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 ====== Messages ======
-The messages tool is where you can publish operational messages. The messages will be visable on the home page of NAV.... more, more FIXME
+{{tools:messages.png|}} The messages tool is where you can publish operational messages. The messages will be visable on the home page of NAV.
+The messages tool has four tabs, where the three first display messages (and let you edit them), the last tab is for adding new messages:
+   * Active: Shows a list of all active messages. An active message is a message that currently is displayed onm the NAV home page
+   * Planned: Shows a list of all planned messages. A planned message has not yet reached its "publish from" timestamp.
+   * Historic: Shows a list of all historic messages. A historic message is a message that is expired, i.e. the "publish to" timestamp is passed.
+   * Create new: This is the place for adding a new message.
+===== Creating a new message =====
+The form shows the following field, mandatory fields indicated by star (*)
+^ Title* | Give your message a title. Visible on the home page |
+^ Description* | Describe your message. Visible on the home page |
+^ Technical description | Give further details if you like. Not visible on the home page. |
+^ Publish from* | Time the message is first published. Default value is now.|
+^ Publish to* | Time the message will expire. Default value is one week from now. |
+^ Select maintenance tasks for this message | Optional. You may couple this message to one or more maintenance tasks. |
+===== The home page view =====
+If the new message has "publish from" set to now it will be visible on the the home page. Technical description
+will not be shown on the home page, you need to click on the meassage to get this detail. It is only
+available for logged in NAV users (depends on your authorization rights).
+===== Edit a message =====
+As a NAV user (with rights) you may edit a message. All data can be changed in edit mode.
+You may also expire a message immediately by using the "expire now" button. An expired message will not
+be visable on the home page. You cannot undo the expire.
+===== Followup =====
+For a given case there may be a development that should be posted. To keep thread a follow up can be created.
+Enter edit mode of the original message and click on follow up.
+The original message will no longer be visible, only the follow up. In view mode you can follow the thread by
+clicking in the "replaces message" field.