Sponsored by the US Travel Association, Inclind developed a custom Drupal module to allow them to 'alert' visitors to important information, inspired by CNN Breaking News functionality. The User Alert module uses cookies to track a user, so the feature works well for anonymous visitors as well as authenticated by tracking the cookie instead of the user ID.

The User Alert module has been approved, packaged, and released on drupal.org. There are a handful of features for it, such as controlling the length of time an alert displays for, template and CSS override capability, and ability to change the label from 'User Alert' to 'Breaking News', or whatever you prefer.

This is a handy module for news websites, political websites, commerce websites, or community websites. Check it out!