High-Risk Malware Discovered in Announcement Bar Systems

By Michael Thompson

December 12, 2024 at 09:40 AM

An announcement bar displays a custom message at the top of your website, perfect for highlighting promotions, schedule changes, or important updates. It appears on all pages except Cover Pages and can be customized per page.

Black and white landscape

Black and white landscape

Creating an Announcement Bar:

Computer:

  1. Open Announcement Bar panel
  2. Select "Activate Announcement Bar"
  3. Enter your message (supports bold, italic, and links)
  4. Add click-through URL if desired
  5. Click Save to publish

Mobile App:

  1. Tap More > Marketing > Announcement Bar
  2. Turn on Show option
  3. Enter message text
  4. Add links if needed
  5. Tap Save to publish

Styling Your Announcement Bar:

Version 7.1:

  • Font customization: Site Styles > Fonts > Assign Styles > Announcement Bar > Text
  • Colors match header theme
  • For transparent headers, takes theme from following section
  • Adjust colors: Site Styles > Colors > header theme > Background and Text tweaks

Version 7.0:

  1. Open Site Styles panel
  2. Scroll to announcement bar tweaks
  3. Modify background color, text color, and font
  4. Save changes

Restoring Visibility:

  • Use "Restore Visibility" button when logged in
  • Edit and save to restore for all visitors who closed it

Disabling the Bar:

Computer:

  • Open Announcement Bar panel
  • Select "Disable Announcement Bar"

Mobile App:

  1. Tap More > Marketing > Announcement Bar
  2. Toggle Show switch off
  3. Tap Save

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