HowTO: Setup Alerts for Portal Home Page "Listings"

Go to Portal Home

Hover over the Manage Content link under Actions and look at the URL

Copy the value of the CatID to notepad for use in a moment: (i.e. a49a5b38-0834-43dd-xxxx-734118d1ba4c)

Navigate to a top level content area (not Home, not Sites!)

Hover over the Alert Me link and copy the Javascript to notepad (DO NOT CLOSE THIS PAGE, YOU'LL NEED TO PASTE THE JAVASCRIPT BACK IN)

javascript:spslcLBP('','','Category','a82ec361-8261-4e49-a4f3-ce0ec3f52fe9','http:////www.mydomain..com//Topics//default.aspx','Topics','Area: Topics','');

Modify the parameters of the Javascript Link

• Replace the CatID with the CatID taken from the Manage Content URL in step 2
• Change the URL to the root URL (this is the URL you see in the email)
• Change the Title of the Alert (I called mine Listings but it is essentially Home…)

Your new javascript should look like this:

javascript:spslcLBP('','','Category','a49a5b38-0834-43dd-xxxx-734118d1ba4c','http:////www.mydomain..com//default.aspx','Listings','Area: Home','');

Paste the Javascript back into the same browser window displaying the Area you were on when you copied the javascript (otherwise you WILL get a Javascript error)

Fill out the Alert form as you would for any other area

You are now registered for alerts on Listings (approved… still testing the pending listings)