How to display a notification bar on the very top of my SharePoint site (to inform downtime)?

Hi all,

How to display a notification bar on the very top of my SharePoint site (to inform users about upcoming downtime)?

Thanks.

September 9th, 2015 2:35pm

Hi,

  You can create a web part as notification bar and place it in the masterpage .

  Check this link. You can get Idea how you can add webpart in the master page.

Thanks

 

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September 9th, 2015 2:48pm

Is adding a web part to Master Page only solution? 

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

September 9th, 2015 6:11pm

Hi ran009,

There is no OOTB method to display notification bar on the very top of your SharePoint site.

Check whether the following article about using SharePoint Status Bar and Notification are helpful:

http://www.anmolrehan-sharepointconsultant.com/2011/06/sharepoint-status-bar-and-notification.html

http://geekswithblogs.net/venkatx5/archive/2010/11/18/how-to-use-status-bar-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

Best Regards,

Lisa Chen

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September 10th, 2015 12:54am

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