=== Announcer ===
Contributors: Aakash Chakravarthy
Author URI: http://www.aakashweb.com/
Plugin URI: http://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/announcer/
Tags: announcement, notification, news, newsletter, events, event, advertising, affiliate, blog, post, posts, page, pages, jquery, announce, wysiwyg, time, date, calendar, style, admin, plugin, formatting, editor
Donate link: http://bit.ly/ancrdonate
License: GPLv2 or later
Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 3.6
Stable tag: 2.3

Display awesome Announcements, Welcome notes, Greetings, Events, News etc with attractive style, colors, themes and position it anywhere in the page.

== Description ==

Announcer is a easy plugin to add attractive announcements, notifications, greetings, events, notes etc with attractive styles and themes. Check out the [screenshots](screenshots) and the [live demo](http://www.aakashweb.com/resources/pages/demos/announcer/) to see the actual working.

= With this plugin, =

* Simple and important Announcements, Welcome notes, Notifications, greetings can be added to the site.
* Atractive styles, themes, colors can be applied on the announcement box.
* The announcement box can be positioned anywhere in the page.
* Expiry date can be added for auto-closing.
* Announcements can be made with a full fledged WYSIWYG editor.

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= Live demo =

Check out the live working of the plugin from this page. [**Live Demo**](http://www.aakashweb.com/demos/announcer/)

= Donate & Support =

If you like this plugin, then just make a small [**Donation**](http://bit.ly/ancrdonate) for further plugin development.

[**Documentation**](http://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/announcer/) - [**FAQs**](http://www.aakashweb.com/faqs/wordpress-plugins/announcer/) - [**Support & Support Forum**](http://www.aakashweb.com/forum/)

== Installation ==

1. Extract the zipped file and upload the folder `Announcer` to to `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
1. Go to the Announcer admin page through Settings -> Announcer.
1. Enter an announcement, turn it on and save it.
1. That's all.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Please visit the [Plugin homepage](http://www.aakashweb.com/faqs/wordpress-plugins/announcer/) for lots of FAQ's

== Screenshots ==

1. List of attractive announcements created using the plugin with various positions in the page.
2. Announcer admin page.

[More screenshots](http://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/announcer/).

== Changelog ==

= 2.3 =
* Removed credit link.
* Added a new announcement box style.
* Minor UI changes.

= 2.2 =
* jQuery incompatibility for other plugins fixed.
* Announcement is now disabled in feeds.
* Added announcement expiry information to the dashboard.
* Admin interface is tweaked.

= 2.1 =
* Admin interface is revamped.
* Some variables, fields are removed, renamed.
* Inbuilt styles are added.
* Improvements are made to the "Top fixed" and "Bottom fixed" positions using jQuery.
* The styles can be customized with custom colors.
* The HTML of the annnouncement can be viewed and edited.
* Undo, Redo buttons are removed from the WYSIWYG editor.

= 2.0 =
* Major "Header" bug removed.
* Cookie bugs are removed.
* Revision system changed.
* Admin Interface changed.
* Code revised.

= 1.5 =
* Initial Version.
* 2 Inbuilt CSS styles.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 2.1 =
* Recommended update, lot of new features are introduced in the version.