News Announcement Scroll

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Every website requires a widget to display important announcements/upcoming events to their audiences. The news scroller keep your audience updated about the latest and the most important happenings on your website while giving you the option of adding link to the news. Using the News Scroller you can share offer updates, new blog updates, sale announcements, contest announcements, latest happenings etc all in one place so that the visitors can find it easily.

How it works?

Simply activate the plugin.
Create or edit your news groups.
Customize the news items (title, font, color etc).
Drag and drop the widget into your website’s sidebar/ Use a shortcode to display it on post and pages/ Include it directly within your website’s theme.

Features of this plugin

Quick and easy installation.
Widgets, so you can add pretty much anything.
Easy style-override feature.
Option to setup news expiration date.
Option to add redirect link to the news.
You can add N number of news; it will scroll one by one in the front end (vertical scrolling).
Divide the news into various groups. Admin can then decide which news group he wishes to display.
You can prioritize the order in which the news is displayed.
You can customize the scroll direction i.e Down to Up/Up to Down.
If you want, you can hide the news temporarily.
Responsive admin layout.
Shortcode available for pages and posts.
Code for adding the widget to your theme.
Supports localization.
No need of any coding knowledge.
Premium support available.

Plugin configuration

Drag and drop the widget: Go to your WordPress dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets -> Drag & drop News Announcement Scroll widget to your desired location in the active sidebar. It’s that easy.
Add the news in the posts or pages: Use the shortcode [news-announcement group=”group1″], to add the plugin to your post or pages.
Manage news announcements: Go to your WordPress dashboard -> Settings -> News Announcement Scroll and add/edit/delete the announcements.
Customize widget styles: Go to your WordPress dashboard -> Settings -> News Announcement Scroll -> click ‘Widget settings’.
Add directly in the theme: Use this code, <?php if (function_exists ('news_announcement')) news_announcement(); ?> to add the plugin to your theme file.

Shortcode information

Shortcode for version 8.8 onwards:

[news-announcement group="sample"]

Documentation

Check from here: Documentation

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Go to WordPress Dashboard -> Plugins -> Add New
Search ‘News Announcement Scroll’ plugin using search option
Find the plugin and click ‘Install Now’ button
After installation, click on ‘Activate’ to activate the plugin.

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Can I display more news at same time?

Yes, you can add n number of news, it will display one by one at front end (vertical scrolling).

Can I change the scroll manner from vertical to horizontal?

No, Only vertical scroll is available.

Can I display announcements in random order?

Yes, click Widget settings->find ‘Announcement display order’ and select ‘Random Order’ from the dropdown.

Can I arrange the news scroll order?

Yes, click on Add New/Edit news in that set ‘Enter display order’ to the order of your choice e.g 1,2,3 e.t.c.

Can I hide any news temporary?

Yes, change the display order status to ‘Yes’ in the dropdown.

Can I change the Slide Direction?

Yes, click Widget setting->find ‘Slide direction’ and select the direction from the dropdown.

Can I customize the all other appearance style?

Yes, click ‘Widget settings’, here you will find the various customization available for the widget.

Why my news content out of range?

In the front end widget area, if you see any news content out of area or invisible, it is because of height and width of the widget, so you should re-arrange the width and height of the widget in ‘Widget settings’ to your needs. The default height and width are 180px and 100px respectively.

How to add News Announcement Scroll widget into pages or posts?

You can add the widget using the shortcode. You can find shortcode details below.

How to add News Announcement Scroll widget into my theme?

Use this code, <?php if (function_exists ('news_announcement')) news_announcement(); ?> to add the plugin to your theme file.

How to add different set of scroll in the same page?

No, you cannot have multiple widgets in the same page/post. However, you can add different set of announcement in different pages. For instance suppose you want to display two different news on two different pages/posts you can add the shortcode [news-announcement group=”group1″] in the first page and [news-announcement group=”group2″] in the second page.