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Notifications & Messages

B1 Admin keeps your notifications and private messages in the user menu at the top-right of every page. A red number on your profile picture shows how many unread notifications and messages are waiting, and it updates while you work, without refreshing the page.

Before You Begin

  • Sign in to B1 Admin. Every signed-in user has notifications and messages.
  • Notifications and messages are personal: you only see the ones sent to you.

Opening the User Menu​

Click your profile picture (or the arrow next to it) at the top-right. The menu shows your Current church and these items:

  • Messages and Notifications, each with its own unread count
  • Edit Profile -- Edit Account opens your profile, and Edit Church Profile opens your directory profile on your church's B1 site
  • Theme Preferences -- Default, Classic or Custom colors, and Light Mode or Dark Mode
  • Logout, Switch App (B1.Church or Lessons.church) and Switch Church (lists the churches your account belongs to)

Notifications​

Notifications tell you about things that need you, for example:

  • A task was assigned to you, or a group join request task was created for you
  • You were scheduled to serve on a plan
  • A new submission arrived on a form you manage
  • Someone posted in one of your groups or sent an announcement

To read them:

  1. Open the user menu and click Notifications.
  2. Each notification shows a short message, how long ago it arrived (such as 1d), and a New tag if you haven't seen it yet. Opening the list marks them as read and clears the count.
  3. Click View Details (or the notification) to go to what it is about:
    • A task opens the task in B1 Admin.
    • A form submission opens the form's submissions in B1 Admin.
    • A serving assignment opens the plan on your church's B1 site in a new tab, where you can accept or decline it.
    • Other notifications open their link, if they have one, in a new tab.
  4. Click the trash icon to delete one notification, or Clear All (and confirm) to delete them all.

When there is nothing left, the list reads No notifications -- You're all caught up!

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How you are notified (push, email, the in-app bell or text) and quiet hours are set in your Notification Preferences on your church's B1 site or in the B1 app.

Messages​

Messages holds your private, one-to-one conversations with people in your church -- the same conversations you see on your church's B1 site and in the B1 app.

Reading and replying​

  1. Open the user menu and click Messages. Each conversation shows the other person, the latest message (with You: in front if you sent it), when it was sent, and a New tag if it is unread.
  2. Click a conversation to open it. Type in Type a message... and click the send arrow. The emoji button adds an emoji.
  3. Click the back arrow to return to the list.

To delete a conversation, click its trash icon and confirm.

Starting a new message​

  1. In Messages, click the round + button.
  2. Under Search for a person, type a name and click Search.
  3. Click the person, write your message, and send it.