addresses. ![The Edit content block form for a site alert, with Title and Display title above the Content, Scheduling and Display tabs, and the Published switch below.](/storage/0B6tFyedzAGFaoBLRQSgygIC6s7IfHaKCkQO2LsD.png) ### Adding a new alert 1. On the **Content blocks** screen, press **Add content block** and choose **Site alert**. 2. Fill in the Title, Type and Message, and set the dates if it should come and go by itself. 3. Press **Save**. A published alert appears on the site without being placed anywhere. > **💡 Note:** A visitor who closes a dismissible alert will not see it again, unless you edit it. Editing an alert shows it again to everyone, so use that when the news changes. --- The Acknowledgement of Country ------------------------------ The acknowledgement sits at the top of the footer on every page. - **Acknowledgement** holds the wording. The supplied text is a national starting point: replace it with wording that reflects your own organisation and the Country it is on. - **Flags** chooses whether the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag, both or neither appear beside it. ![The site footer with the Acknowledgement of Country band and its two flags outlined in red.](/storage/dSaiBYqxgMoMsNcFLqNoB2HSe3jGIqFZ2CdG2nHi.png) Related articles ------------------ - [ Site components overview → ](/articles/site-components-overview) - [ Building a landing page with components → ](/articles/building-a-landing-page-with-components) - [ Setting your homepage → ](/articles/setting-your-homepage) - [ How people navigate your site → ](/articles/how-people-navigate-your-site) Was this article helpful? ------------------------- Your feedback helps us prioritise what to rewrite. 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