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What is the purpose for the "Warning" Prior to URL Access?

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The End User Warning Prior to URL Access – Is a new feature that allows you to let to select library or group  categories to be given the new “Warn” filter setting. If an end user attempts to access a URL entered in a library category/category group with the Warn setting, a warning page will open on the end user’s workstation, letting him/her know that the requested URL may be against the organization’s policies. The end user has the option to view the URL or to return to the previous page. If he/she chooses to view the URL, the content can be viewed for a specified number of minutes, and if that time is exceeded, the warning page will redisplay. This feature affects the following new and existing windows:


1. System > Warn Option Setting > Warn Option Setting window – This new window lets you

specify the number of minutes for the interval of time in which a warning page will redisplay

for the end user who accesses a URL in a library category with a Warn setting for his/her

profile. Enter the number of minutes for the interval of time in which a warning page will redisplay

for the end user who accesses a URL in a library category with a Warn setting for his/her

profile. If 10 is entered in this field, the warning page will display every 10 minutes, as

long as the end user’s browser is open to a URL containing content set up in the warning

group. If the end user accesses another page in a category with a Warn setting, the warning

page displays again and will redisplay throughout the interval of time specified, as long as

the end user’s browser is open that page.

2. System > Customization > Warn Page > Warn Page Customization window – This new window lets

you customize text that displays in the warning page that displays for the end user who

attempts to access a URL in a library category with a Warn setting for his/her profile.

This window is used for making customizations to the warning page the end user will see if

he/she attempts to access internet content that has been set up in the warning group. An entry

in any of the fields in this window is optional, but in an entry is made in the Link Text

field, a corresponding entry must also be made in the link URL field. In the Header field,

enter a static header to display at the top of the warning page. In the Description field,

enter a static text message to be displayed beneath the header. In the Link Text field, enter

text for the link’s URL. In the Link URL field, enter the corresponding hyperlink in plain

text using the http:// or https:// syntax. If the entries are made for both a description and

link. The link will display beneath the text message. The Arial front type will be used in the

customized warning page the end user will see on his/her workstation. Click Preview to open a

separate browser window containing a sample from showing your entries. Click Apply to save

your entries. Click Restore Default to revert to the default settings.