# Announcement bar

The **Announcement bar** in a website's header offers various benefits to a sales website. It can promote discounts, create urgency, deliver important information, highlight key messages, enhance brand identity, and provide effective calls to action, ultimately improve customer engagement and boost sales.

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<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="188">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Section width</strong></td><td><p></p><p>3 options for container</p><ul><li><em><strong>Stretch width</strong></em>: span the section width regardless of screen size.</li><li><em><strong>Fix width</strong></em>: depends on your page content width in <strong>Theme settings</strong> <strong>-></strong> <strong>Layout</strong>.</li><li><em><strong>Expand full width</strong></em>: takes up the entire space on the page and it usually resizes itself to fit the size of the screen.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Color scheme</strong></td><td>Select colors from <strong>Theme settings -> Colors</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Show close button</strong></td><td>Display the close button</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Home page only</strong></td><td>Display only on the homepage</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Show on mobile</strong></td><td>Show on mobile screens</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Type</strong></td><td><p>2 options for type</p><ul><li><em><strong>Slide</strong></em>: Text displayed in a slide presentation format</li><li><em><strong>Marquee:</strong></em> Text displayed as a marquee scrolls for attention</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Speed</strong></td><td>Set speed in seconds applies only to marquee type</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Spacing between</strong></td><td>Set spacing between blocks applies exclusively to marquee type</td></tr></tbody></table>