Can I brand a broadcast message?

Yes, CollabNet TeamForge 6.0 Patch 3 lets you brand a broadcast message, if you are a site administrator.

Make the following changes to the branding repository files, css/styles_new.css and templates/menu_bar.vm in the Look project:

In the "styles_new.css" file, append the following lines of code:

.showBroadcastMsg { display:block; word-wrap:break-word; padding: 3px 20px;
            background: #FFC800 url(/sf-images/icons/broadcast-msg.gif) 2px 2px no-repeat; }
            .hideBroadcastMsg { display:none; word-wrap:break-word; padding: 3px 20px; background:
            #FFC800 url(/sf-images/icons/broadcast-msg.gif) 2px 2px no-repeat; } 

In the "menu_bar.vm" file, replace the first block of code with the second block as given below.

• <div id ="broadcastMessageDiv"
              style="#if(${request.getAttribute("showBroadcastMessage")})display:block#else display:
              none#end;word-wrap:break-word;padding: 3px 20px;background: #FFC800
              url(/sf-images/icons/broadcast-msg.gif) 2px 2px no- repeat;
              ">${request.getAttribute("showBroadcastMessage")}</div>

• <div id ="broadcastMessageDiv"
          class="showBroadcastMsg">${request.getAttribute("showBroadcastMessage")}</div>

The broadcast message appears branded, as desired.