There is constant change happening around COVID-19, and it is vital to communicate with your audience — whether you want to announce changes in service or inform your audience of your response. Here is a quick video to walk you through how to create an announcement bar at the top of your Squarespace website. 

How to Create an Announcement Bar in Squarespace:

1. Sign in to your Squarespace account and select Marketing in the home menu on the right

2. Select Announcement Bar

3. In the drop-down menu, select Enable Announcement Bar

4. Enter your announcement in the text box. If you have more than 12-15 words, you may want to consider linking to another page or document. 

5. You can link specific Text in the announcement by selecting it and clicking the link button that appears in the menu above (after underline icon). 

6. You can also link the entire announcement bar by adding the Clickthrough URL under the text box. 

7. If you would like to connect to an email or a document, click the cog next to the sample URL. There you can add an external URL, select a page on your site, open an email or call, or send them to a file such as a PDF.

8. Once the announcement is ready, click Save at the top right of the screen

Styling your Announcement Bar

You can style your announcement bar to ensure it fits your site's brand or stands out from your site's content. To customize the appearance of the announcement bar:

1. In the Home Menu, click Design, then Site Styles.

2. Scroll down or use the search bar to the Announcement Bar style tweaks.

3. You can edit the background color, text color, and font.

4. Click Save.

We recommend watching the video above as Savanna will show you tips and tricks on how to grab colors and fonts from your site.

For more information, Squarespace has excellent tutorials and resources. In this article, they will show you how to add an announcement bar through the app or, on the newest platform, 7.1.

Stay safe and let us know if there is anything we can help you with.