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Announcements Portal

This portal shows a list of announcements and RSS feeds in Zimbra as the first thing people see after login. Also People can add new announcements and comment on them. Spread the word in your organization!

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zimbra-Community/announcements/master/announcements-screenshot.png

Features

  • Customizable colors
  • Configurable feeds
  • Deploy per cos or per user, what you want

Install prerequisites

  • Zimbra 9 (Classic UI)
  • Zimbra 8.8.15

Installing

Use the automated installer:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zimbra-Community/announcements/master/announcement-installer.sh -O /tmp/announcement-installer.sh
chmod +rx /tmp/announcement-installer.sh
/tmp/announcement-installer.sh

Enable for a COS (as user Zimbra):
zmprov mc default zimbraFeaturePortalEnabled TRUE
zmprov mc default zimbraPortalName tk_barrydegraaff_announcements

Or for a single user (as user Zimbra):
zmprov ma [email protected] zimbraFeaturePortalEnabled TRUE

Optional, configure your feeds and allow Zimbra to fetch them (as user Zimbra):

zmprov mc default +zimbraProxyAllowedDomains zimbra.com
zmprov mc default +zimbraProxyAllowedDomains nextcloud.com

Set configurable options here: config_template.xml

Known issues

  • The feed reader reads RSS feeds, not ATOM feeds.