README

Add page or site level alert banners to a Silverstripe site.

Features

• Allow multiple banners to be displayed in sequence (ordered by LastEdited)
• Site wide or page specific banners (both allowed on one page)
• Optional date embargo on banners - set a start and end date or leave open ended
• Add a link to each banner (using gorriecoe Link module)
• Optional dismiss button on banner (uses local storage)

Notes

Banners are managed from the main admin section.

Template can be overridden, just copy PageBanners.ss to {theme}/templates and edit the mark-up.

Simple CSS for laying out the banners is included.

Adding to your templates

This module uses an extension on SiteTree and an internal template render call. Just use

$PageBanners

In your template to add them in.

CSS structure for banners block and each banner

.page-banners {
    .page-banner {
        &.page-banner-{type} {
        }
        .page-banner-type {
        }
        .page-banner-content {
        }
        .page-banner-control {
            .page-banner-close {
            }
        }
    }
}

Credits

Javascript to control banner visibility taken from silverstripe/silverstripe-banner