# Announcement Bar

> A bar at the top or bottom of every page with a message and a link. Start and end dates, close button, your colours.

Source: https://emdashcmseverything.com/plugins/announcement-bar/

- Category: announcement bar
- Status: available
- Version: 0.1.0
- Price: Unknown
- Compatibility: Not stated in the public registry profile
- License: MIT
- Maintainer: DesiDash Lab
- Download: https://plugins.emdashcms.com/plugins/@desidashlab.bsky.social/announcement-bar
- Repository: https://github.com/desidashlab/emdash-announcement-bar
- Published: 2026-10-21

## Installation

## Two steps

1. In your EmDash admin open **Registry**, search for **Announcement Bar**, and click **Install**. It asks for no permissions.
2. Open **Announcement Bar** in the left menu, go to the **Setup** tab, and paste the short block it shows into the head of your base layout, usually `src/layouts/Base.astro`. If someone else built your site, send them that block.

Then type your message on the **Bar** tab, add a link if you want one, and switch the bar on. It appears on the site within a minute. Set a start and end date for a sale or a holiday notice and it comes and goes by itself.

## FAQ

## What does this plugin do?

It shows one bar across the top or bottom of your site with a short message and, if you want, a link: free delivery this week, a new post, opening hours over a holiday. You write it in the admin and switch it on or off there. No theme editing after the one-time setup.

## Can I schedule it?

Yes. Set **Show from** and **Show until** and the bar appears and disappears on those days by itself. Leave either empty to skip that side. Dates follow each visitor's own clock.

## Can visitors close it?

If **Visitors can close it** is on, the bar has a close button. A visitor who closes it does not see it again on that device until you change the message or the link. Switch the option off for notices everyone must see.

## Where does the link open?

A path on your site, such as `/shop`, opens in the same tab. An address on another site opens in a new tab.

## Can I change the colours?

Yes, background and text, as hex codes such as `#111827` and `#ffffff`. The font comes from your theme.

## Does it cover my menu?

At the top the bar sits above everything else and pushes the page down, so nothing is hidden. Turn on **Stays visible while scrolling** to keep it on screen. At the bottom it floats over the page and the page gets a little extra room so the last line is never hidden.

## Does it collect anything?

No. The plugin has no access to your content and makes no requests outside your site. The only call is your site fetching its own settings.

## Changelog

## 0.1.0

- First release. One bar at the top or bottom of the site with a message and an optional link.
- Start and end dates, close button that remembers the choice per device, stays-visible option, background and text colours.
- Show on every page, the home page only, or addresses starting with a path.
- Bar tab tells you whether the bar is showing, waiting for its start date or ended. Setup tab shows whether the site is loading it.