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    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

      Section titled “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.

      The Banners section in the app sidebar

      Open Banners from the Sami Product Labels sidebar.

    2. Click Create banners, then choose Basic

      Section titled “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.

      The Select Type dialog with the Basic and Infinite Scroll options

      Choose Basic to build a standard announcement bar.

    3. Name the banner

      Section titled “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 banner editor toolbar with the name field, language selector, preview toggles, and Active/Draft switch

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

    4. Build the content

      Section titled “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.

      The Content panel listing the elements in Section 1 next to the live preview

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

    5. (Optional) Add more content groups

      Section titled “(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

      Section titled “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.

      The Style panel with Background Type, Font Style, and Padding options

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

    7. Add a close button or make the bar clickable

      Section titled “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.

      The Button panel with Include Close Button and Bar Clickable enabled

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

    8. Set the animation timing

      Section titled “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.

    9. (Optional) Add custom CSS

      Section titled “(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

      Section titled “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.

      The Placement tab showing the six display positions and the condition panels

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

    11. Save and activate

      Section titled “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.

    Next steps

    Section titled “Next steps”

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