As we approach the holiday season, what better way to keep your customers informed than by giving your website a festive touch? In this short guide, we’d like to remind you and walk you through adding a "Holiday Closure" banner to your webstore. This ensures your customers are well-informed about any temporary changes to your operations during this time.
🌈 Why Add an Announcement Banner?
Whether taking a well-deserved holiday, offering free shipping, or providing discounts, a heading announcement is the perfect way to communicate these changes to your customers. It's a simple yet effective tweak that takes just a couple of minutes to implement.
🌈 Implementing the Header Announcement
1. Open your webstore templates in the control panel, specifically the headers/template.html file.
2. Copy and paste the provided code right beneath the opening body tag. This code creates a container for your announcement:
<div class="container header-message"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12">[%content_zone id:'header_announcement'%][%/content_zone%]</div> </div> </div>
3. Create a new content zone in your control panel with the name header_announcement. This is where you'll add the text you want to display. For instance:
"We will be away from December 25th to January 6th and will not be shipping orders during this time."
4. Refresh your cache. Your website now displays a holiday closure banner at the top.
⚠️ You can also watch a walk-through video here.
🌈 Additional Holiday Tweaks
- Disable Payment Methods: Ensure customers know you're not accepting orders by temporarily disabling payment methods. For more details, click here.
- Change Home Page Template: For a more in-depth approach, create a temporary landing page using SFTP access to your website. This allows you to provide a customized message to visitors during the holiday period. A detailed step-by-step guide can be found here.
With these simple tweaks, you can add a touch of holiday spirit to your online store and keep your customers in the loop. Wishing you a joyful and successful holiday season!
