# Alerts **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [December 6, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alerts/2689 "2019-12-06T22:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Food2Soil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/food2soil/32/659_2.png) [@Food2Soil](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Food2Soil)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alerts/2689/1 "2019-12-06T22:25:23Z")
I want certain messages to appear each time a user opens the app. Sort of like alerts which go away when they x out of the screen. Is there a way to accomplish this in Glideapps? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alerts/2689/2 "2019-12-07T17:57:23Z")
There isn’t a way that I know of. You could use a component on your page to display an alert, but there wouldn’t be a way to close it. ---
**Author:** ![mthakershi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mthakershi/32/1715_2.png) [@mthakershi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mthakershi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alerts/2689/3 "2019-12-07T18:16:05Z")
May be you can use a CheckList list type. Checking an alert will mark it as read or complete. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/alerts/2689/4 "2019-12-07T23:09:23Z")
That’s a really cool idea. With a filter you can make the message go away once it’s read.