​Backoffice ​Announcement

A backoffice announcement bar for Umbraco. Toggle on/off a simple text announcement visible to all backoffice users

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Screenshot of the Backoffice Announcement management page showing two active announcements: one about the staging environment and another about scheduled maintenance on Saturday 24 February, with options to add new announcements and save changes.

A backoffice announcement bar for Umbraco 13 - 17. Toggle on/off a simple text announcement visible to all backoffice users.

Features

  • Toggle an announcement bar on/off from the Settings dashboard

  • Set a custom text message displayed to all backoffice users

  • Settings stored as a JSON file in App_Data (no database required)

  • Lightweight status endpoint for polling


Compatibility

  • Umbraco 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  • .NET 8.0

  • .NET 9.0

  • .NET 10.0

Screenshot of the Backoffice Announcement management page showing two active announcements: one about the staging environment and another about scheduled maintenance on Saturday 24 February, with options to add new announcements and save changes.

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