📰 Notices
Notices are a way for organizers to send out announcements and updates to contestants (and sometimes public). When notices are sent they are received by all connected, logged-in users in real-time as a notification. The notices will thereafter be preserved and available in the /notices pages, and will also be listed in the contestant's dashboard.
Notices can have a title (plain single line text) and content (markdown supported).
Pinning Notices​
Notices can be pinned to the top of the notices page and in the user dashboard. This is useful for important announcements that should be read by all contestants.
By default, notices are displayed in reverse chronological order. If multiple notices are pinned, they will be displayed at the top of the list in chronological order.
Personal Notices​
Arena also supports sending notices to an individual contestant. This is useful for sending private messages or sharing information with a specific contestant. Individual notices are only visible to the contestant they are sent to. They are not visible to other contestants.
The participants shall not be able to reply back to the organizers through this feature. This can only be used as a one-way communication from the organizers to a particular participant.
To send personal notices, turn on the "Is Personal?" switch in the notice creation form. This will then show a dropdown to select the contestant to send the notice to.