# How to Add Announcement Bar 2 to the Refresh Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/refresh/add-announcement-bar-2/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

A wide-tracked statement bar. The messages are plain text on purpose, which is what lets the whole bar safely become one link: a message that could contain a link of its own would put an anchor inside an anchor, and browsers quietly tear that apart. Letter spacing is what gives the bar its look. This guide shows how to add the Announcement Bar 2 section to the Refresh theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Refresh's code. Refresh is a free theme by Shopify, known for editorial layouts and generous whitespace — and announcement bars like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Announcement Bar 2 fits Refresh

Marquees, tickers and rotating bars that push promotions, shipping thresholds and urgency without touching your theme. On Refresh, Announcement Bar 2 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 Refresh'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 Refresh setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Announcement Bar 2” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Announcement Bars category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Refresh theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Refresh uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Refresh theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Announcement Bar 2” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Refresh font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Announcement Bar 2 work with the Refresh theme?

Yes. Refresh is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Announcement Bar 2 installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Refresh's theme editor as “SShop:Announcement Bar 2”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Announcement Bar 2 match Refresh's design?

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

### Is Announcement Bar 2 free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Announcement Bar 2 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 Refresh theme and keeps working.