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## How to add and manage announcement banners

Announcement banners show up at the top of your site until a site visitor dismisses it. Announcement banners are applied site-wide and cannot be applied to specific pages.

Note that **Content Editors** and **Site Administrators** can add and manage announcement banners.

### Step 1: Enter announcement text

1. Navigate to **Announcement Banner Settings** (under **Site Settings** for Site Administrators; in the main menu for Content Editors).
2. Select the **Expand** control to display the **Announcement Banner** section.
3. Enter the information you wish to display in the announcement banner in the **Content** field, adding text formatting and links as needed.

   ![Screenshot of Announcement Banner section expanded showing the Content field and formatting toolbar.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2024-08/Add%20announcement%20content.png?itok=3NEDLpPd) 

 

Expand the **Announcement Banner** section and enter the announcement text in the **Content** field.### Step 2: Choose display options

1. The default icon for announcements is the “announcement” icon, but you can choose another **icon** to display before the announcement text. Note that the **Icon** field is an “autocomplete” input. Type a few letters and then select your icon from the dropdown list of matching icons. You can review available icon options from the [Material Design Icon List](https://fonts.google.com/icons).
2. Select a **Color** **Scheme** for the announcement banner. Note that the selected color scheme will only apply to the announcement banner.
3. To enable an announcement banner, select the **Enable Announcement Banner** checkbox.

   ![Screenshot of Announcement Banner Icon and Color Scheme inputs, showing the cursor over the selected Enable Announcement Banner checkbox.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1651/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2024-08/announcement%20settings.png?itok=nf6Tr2oX) 

 

Choose an **Icon** and **Color Scheme** to apply to the announcement banner. When you are ready to display the announcement, select the **Enable Announcement Banner** checkbox.### Step 3: Save announcement banner settings

1. Note that up to two (2) announcement banners can be enabled at once. Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 to add an additional announcement banner.
2. Click **Save Configuration**.



 

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