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Header Notification Bar 3.1 is a premium Joomla site module for announcements, flash sales, coupons, and CTAs. It supports 50+ themes, countdown timers, floating layouts, device targeting, A/B testing, analytics, and a modern Joomla 4/5/6 services architecture.

This documentation covers installation, the five settings tabs (General, Content, Style, Targeting, Advanced), and how to combine the module with Joomla Menu Assignment, Access, and Language.

Download

After purchase, download the package from your store account or the download link in your order email.

Install

1. Go to System → Install → Extensions
2. Upload mod_header_bar_3.1.zip
3. Open Content → Site Modules and create/open Header Notification Bar
4. Choose a module position (e.g. debug), set Status to Published, and assign menu items

Requirements: Joomla 4.x, 5.x, or 6.x. Joomla 3 is not supported.

• Set Show Title to Hide
• Pick any template position (the bar can render fixed independently of layout)
• Use the Menu Assignment tab for pages
• Use Access for visitor visibility and Language for multilingual assignment

Module-specific options are organised under General, Content, Style, Targeting, and Advanced.

• Test Mode — ON disables dismiss cookies while testing
• Position — Fixed Header, Fixed Footer, or Header Pushed
• Layout — Full Width or Floating / Inset (with inset px)
• Push Page Content — body offset for fixed top bars
• Distance from Top/Bottom — pixel offset
• Appear On — Page Load or Page Scroll (+ scroll amount)
• Dismiss Storage — Cookie or Session (+ cookie days)
• Animation — Smooth / Slide / Bounce / None, plus speed and delay
• Show Close Button

• Message — HTML-capable announcement text
• Icon — optional SVG icon (bell, sale, gift, etc.)
• Badge — short labels such as SALE or NEW
• Button — text, URL, and target
• Secondary Link — optional text + URL
• Coupon Code — code chip with copy label
• Countdown — ends-at datetime, label, hide when expired
• Auto Dismiss — seconds + optional progress bar

• Typography — Font family (system/Google), size+unit, weight, transform, style, decoration, line height, letter spacing
• Styling Mode — Theme or Custom
• Theme — 50+ presets + live Theme Editor
• Custom — background, text, padding, alignment, shadow, button colours/radius/class

Module Targeting focuses on features not already covered by Joomla core.

• Devices — desktop, tablet, mobile (leave unchecked for all)
• Scheduling — start/end dates and optional time-of-day window
• A/B Testing — traffic split for variant B plus alternate message/button/theme/badge/secondary/coupon

Use Joomla Core For

• Pages / Menu items — Menu Assignment tab
• Users / groups — Access level
• Language — module Language field

• Analytics — GA4/gtag, GTM, legacy UA, or custom JS
• Events — view, click, close, coupon
• Event Prefix — analytics event naming
• Module Class Suffix
• Extra CSS / Custom JavaScript
• Load via AJAX

• Bar not showing — confirm Published, Menu Assignment, Access, Language, device targeting, and schedule window
• Still dismissed — enable Test Mode or clear the header cookie/session
• Theme looks old — reset Theme Editor CSS or switch theme and save
• Typography fonts — verify the font name and clear caches
• Class not found / autoload — clear Joomla cache after updating to 3.1
• Analytics — verify measurement/container ID and selected events

Support: support.joomlax.com

E-commerce

• Flash sales with countdown + coupon
• Free shipping thresholds
• A/B test CTA copy

Marketing sites

• Product launches
• Webinar reminders with schedule windows
• Mobile-only app download prompts

Publishers

• Newsletter signup CTAs
• Breaking news badges
• Section-specific bars via Menu Assignment

• Countdown timer and coupon copy
• Floating/full layouts with body offset
• Icons, badges, secondary links, auto-dismiss progress
• 50+ themes + live Theme Editor + typography
• Device targeting, scheduling, A/B testing
• GA4 / GTM analytics events
• Modern Joomla services architecture
• Compact 5-tab settings UI

• How do I limit pages? Use Menu Assignment.
• How do I limit users? Use Access.
• How do I localise? Use module Language or separate modules per language.
• How do I run a flash sale? Enable Countdown + Coupon + CTA, optionally A/B test.
• Can I hide the close button? Yes, under General → Show Close Button.