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title: "Configure the IXM One news center"
slug: "configure-the-news-center"
updated: 2026-08-17T09:16:36Z
published: 2026-08-19T08:41:24Z
canonical: "docs.grassfish.com/configure-the-news-center"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.grassfish.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configure the IXM One news center

You can configure the IXM One news center to suit your needs.

- Specify how many items you want to see in your inbox.
- Specify how you want to receive different types of messages.

## Configure your inbox

To configure how many unread messages you see in your inbox, perform the following steps:

1. Go to **Dashboard > News center**.
2. Switch to the **Settings** tab.
3. Under **Inbox > Display the last few days**, specify the number of days for which you want to display unread messages.

## Configure your subscriptions

To configure how you want to receive different types of messages, perform the following steps:

1. Go to **Dashboard > News center**.
2. Switch to the **Settings** tab.
3. Under **Subscriptions**, select one or both of the following options next to a message type:
  - **Message**: Notification in IXM One.
  - **E-mail**: Notification via email.

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## Message types

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> Administrators set the [user group permissions](/grassfish/docs/set-user-group-permissions) that specify who can send and receive different messages.

By default, you can work with the following message types:

| **Corporate news** | Manually created messages that can be sent to all user groups and locations. --- Requires: - Permission to send messages - Permission to receive messages and messages to the location |
| --- | --- |
| **New content** | Spot notifications with one or more spots attached. - In IXM One messages, the spots are displayed as thumbnails. - In emails, the spot names are listed. --- Requires: - Write permission in the spot group |
| **Playlist released** | Informative message when a playlist is released. --- Requires: - Permission to receive messages for the playlist - Permission to receive messages for a location that contains the player with the released playlist - Location users who are assigned a player with the shared playlist - The shared playlist is assigned to a player with an email address |
| **Player offline** | Automatic message if a player goes offline containing the player's name, location, and last access date. You can add other recipients like IT support through location permissions. --- Requires: - E-mail addresses specified for the player - Message type must be enabled on the server |
| **Player offline report** | Report of all offline players that you have permission to see via email. --- Requires: - The report must be enabled on the server. |