User Guide - Magento 2 Promotion Bar Extension

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1. Overview

With Magento 2 Promotion Bar extension, store owners can make notification bars of deals, discounts, news to showcase products, draw customer attention and boost store sales

Extension link: Magento 2 Promotion Bar extension

2. How Does It Work?

2.1 Settings

Please go to Stores ⇒ Configuration ⇒ Magehq Extensions ⇒ Promotion Bar.

In Enable, choose Yes to enable the extension, or No to disable it.

In Display “Close” Button, choose Yes to show the “Close” button in the top right position of the promo banner. Customers can manually close the bar with that button.

In Display Multiple Promotion Bars, If select Yes, banners set with the same position on the page will be shown in a slider. Please, use the same resolution images for the best results.

In Enable Slide Control, select Yes to show the “Previous” and “Next” button on the slider.

In Enable Slider Pagination, choose Yes to enable pagination function for the slider.

In Autoplay Speed of Slider, decide the amount to time for the slider to automatically transit. Count in seconds.

In Auto Close Slider After, decide the amount to time for the slider to automatically close. Count in seconds. Enter 0 to disable the auto-close function.

2.2 Manage Promotion Bar

The Manage Promotion Bar grid is developed as the standard of Magento 2 default grid. You can create a new banner, set up and manage all promotion bars here.

After clicking on the Create New Promotion Bar button, you will be redirected to New Promotion Bar Page. There 3 main sections: General, Display Rule, and Content and Design.

2.3 View Promotion Bar

In Enable, choose Yes to enable the new promotion bar, or No to disable it.

In Name, enter the name for the new promotion bar.

In Store Views, choose one or multiple store views where your new promotion banner should be displayed.

In Customer Groups, select which customer groups you want to display the new promotion bar.

In Start Date, use the calendar view to easily choose the starting date to display the new promotion bar. Please enter in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss or yyyy-mm-dd format.

In End Date, choose the expiring date to remove the new promotion bar. Please enter in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss or yyyy-mm-dd format.

In Priority, enter a number to set the priority of the new promotion bar. Please don’t leave this field blank.

In Display on Page, select which page to display the new promotion bar.

In Exclude Categories, enter the ID of categories to be excluded from the Display Rule. For example: 3,4,5. The promotion banner will be hidden on each category page specified.

In Exclude Products, enter the ID of products to be excluded from the Display Rule. For example: 3,4,5. The promotion banner will be hidden on each product page specified.

In Position, choose one of the 5 following options to set the position of the new promotion page.

In Auto Close Promotion Bar After, decide the amount of time for the new promotion bar to automatically close. Count in seconds. Enter 0 to disable the auto-close function.

Text Content: Admin enters content for promo bar.
URL Text: Enter the content displayed for the value {{url_text}}.
URL: Assign the link to the URL Text. When customer clicks on the text url will automatically open a new tab with the assigned link.
Text Content Color: Select the font color for the content section.
Background Color: Select the background color for the promo bar.
URL Text Color: Select the font color for url text.
URL Text Background Color: Select the background color for the text url.
Preview Template: Click here admin can preview the promo bar template.

Click Save Promotion Bar button to save all configurations.