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   A **Ruby Partial Downtime** for 4 hours on Monday, September 24 from 8:00am to 12:00pm
   will prevent SSH login to Ruby nodes and and Ruby VDI sessions.
   <% end %>
+```
+
+#### Announcement Style
+
+- Each separate announcement topic must have a title using level 4 headers (`####`)
+- At the end of each announcement topic write `*Posted: <date>*`.
+- Announcements should also be posted in the [Docs News Page](https://docs.rc.uab.edu/news/), generally with more detail there, summarized very briefly here.
+- Cross-link to the relevant Docs News post.
+
+Examples:
+
+```
+#### Maintenance Window
+
+Cheaha will be impacted by a maintenance window Jul 16, 2025, through Jul 22, 2025. Read more on our docs at our [News Page](link).
+<br><p style="text-align: right">*Posted: 2025-05-13*</p>
+
+#### Research Computing Customer Survey
+
+We invite you to complete our brief [Research Computing Survey](link) by Friday, May 16 to share your experience and suggestions—it takes less than 5 minutes. 
+<br><p style="text-align: right">*Posted: 2025-05-05*</p>
 ```
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-### 2025-05-13 Maintenance Window
+#### Maintenance Window
 
-Cheaha will be impacted by a maintenance window Jul 16, 2025, through Jul 22, 2025. Read more on our docs at our [News Page](https://docs.rc.uab.edu/news/#2025-05-13-planned-maintenance-window).
+Cheaha will be impacted by a maintenance window Jul 16, 2025, through Jul 22, 2025. Read more on our docs at our [News Page](https://docs.rc.uab.edu/news/#2025-05-13-planned-maintenance-window). 
+<br><p style="text-align: right">*Posted: 2025-05-13*</p>
 
-### 2025-05-05 Research Computing Customer Survey
+#### Research Computing Customer Survey
 
-We invite you to complete our brief Research Computing [Survey](https://uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dbaFBqVXIVkSbum) by Friday, May 16 to share your experience and suggestions—it takes less than 5 minutes.
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+We invite you to complete our brief Research Computing [Survey](https://uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dbaFBqVXIVkSbum) by Friday, May 16 to share your experience and suggestions—it takes less than 5 minutes. 
+<br><p style="text-align: right">*Posted: 2025-05-05*</p>
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