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AWSOM News Announcement allows you to post news announcements in the area above your posts (or anywhere else you want) and edit it using the Visual Editor or code editor, all from the WordPress admin area. You can select who sees your posts (only non-registered people, or whatever level of registered user for your site) so you can keep certain things for only people who are members, or you can show ads only to non-registered visitors. You can now also run php code from the news area, so audio or video players can now be run without any other plugin. You can now add the news area to a post or page and also run php code there. You can set start and end dates for all news posts. The Plugin is now fully XHTML compliant. 
Part of the www.AWSOM.org series of WordPress Plugins developed by Harknell
<h3>Upgrading From Previous Version</h3>
Upgrade instructions for users of AWSOM News 1.02
To upgrade the AWSOM News Announcement plugin from 1.0.2 to the new version do the following steps in order:
1) Go to your Admin Plugins area and deactivate the previous AWSOM News Announcement plugin. 
2) Delete the awsomnews plugin folder from the wp-content/plugin directory. 
3) unzip the new AWSOM News Announcement zip file and move the contents to your wp-content/plugins folder 
4) Go to your Admin Plugins area and activate the new AWSOM News Announcement plugin. 
5) You have 2 options at this point: If you previously used the Theme file tag to display your News Announcement and don’t want to change 
things then turn the option “Place the News Announcement On Index Page above Posts” to off. 
6) OR If you want to remove the now unnecessary Theme edits that version 1.0.2 required go into your theme index.php file 
(or wherever you may have added the code) and delete:
from your theme file. Make sure that you then turn the option “Place the News Announcement On Index Page above Posts” to Yes.
To upgrade from 1.1.0 – 1.4.7 to new version
1) deactivate the current Awsom News plugin from the admin Plugin menu. 
2) Delete the current Awsom News folder from the wp-content/plugins folder. 
3) Move the new folder to the wp-content/plugins folder. 
4) Activate the plugin from the Admin Plugins menu. 
5) Make sure the settings in the Write/Posts–> Awsom News menu are set correctly for your set up.

AWSOM News Announcement

AWSOM News Announcement allows you to post news announcements in the area above your posts (or anywhere else you want) and edit it using the Visual Ed …

