FrogCode widget - Email Alert

[Graham Quince]

Here's a widget designed to support teachers when they need to be able to quickly send a message to other staff requesting assistance.  There is a space for a room to be listed, but the email will send without this information.

 

There's quite a few schools using Forms for this, but this one doesn't require a form and should be quick to set up and use.

[pdurber]

I would love to use this, but I can't get ours to email out. Is there any way I can inspect the code for it to check why?

Edited January 16, 2020 by pdurber

[Graham Quince]

6 hours ago, pdurber said:

I would love to use this, but I can't get ours to email out. Is there any way I can inspect the code for it to check why?

 

Hi @pdurber,

I've just logged into your platform and added the widget and it's emailed me.  Can you let me know where the problematic widget is please?

[pdurber]

It's on the staff dashboard, but it's currently hidden from everyone except admins. When you login is it as an admin?

 

Edited January 17, 2020 by pdurber

[pdurber]

Thank you. Whatever you did it is working now. ?

[pdurber]

@Graham Quince We are using this successfully as part of our "on-call" system. Except for 2 teachers, where the "Send" button doesn't appear next to the fillable field. Interestingly 1 of them can see it if they use MS Edge instead of Chrome, but not the other.

If you watch carefully when the page loads, it is there for a fraction of a second, then disappears to be replaced with ...  

So I'm thinking a size/resolution issue? is there a minumum number of pixels wide that it needs to be?

It's on our dashboard currently.

Any suggestions?

[Graham Quince]

I've just had a look and screen size is my best guess too.  With you having 4 columns for the staff dashboard, it might just be squeezing the widget a little too much.

I had a quick look to see if you could hack the widget to hide the icon, but it didn't work.  You might need to add the widgets to a wider column, or show your colleagues how to add the widgets to their personal dashboards.

[Graham Quince]

Hi @pdurber

I've approached this in a different way, try adding an HTML widget to the staff dashboard and using the following code:

<style>
.dashButton {
  float: right;
</style>

 

[pdurber]

OK, but what does that do?
One problem I have is that I don't have a computer that won't show the button at home, where I am now.
I'll add it and have a look in the morning.

[pdurber]

Ah! I see. Set the resolution to 1024x768

 

Edited September 28, 2020 by pdurber