# How to Add Countdown Bar 1 to the Craft Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/craft/add-countdown-bar-1/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

A slim bar that rotates through several promotions, each able to carry its own live clock, tap-to-copy discount code and button. A promotion whose date has passed is dropped server-side, so an expired offer is never in the page at all. Closing the bar is remembered for the visit and scoped to the campaign, so changing a date brings it back. This guide shows how to add the Countdown Bar 1 section to the Craft theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Craft's code. Craft is a free theme by Shopify, known for craftsmanship feel, warm minimalism — and countdown timers like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Countdown Bar 1 fits Craft

Deadline-driven sections for launches, drops and sales — hero countdowns, boxed timers and product-launch layouts. On Craft, Countdown Bar 1 slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Craft's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Craft setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Countdown Bar 1” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Countdown Timers category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Craft theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Craft uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Craft theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Countdown Bar 1” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Craft font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Countdown Bar 1 work with the Craft theme?

Yes. Craft is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Countdown Bar 1 installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Craft's theme editor as “SShop:Countdown Bar 1”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Countdown Bar 1 match Craft's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Craft's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Countdown Bar 1 free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Countdown Bar 1 is free, like every section in the 164-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Craft theme and keeps working.