Zen Popup Announcements makes sure nobody misses the news: active announcements open in a popup when the page loads. Each one has a date window, rich text, an optional image and a button, all managed from a SharePoint list.
Features
Each announcement has a show-from and show-until date; blank means open-ended.
Formatted text, an attached image above the text, and a call-to-action button.
Readers page through announcements with previous/next and a counter.
Show again on every visit, once per browser session, or never again for those items.
The web part takes no space; only the popup is visible.
One button in the settings creates the list with a sample announcement.
See it in action
These are live replicas of the web part on a SharePoint Online page, built from the same content as our showcase intranet. Try the buttons, search and arrows. Each example lists the settings it uses.
This page carries a Zen Popup Announcements web part. Active announcements whose date window includes today open in a popup, with an image, rich text and a button.
Configuration
This is what an editor sees after choosing Edit web part. The Zen Systems group at the bottom is in every Zen web part.
Zen Popup Announcements by Zen Systems. Shows active, date-bound announcements from a SharePoint list in a popup when the page opens.
Data source
Display
Zen Systems
This web part is built and maintained by Zen Systems and is free to use in your SharePoint Online tenant.
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| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| List name | The SharePoint list that holds the announcements (default ZenAnnouncements). |
| Create the list on this site | Creates the list with the right columns and a sample announcement. |
| Header text | Text in the popup header bar. Blank uses the site title. |
| After a reader closes the popup | Show again on every visit, hide for the session, or never show those again. |
| Preview while editing | Opens the popup in edit mode so you can check the look. |
The web part creates this list for you. Attach an image to show it above the text.
| Column | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Title | Single line of text | Announcement heading. |
Body | Multiple lines (rich text) | The announcement. |
LinkUrl | Hyperlink | Where the button goes. |
ButtonText | Single line of text | Button label. |
ShowButton | Yes/No | Shows or hides the button. |
OpenInNewTab | Yes/No | Opens the link in a new tab. |
FromDate | Date | Show from this day. |
ToDate | Date | Show until this day. |
IsActive | Yes/No | Shows or hides the announcement. |
SortOrder | Number | Display order, lowest first. |
Setup
Version 1.0.4 · 87 KB · .zip with the .sppkg package and an install guide. Free for any SharePoint Online tenant.
Download (.zip, package + install guide) for Zen Popup AnnouncementsDownload the free .zip for Zen Popup Announcements. It holds the .sppkg package and an install guide.
A SharePoint administrator uploads the package to the tenant App Catalog, ticks Make this solution available to all sites and selects Deploy.
Edit a page, choose the plus sign and find the web part in the Zen Systems group.
Open the web part settings and choose Create the list on this site. It adds the columns shown below and sample items.
Questions
You decide: every visit, once per browser session, or once per browser.
Not in this version. Contact us for an audience-targeted edition.
Yes. Zen Systems provides Zen Popup Announcements free of charge to download and use in your organisation's SharePoint Online tenant.
It is built for SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365. We also build web parts for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, 2019 and 2016; contact us if you need an on-premises version.
Yes. We can adapt the design, add fields or build a fully custom version as part of our SPFx development service.
We build SPFx web parts and extensions for SharePoint Online, and web parts, master pages and page layouts for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, 2019 and 2016. Tell us what you need and we will reply within one business day.
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