Magento Notification Bar Extension by MageComp

Notification Bar extension User Manual

Magento Notification Bar Extension by MageComp allows the store owners to show eye catchy notification bar that encourages customers to purchase more products from their store.

Table of Content 1. Extension Installation Guide 2. Configuration Goal – Promote a Sale or Discount 3. Promotional or offer notification in frontend 4. Configuration Goal – Talk to Your Visitors 5. Call Notification in Frontend 6. Configuration Goal – Social 7. Social Notification Bar in Frontend 8. Configuration Goal – Grow Your Mailing List 9. Newsletter Subscription Notification Bar in Frontend 10. Configuration Goal – Countdown Timer 11. Countdown Timer Notification Bar in Frontend 12. Deactivation of Extension in Case of Emergency 13. FAQs Notification Bar

1. Extension Installation Guide • Go to My downloadable products. The file that you download normally is a zip or tgz file. • It’s required to disable cache in the administration panel of your site. Go to System/Cache Management. Choose all caches and take action “Disable” then submit. Also disable the Compilation if it is ON. So, make sure that Caching and Compilation is disabled before installing the extension, you can enable it again after the installation. • Use FTP client (such as Filezilla, WinSCP, cuteFtp) to upload or copy all folders in the zip package to your Magneto site root folder. This will not overwrite any existing files, just add new files to the folder structure. • You will need to install the extension in your custom theme if you are using. Just make sure about these files to be uploaded in custom theme. • app/design/frontend/default/default to app/design/frontend/YourThemeFolder/PackageFolder • skin/design/frontend/default/default to skin/design/frontend/YourThemeFolder/PackageFolder • After uploading is done, enable the Cache and if you keep Compilation On then rerun the Compilation. • Navigate to System/Configuration, if you can see the extension tab, it is installed properly. • Now if you get Access denied error when click on the extension tab, you need to log out admin panel and log in again. • Go to front-end and try to process, make sure that everything is OK. 2. Configuration Goal – Promote a Sale or Discount Once you have successfully installed the extension, go to System  Configuration  Notification Bar to configure the extension goals for use. Promote a sale or discount goal helps you highlight a flash sale, offer, discount of your Magento store to grab a focus of the users. • Notification Bar: Option to enable or disable the extension. • Notification Goal: Select Notification goal from the drop down. • Bar Size: Select notification bar size as per your need. • Bar Position: Set position of the notification bar in frontend. • Bar Transition Effect: Select transition effect for the first-time load of the notification bar. • Display in Mobile: Set Yes to enable notification bar in mobile phones as well. • Close Button: Enable to allow users close the notification bar. • Notification Text: Add notification text based on your chosen goal. • Text Color: Select notification text color. • Background Color: Set notification bar background color. • Button Text: Add text for the button of your notification bar. Notification Bar

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Button Hyperlink: Set hyper link for the button to redirect users on click. Button Font Color: Set button font color. Button Background Color: Set background color for the button.

3. Promotional or offer notification in frontend Once you are all set with mix and match of colors and text with catchy words, users can see the notification bar on the page.

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4. Configuration Goal – Talk to Your Visitors This goal helps highlighting instant support or any time call service of your Magento store. • Notification Bar: Option to enable or disable the extension. • Notification Goal: Select Notification goal from the drop down. • Bar Size: Select notification bar size as per your need. • Bar Position: Set position of the notification bar in frontend. • Bar Transition Effect: Select transition effect for the first-time load of the notification bar. • Display in Mobile: Set Yes to enable notification bar in mobile phones as well. • Close Button: Enable to allow users close the notification bar. • Notification Text: Add notification text based on your chosen goal. • Text Color: Select notification text color. • Background Color: Set notification bar background color. • Call Text: Add call text. • Call Button Number: Add number to directly make a call from mobile devices on click of button. • Call Button Font Color: Set call button font color. • Call Button Background Color: Set background color for call button.

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5. Call Notification in Frontend

6. Configuration Goal – Social This goal helps highlighting your social accounts and encourage them to connect with your store through social media. • Notification Bar: Option to enable or disable the extension. • Notification Goal: Select Notification goal from the drop down. • Bar Size: Select notification bar size as per your need. • Bar Position: Set position of the notification bar in frontend. • Bar Transition Effect: Select transition effect for the first-time load of the notification bar. • Display in Mobile: Set Yes to enable notification bar in mobile phones as well. • Close Button: Enable to allow users close the notification bar. • Notification Text: Add notification text based on your chosen goal. • Text Color: Select notification text color. • Background Color: Set notification bar background color. • Social Media Links: Add social media links for which you want to enable social follow button in notification bar.

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7. Social Notification Bar in Frontend

8. Configuration Goal – Grow Your Mailing List This goal helps highlighting your social accounts and encourage them to connect with your store through social media. • Notification Bar: Option to enable or disable the extension. • Notification Goal: Select Notification goal from the drop down. • Bar Size: Select notification bar size as per your need. • Bar Position: Set position of the notification bar in frontend. • Bar Transition Effect: Select transition effect for the first-time load of the notification bar. • Display in Mobile: Set Yes to enable notification bar in mobile phones as well. • Close Button: Enable to allow users close the notification bar. • Notification Text: Add notification text based on your chosen goal. • Text Color: Select notification text color. • Background Color: Set notification bar background color. • Newsletter Button Text: Set button text for newsletter. • Newsletter Button Background Color: Set background color for newsletter button. • Newsletter Button Text Color: Set newsletter button text color.

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9. Newsletter Subscription Notification Bar in Frontend

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10. Configuration Goal – Countdown Timer This goal helps highlighting your social accounts and encourage them to connect with your store through social media. • Notification Bar: Option to enable or disable the extension. • Notification Goal: Select Notification goal from the drop down. • Bar Size: Select notification bar size as per your need. • Bar Position: Set position of the notification bar in frontend. • Bar Transition Effect: Select transition effect for the first load of the notification bar. • Display in Mobile: Set Yes to enable notification bar in mobile phones as well. • Close Button: Enable to allow users close the notification bar. • Notification Text: Add notification text based on your chosen goal. • Text Color: Select notification text color. • Background Color: Set notification bar background color. • Countdown Button Text: Set button text for countdown timer. • Button Hyperlink: Set link to redirect users on click of countdown button. • Countdown Button Font Color: Set text color for countdown button. • Countdown Button Background Color: Set background color for countdown button. • Offer End Date: Set offer end date to show countdown timer till date and stop it automatically on specified date.

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11. Countdown Timer Notification Bar in Frontend

12. Deactivation of Extension in Case of Emergency • Manually delete all the files and content from following folders in your Magento root: ✓ var/cache/* ✓ var/session/* • Make sure you’ve uploaded all files from the downloaded package. • Go to app/etc/modules/Magecomp_Notificationbar.xml and replace <active>true</active> with <active>false</active> • Then repeat Step 1 and if something goes wrong, please contact us at https://magecomp.com/support/

13. FAQs • What if I get “Access denied” error after installation of the extension? Whenever you get Access denied error while clicking on the extension tab after installation, log out admin panel and re-login.

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