Create a basic banner

Build a basic banner from content elements, style the bar, add a close button or click-through link, and choose where it appears.

A basic banner is a bar you build from content elements — headings, messages, buttons, countdowns, images — grouped into one or more sections. The editor has two tabs: Design (content and styling) and Placement (where and to whom the bar appears).

1

Open the Banners page

In your Shopify admin, open the Sami Product Labels app, click Extra Features in the app sidebar, then switch to the Banners tab.

Open Banners from the Sami Product Labels sidebar.

2

Click Create banners, then choose Basic

Click Create banners. In the Select Type dialog, click Select next to Basic — the type that supports single or multiple content groups.

Choose Basic to build a standard announcement bar.

Prefer not to start from scratch? On the Banners page, use Featured templates or View all templates to open a ready-made banner and edit it instead.

3

Name the banner

The full-screen editor opens on the Design tab. Replace New Banner in the name field above the preview with a name of up to 50 characters. This name is internal — it identifies the banner in your list and is never shown to customers.

Next to the name you also get a language selector, desktop and mobile preview toggles, and the Active / Draft status switch.

The toolbar above the preview holds the banner name, language, preview device, and status.

4

Build the content

Under Content, Section 1 lists the elements that make up the bar. Click any element to edit its text and styling, drag the handle on the left to reorder, or use the icons on the right of a row to hide, duplicate, or delete it.

Click Add element to add a new one:

Element	What it adds
Message	A line of body text.
Heading	A large headline.
Line break	Vertical spacing between elements.
Button	A call-to-action button with its own link.
Countdown	A days / hours / minutes / seconds timer.
Image	An image or logo.

Add, reorder, and edit the elements that make up the bar.

5

(Optional) Add more content groups

Click Add Group to create Section 2, Section 3, and so on. Each section is a separate message, and the banner rotates through them — control the timing under Animation in the next steps.

Leave a single section if you only want one static message.

6

Style the bar

In the Style panel:

• Background Type — choose Single Color, Gradient Color, or Pattern Image, then set the color or image.

• Font Style — set the typeface, size, weight, and text color.

• Padding — control the spacing inside the bar.

Set the background, fonts, and padding for the whole bar.

7

Add a close button or make the bar clickable

Both options live in the Button panel and are off by default:

• Tick Include Close Button to place an "x" on the bar so customers can dismiss it. Two fields appear: Color and Hover Color.

• Tick Bar Clickable to make the whole bar a link. A Link URL field appears — enter the destination, and use the toggle beside it to open the link in a new tab.

Enabling each checkbox reveals its settings — close button colors, or the link URL.

8

Set the animation timing

In the Animation panel, choose a Horizontal or Vertical transition, then set the timings in seconds:

Field	What it controls
Disappear After	How long the bar stays on screen before hiding.
Interval Between Bar Display	The gap before the bar reappears.
Time For The Bar To Fade In	The length of the fade-in animation.
Time Per Group	How long each section shows before rotating to the next.

Leave a field at 0 to disable that behaviour — for example, Disappear After = 0 keeps the bar visible until the customer closes it.

9

(Optional) Add custom CSS

Open Advance Section to write your own CSS in the Custom CSS (Developer Zone) box. The CSS reference list below it shows the available selectors — click one to insert it.

10

Choose where the banner appears

Switch to the Placement tab and pick a display position:

Position	Behaviour
Top	Pushes page content down.
Top Sticky	Pushes content down and stays visible while scrolling.
Top Overlay	Overlaps the top of the page content.
Overlay Sticky	Overlaps content and stays visible while scrolling.
Bottom Sticky	Fixed at the bottom of the page.
Custom	Place the bar anywhere using a shortcode.

Below the position picker, narrow the audience with Product conditions, Customer conditions, Page conditions, Language conditions, Country conditions, Other conditions, and Visibility date. The Shortcode panel gives you the snippet to paste into your theme when you choose Custom.

See Configure display conditions for the full breakdown of each condition type.

Pick a display position, then add conditions to control who sees the banner.

11

Save and activate

Set the status switch above the preview to Active, then click Save in the top-right corner. Leave it on Draft to keep working without publishing.

Banners only render on your storefront if the app embed is enabled in your theme. See Enable the app in your theme.

Next steps

• Configure display conditions — set up detailed targeting rules for your banner.

• Create an infinite scroll banner — try a ticker-style scrolling bar instead.

Need support?

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