Version: 1.0.49
30.03.2026
In the latest update of the Kowal Announcement Bar module, we introduced a number of fixes and new features that improve both the appearance of the announcement bar on the frontend and the convenience of managing announcements in the Magento admin panel.
New features and improvements
- Added display of one announcement at a time on both desktop and mobile devices.
- Announcements change automatically every few seconds in a loop.
- Added the ability to set an individual background color for each announcement.
- Added the ability to set an individual text color for each announcement.
- Added a color picker for color fields when editing an announcement.
- Added a color picker for default colors in the module configuration.
Frontend fixes
- Fixed an issue with multiple announcements being displayed at the same time on desktop.
- Fixed an issue with margins and horizontal page shifting on mobile devices.
- Simplified and stabilized announcement bar rendering.
- Improved the order in which announcements are displayed.
Announcement status handling
- Organized full handling of the status field for each announcement.
- Improved the announcement edit form so the status can be conveniently set from a dropdown list.
- Improved the grid in the admin panel.
- The frontend now displays only active announcements.
Admin panel
- Extended the announcement form with fields for:
- background color
- text color
- status
- Organized columns in the admin grid.
- Added better inline edit support for announcement data.
Technical fixes
- Fixed a rendering error in the announcement.bar block.
- Added safe default values for colors.
- Improved saving and reading of new fields in the database.






















