# How to Add Urgency Split Bar to the Refresh Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/refresh/add-urgency-split-bar/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

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 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 Urgency Split Bar fits Refresh

Marquees, tickers and rotating bars that push promotions, shipping thresholds and urgency without touching your theme. On Refresh, Urgency Split Bar 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 “Urgency Split Bar” 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:Urgency Split Bar” 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 Urgency Split Bar work with the Refresh theme?

Yes. Refresh 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 Refresh's theme editor as “SShop:Urgency Split Bar”, alongside the theme's own sections.

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

Urgency Split Bar is free, like every section in the 56-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.