# Announcements Announcements are a general message that you would like to appear on your online store for all of your customers to see. It allows the merchant to inform customers of issues or news no matter what page the customer may enter the site on. Merchants can use announcements to inform their clients of any stock or technical issues and even add their closing times over holidays. These are just a few examples. ### How to Create an Announcement. 1. Click on Marketing > Announcements 2. Click on the Create Icon 3. Select a store you want the Announcement to show on 4. Give the Announcement a Title 5. Enter the message 6. Select your text and background colour 7. Select an Icon if you would like one to show 8. Enter in the display from and to dates 9. Click Save {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://support.storefront.co.za/features/marketing/announcements.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.