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# Announcement Bar

A thin, fixed bar that appears above the header. DRIFT Pro supports two display modes — static rotation and a scrolling marquee.

## How to access

In the customizer, locate the **DRIFT Announcement** section in the header group. Add or edit it from there.

## Settings

### Bar shape

* **Full width** — the default. An edge-to-edge strip across the top of the site.
* **Pill** — the bar floats as a rounded Liquid Glass capsule, inset from the screen edges with even spacing above and below it.

Pill suits stores already leaning on the Liquid Glass look, since the capsule picks up the same glass treatment as the header. Full width is the safer choice when the announcement is doing real work (a countdown, a shipping threshold) and you want it to read as part of the page furniture.

### Display mode

Choose how messages appear:

* **Static (auto-rotate)** — Messages fade in one at a time on a timer.
* **Marquee (scrolling)** — Messages scroll continuously across the bar.

### Homepage only

When enabled, the announcement bar only appears on the homepage.

### Rotation speed (static mode)

Range from 2 to 10 seconds. The number of seconds between each message.

### Marquee speed

Range from 10 to 60 seconds. The number of seconds for one full scroll cycle. Lower values are faster.

## Blocks

Add up to 6 **Message** blocks. Each block has:

* **Text** — The message to display.
* **Link (optional)** — Optional URL. The whole message becomes a link when set.

## Tips

* For a single static message, add only one block — rotation is automatically disabled.