Introduction
You can add an announcement widget onto your store to showcase your sales campaign or discount code.
A badge will be placed at the down bottom right corner of the store displaying a preview of the announcements. When the badge is clicked, an Announcement Bar displaying the full message will then be displayed in full:
Setting Up
To do so, first go to the Settings page:
Turn on Announcement Widget is currently displaying on your store toggle button:
Next, select if you want to announce an existing Discount Rule or Discount Set (Discount Codes) onto the Announcement Bar:
If Discount Rule is selected, the Announcement Bar will have a Call to Action button to bring the customers to a collection page showcasing the Discount Rule's products:
Preview:
To setup Discount Rule based announcement widget, first you need to select the the discount rule that you wish to link with the Announcement Bar:
If a Discount Rule have an existing Timer Design, the countdown timer along with its settings will be inserted into the Announce Bar:
If a Discount Rule does not have a Timer, no timer will be displayed onto the Announcement Bar:
Next, you are required to select the products you would like to showcase when customers click on the call to action button. To do so, select Browse products:
Select the products in the Discount Rules that you wish to showcase (select all if you want to showcase everything) and proceed to select Save:
The selected products will then be displayed at the menu:
If Discount Set is selected, the Announcement Bar/pop-up will have a Call to Action button that showcases the selected discount code:
Preview:
To setup Discount Set based announcement widget, first you need to select the the discount set that you wish to link with the Announcement Bar:
Next, you are required to select the discount code that you would like to showcase when customers click on the call to action button. To do so, select Browse Discount Codes:
Select the products in the Discount Code that you wish to showcase:
Key in the name of these product grouping. This step is compulsory:
Proceed to Tab Settings to configure the announcement badge. In the Tab Settings you can:
Configure the Tab Color and the Icon Color:
Change the icon of the widget or upload your own (all major image format accepted).
With the widget selected, you can proceed to adjust the size of the badge that will displayed on your storefront.
Customize the message that you wish to display:
and the text and background color:
You can configure if you wish for the badge to be draggable by the customers:
If No is selected, the badge will stay default at the bottom right position.Next, configure the Announcement Bar by selecting if you wish it to appear as a bar at the bottom of the store or a square pop-up.
When Bar is selected, an announcement bar will be displayed at the bottom of the store when the badge is selected:
When Square is selected, a square pop-up will be displayed at the center of the store.
Proceed to configure the announcement box/bar's colors, opacity and size:
You can also adjust the pattern motifs and its colors:
Configure the text, font size and style of the Announcement bar/square for the Hero, Micro and Call to Action button:
At any point of time, you can preview how the announcement bar or the badge will look like on your store by selecting the Preview button.
Once you are satisfied with the settings, select the Save button to proceed.