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FooBar allows you to create unlimited eye-catching notification bars, announcements and cookie notices that catch your visitor’s attention. 
FooBar has been completely rewritten from the ground up to give you fresh and modern looking notifications.
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Why Create A FooBar Notification?
<ul>
<li>Communicate with your customers quickly and efficiently, by drawing their attention to your notification bars.</li>
<li>Generate leads and grow your customer base.</li>
<li>Use FOMO to drive product sales.</li>
<li>Convert visitors into paying customers.</li>
<li>Announce specials and important business news.</li>
<li>Elegantly inform visitors about cookies, and comply with the EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations.</li>
</ul>
Technical Features
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited notifications</li>
<li>Choose from different types (Announcement, Call To Action, Cookie Notice)</li>
<li>Settings to customize your message / call to action buttons / notice</li>
<li>Appearance settings to help you match your theme</li>
<li>Visibility settings to customize how and when your announcement bars are shown</li>
<li>Easily duplicate notifications from listing page in admin</li>
<li>See previews within the admin, or on the frontend</li>
<li>SEO friendly</li>
<li>Supports Emojis 😀</li>
<li>Compatible with PHP 8.2</li>
</ul>
Usage Examples
<ul>
<li>Show a welcome notice to your visitors</li>
<li>Advertise a sale you are currently running, with a CTA button to your shop page</li>
<li>Show a cookie notice to your visitors and comply with EU GDPR cookie law and CCPA regulations</li>
<li>Updated your privacy policy? Inform your users with a notification bar</li>
<li>Create an announcement bar about your new product launch</li>
</ul>
There are 7 different notification types available:
<ul>
<li>Announcement – shows a simple announcement message with an optional link</li>
<li>Call To Action – shows a message with a call to action (CTA) button</li>
<li>Cookie Notice – shows a cookie notice with an accept button</li>
<li>Sign Up (PRO only) – capture emails and add them to a Mailchimp list</li>
<li>Countdown (PRO only) – show a countdown and call to action button to create a FOMO effect</li>
<li>Tweet (PRO only) – shows a message with a click to Tweet button</li>
<li>Free Shipping (PRO only) – shows a bar to your shoppers to entice them with free shipping if they buy more. Integrates with your WooCommerce store settings</li>
</ul>
PRO Features
<ul>
<li>4 extra bar types – Countdown, Free Shipping, Tweet and Sign Up, including Mailchimp integration.</li>
<li>Left & Right positions – up to 12 positions now available!</li>
<li>Full customization – set gradient backgrounds, change font size, choose different icons, and more!</li>
<li>Open / Close triggers – open or close based on exit intent, time delays, scroll distance and more!</li>
<li>Attention-grabbing Effects – Increase your conversions by grabbing the attention of visitors, to make them click on your buttons or open the bar.</li>
<li>Scheduling – Decide when your bar shows, by selecting a start and end date/time.</li>
<li>Visibility Conditions – Choose where your notifications will show with conditions of your choosing. Show for a specific post type, or on specific pages only, or for certain categories.</li>
<li>Custom CSS – add any custom CSS to the bar.</li>
<li>More coming soon!</li>
</ul>
Announcement Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>Announcement Text – The announcement message that will be shown to your visitors. It can also contain emoji’s</li>
<li>Show Link – Do you want to show an anchor link next to the announcement?</li>
<li>Link Text</li>
<li>Link URL</li>
<li>Link Target</li>
</ul>
Call To Action Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>CTA Text – The call-to-action message that will be shown.</li>
<li>Button Text</li>
<li>Button URL</li>
<li>Button Target</li>
<li>CTA Button Position – You can override the position of the Call-To-Action button.</li>
</ul>
Cookie Notice Bar Settings
<ul>
<li>Cookie Notice Text – The cookie notice that will be shown to your visitors.</li>
<li>Accept Button Text – The accept button will close the bar if clicked.</li>
<li>Show Policy Link?</li>
<li>Button Target</li>
<li>CTA Button Position – You can override the position of the Call-To-Action button.</li>
</ul>
General Settings
Layout settings to set how the notification is displayed within your page:
<ul>
<li>Position – Where do you want the bar to show on the page?</li>
<li>Push Content – Whether or not the bar pushes the page to avoid hiding content</li>
<li>Initial State – Is the bar opened or collapsed when the page loads?</li>
<li>Remember State – Remember the state of the bar across page refreshes. If a visitor closes the bar, when they refresh the page again, it will stay closed.</li>
<li>Expire State – Set a duration in days, before the state expires. If a visitor had previously closed a bar, when they refresh the page again, it will once again be opened.</li>
</ul>
Toggle Button settings. The toggle is the small button on the side of the notification with an icon, that collapses or dismisses the notification. To disable the toggle button, select a Toggle Shape of “None”.
<ul>
<li>Toggle Shape – The toggle is the small button on the side of the bar with an icon. What do you want the toggle button shape to look like?</li>
<li>Toggle Action – What happens when the toggle button is clicked?</li>
<li>Toggle Position – You can override the position of the toggle button.</li>
</ul>
Appearance Settings
<ul>
<li>Color Scheme – Choose from one of the pre-defined color schemes available for your bar.</li>
<li>Transition – What transition should the bar use when opening or closing?</li>
</ul>
Visibility Settings
<ul>
<li>Show When – On which pages do you want to show the bar?</li>
</ul>

Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar

We use FooBar on our website fooplugins.com and it's a breeze to setup and use.

We love the new modern look

Major upgrade looks amazing

Foobar is great little plugin for adding simple notification bars, announcements and call to action bars to websites. 

The admin interface makes it very easy to set up notification bars and have them appear on one or more pages using the provided shortcode.  

For a first version of the plugin it already has a very good number of features and having chatted with the development team I know there are many more new features and improvements on the way. 

Highly recommended!

Super easy and effective notification bars.

Create unlimited notifications, announcements, or notices for your visitors

AWSOM News Announcement vs Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar