Store Notification for X-Cart 5.6

X-Cart Store Notice Module

Keep your customers informed with a highly visible store-wide notification bar displayed across the top of your X-Cart storefront.

Whether you need to announce temporary disruptions, promote a special offer, or provide important delivery information, Store Notice gives you a fast and simple way to communicate essential updates without editing templates or changing your storefront design.

Perfect for everyday business communication

Online stores regularly need to notify customers about changing circumstances, promotions, or operational updates. This module makes that easy with a fully configurable notice bar that can be enabled whenever needed.

Examples include:

• Holiday closures or reduced business hours
• Temporary shipping delays due to courier issues or peak demand
• Weather-related disruption
• Unexpected emergencies or service interruptions
• Warehouse closures or dispatch delays
• Telephone or email outages
• Free shipping campaigns
• Discount promotions or flash sales
• Seasonal announcements such as Christmas order deadlines
• General store announcements or customer service messages

Main features

• Display a notice bar across your storefront
• Enable or disable the notice instantly from the X-Cart admin area
• Enter your own custom notice message
• Optional automatic scheduling with start and end date/time settings
• Scrolling text mode for greater visibility
• Background colour selector
• Text colour selector
• Adjustable text size
• Optional bold text styling

Automatic scheduling

Need a message to appear only during a certain period? Store Notice includes built-in scheduling controls so you can prepare notices in advance and let them activate automatically.

Ideal for:

• Weekend promotions
• Holiday shutdowns
• Seasonal delivery cut-off reminders
• Short-term flash sales
• Temporary service notices

You can define both a start and end date/time, or leave either blank if you want the notice to remain active indefinitely.

Custom styling

Match the notice to your store branding or make urgent announcements stand out with flexible styling controls.

Choose your own:

• Notice background colour
• Text colour
• Font size
• Bold or standard text weight

Scrolling notice option

For longer announcements or promotional messages, you can enable scrolling text to create a moving marquee effect that draws attention to important information.

Perfect for urgent updates, time-sensitive offers, or announcements that need extra visibility.

Practical examples

• Holiday: “We are closed until 5 January. Orders will be processed on our return.”
• Courier delays: “Due to severe weather, deliveries may take longer than normal.”
• Technical issue: “Our phone lines are temporarily unavailable. Please contact us via email.”
• Promotion: “Free shipping on all orders this weekend only.”
• Flash sale: “24-hour sale now live – save 20% storewide.”

Simple, useful, effective

Store Notice focuses on doing one job well: making sure your customers see important information when they visit your store.

No unnecessary complexity, just a practical communication tool for real-world store management.