# Announcement bar

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You can add an announcement bar to your online store to display important information about your store.

You can highlight the following information by adding an announcement bar:

* Any shipping delays or regions not accepting international shipments.
* Any new or updated policy pages.
* Any promotions are being offered at this time, such as sales or new gift cards.

<table><thead><tr><th width="287">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Auto rotate between messages</td><td>Enable this checkbox to automatically rotate through the announcement bar text.</td></tr><tr><td>Change message every</td><td>Use the bar to set the auto-rotate time of the text. You can set a minimum of “3” seconds and a maximum of “9” seconds.</td></tr><tr><td>Show social media icons</td><td>Enable this checkbox to show social media icons.</td></tr><tr><td>Show countdown</td><td>Enable this checkbox to show countdown in announcement bar section.</td></tr><tr><td>End date</td><td>Add date here. The end date must be set to a future date and include the following format: YYYY/MM/DD Example: 2022/10/05.</td></tr><tr><td>Country/region selector</td><td>By enabling this checkbox, you can see country/region selector in the announcement bar section.</td></tr><tr><td>Language selector</td><td>By enabling this checkbox, you can see Language selector in the announcement bar section.</td></tr><tr><td>Color scheme</td><td><p>In this section, you can change the background and foreground color of a section using the color scheme.</p><ul><li>Scheme 1</li><li>Scheme 2</li><li>Scheme 3</li><li>Scheme 4</li><li>Scheme 5</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Enable transparent background</td><td>Enable this checkbox to show transparent background on desktop.</td></tr><tr><td>Mobile layout</td><td>Enable this checkbox to show announcement bar on mobile.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Add an announcement&#x20;

Only one announcement bar section is available in the theme, but, there can be more than ten blocks in the announcement bar section with which you can add multiple announcement bars. Moreover, In the announcement bar section, you can only add announcement bar blocks.

<table><thead><tr><th width="272">Block</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Text</td><td>Enter text to display as a announcement bar text on the section.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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