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title: Message Box Widget
description: Create and customize a Message Box widget in IC3.0 to display alerts, notifications, formatted content, links, videos, and AI-generated messages on your intranet.
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# Message Box Widget

## Create a customizable message box to  display alerts and  notifications within your intranet.

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**To add the Message Widget:**

**Edit Current Page \> Add Section \> Add Message Box Widget**

**![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-14-2026-09-55-21-7003-PM.png?width=670&height=550&name=image-png-Sep-14-2026-09-55-21-7003-PM.png)**

### Configure the Employee List Widget

1. Enter a **Title** for the widget.
2. Choose whether to **Show Header**.
3. Under **Content**, select either Custom or AI Auto Renew for the message box you would like to display. 
     1. **Custom** 
            1. Enter in any custom text or message you want. OMNICRAFT AI is available to assist with Spellcheck and various AI assist options:  
               ![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-14-2026-10-23-06-3150-PM.png?width=332&height=847&name=image-png-Sep-14-2026-10-23-06-3150-PM.png)
            2. Clicking on the A icon will provide additional formatting options as well as the ability to add Tables, Links and Videos:  
               ![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-15-2026-10-14-07-5351-PM.png?width=398&height=744&name=image-png-Sep-15-2026-10-14-07-5351-PM.png)
            3. The **Code View** button is especially powerful as it will allow you to add HTML code, with the ability to render images and menus with tabs.  
               **![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-15-2026-10-16-02-8548-PM.png?width=373&height=447&name=image-png-Sep-15-2026-10-16-02-8548-PM.png)**
     2. **AI Auto Renew** 
            1. Using AI you can enter a prompt to generate content, selecting the frequency it will renew and duration.  
               ![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-14-2026-10-20-58-5180-PM.png?width=332&height=590&name=image-png-Sep-14-2026-10-20-58-5180-PM.png)

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