aligent/orocommerce-announcement-bundle

OroCommerce Bundle to display Announcement Messages on Storefront

v5.1.0 2023-12-12 05:04 UTC

README

This bundle adds the ability to display a custom Announcement Message on the OroCommerce storefront.

Sample Announcement

Example Use Cases

  • Shipping Delays
  • Public Holiday closures
  • Promotional Messages
  • Upcoming Website Maintenance

Features

  • Select custom Background Colour for Announcement
  • Set optional Start/End Date for Announcement
  • Restrict Announcement to one or more Customer Groups

Requirements

  • OroCommerce 5.0

Installation and Usage

NOTE: Adjust instructions as needed for your local environment

Installation

Install via Composer

composer require aligent/orocommerce-announcement-bundle

Once installed, run platform update to perform the installation:

php bin/console oro:platform:update --env=prod

Configuration Settings

Configuration Options

Setting Description
Block Background Colour Select the background colour for the Announcement on the storefront (Colour picker)
Start Date Date to start displaying the Announcement (Use Default for 'immediately')
End Date Date to stop displaying the Announcement (Use Default for 'forever')
Content Block Select the Content Block containing the message to display
Allowed Customer Groups If enabled, only these Customer Groups will see the announcement message. (NOTE: Ctrl+Click to select multiple Groups)

Database Modifications

This Bundle does not directly modify the database schema in any way

All configuration is stored in System Configuration (oro_config_value).

Templates

Resources/views/layouts/default/page/alert_bar.html.twig

This includes a single _alert_bar_widget block which can be customized/overridden in OroCommerce themes if needed.

Roadmap / Remaining Tasks

  • Ability to restrict Announcement to one or more Customer Groups
  • OroCommerce 5.0 Support
  • Implement Unit Tests
  • Refactor AnnouncementDataProvider
  • Consistent naming of color (deprecate colour)
  • Reset hideAlert session variable when new Announcements are added
  • Ability to block dismissal of Announcement Message (hides the 'X' button)
  • Ability to only display on Homepage
  • Ability to configure multiple messages for different scenarios
  • (TBC) Move away from Content Blocks to WYSIWYG configuration fields