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How to add Urgency Split Bar to the Origin theme

Real countdown timer with animated urgency border and confetti effects. Split layout with highlighted section, pulse ring animation, and countdown functionality for flash sales. This guide shows how to add the Urgency Split Bar section to the Origin theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Origin's code. Origin is a free theme by Shopify, known for bold type and product-first structure — and announcement bars like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

Urgency Split Bar

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Preview of the Urgency Split Bar section installed on a Shopify store

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Why Urgency Split Bar works on Origin

Marquees, tickers and rotating bars that push promotions, shipping thresholds and urgency without touching your theme. For Origin specifically, this is one of the strongest matches in the library: needs stronger urgency and promotion sections, and Urgency Split Bar fills that gap while inheriting Origin's typography automatically, so it looks native from the first save. Origin’s bold type pairs well with a stock ticker or marquee announcement — movement on top, specs below.

Theme
Origin (free)
Section category
Announcement Bars
Merchant installs
43
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SShop:Urgency Split Bar
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How to add Urgency Split Bar to Origin, step by step

  1. 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 Origin setup until you add a section.

  2. 2

    Find “Urgency Split Bar” in the library

    Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Announcement Bars category — or use search.

  3. 3

    Click “Add to theme”

    Section Shop writes the section into your Origin theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Origin uses for its own sections.

  4. 4

    Open the Origin theme editor

    In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Urgency Split Bar” in the picker.

  5. 5

    Customize and save

    Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Origin font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

Urgency Split Bar on Origin — FAQ

Does Urgency Split Bar work with the Origin theme?

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

Will Urgency Split Bar match Origin's design?

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

Is Urgency Split Bar free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Urgency Split Bar 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 Origin theme and keeps working.

Pairs well with Urgency Split Bar

Preview of the Marquee 4 Shopify section Free

Marquee 4

Announcement Bars

A scrolling band that can carry words, images, buttons and a live countdown together. The digits use tabular figures and the days field reserves the width it needs at render time, so a tick can never change the set width and jog the loop. The clock is worked out server-side first, so the numbers are right at first paint.

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Preview of the Marquee 3 Shopify section Free

Marquee 3

Announcement Bars

A sale marquee with depth: a faint oversized ghost of the same words drifts behind at half speed, and the emblems bob gently in place. Words alternate filled and hollow, which is what gives the band its rhythm without needing a second colour. An emblem set to turn keeps turning, because spin and bob both animate the same property.

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Preview of the Marquee 2 Shopify section Free

Marquee 2

Announcement Bars

A holographic drop band for launches and restocks. One glow palette retunes the background, the words and the emblems together, with a Custom option for your own colours. A slow band of light drifts across behind the words, and stops for anyone who asks for reduced motion.

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Add “Urgency Split Bar” to your Origin store today

Install free, customize in your theme editor and preview before publishing.

Built for Shopify · Free to install · For Online Store 2.0 themes · No code