=== Announcer ===
Contributors: vaakash
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, float, fixed
Donate link: http://bit.ly/ancrDonate
License: GPLv2 or later
Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 3.9
Stable tag: 3.0

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 multiple attractive announcements, notifications, greetings, events, notes etc with attractive styles and themes. 

[Check out the **Live demo**](http://www.aakashweb.com/demos/announcer/) of the plugin.

> (New) Announcer is rewritten from scratch and has lot more exciting features.

= Feautures =

* Create unlimited multiple announcements.
* Display multiple announcements in one page.
* Position the announcement at multiple locations in a page.
 -- Float above & bottom page
 -- Static above & bottom page
 -- Above post title
 -- Manual placement
* Schedule announcements to be displayed later.
* Display the announcement in specific page or posts using the advanced location rule maker.
* Many attractive predefined design styles to choose.
* Customizable colors at many levels.
* Ability to set expiry date to announcements.
* Rich text editor.
* Intro effects
* Close button with cookie support.
* Simple yet advanced admin user interface for managing announcements.

Check the [**screenshots**](screenshots)

= With this plugin, =

* Create site wide important announcements.
* Add update info to specific posts, page, custom post types etc.
* Display offers, deals, new post updates
* and more !!

= 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. Some sample announcements being displayed in a page.
2. Announcer admin page with some created announcements.
3. Preview of predefined announcement styles.
4. Announcement location rule maker.
5. Announcement editing page.

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

== Changelog ==

= 3.0 =
* Plugin completely rewritten from scratch.
* Supports creation of multiple announcements
* Brand new admin interface.
* New position options
* New location rule maker.
* Revised public JS and CSS files.
* Completely new !!

= 2.4 =
* Selectable intro effects (Fade and slide in) can be added to the announcement.
* Updated the announcement editor to the latest version.
* Fixed some UI related bugs.

= 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 ==

= 3.0 =
* Recommended update, lot of new features are introduced in the version.