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shopify sidekick theme promo-banner countdown

Build a Promotional Banner with Countdown

Add a promotional banner with a live countdown timer for sales and limited-time offers.

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Sidekick writes it — you put it live

Sidekick produces the content or code for this, but doesn't apply it to your store itself. You'll paste or publish the result yourself — the prompt tells Sidekick to explain exactly where it goes.

📋 Prompt
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Generate the Liquid, CSS, and JavaScript for a promotional banner section with a live countdown timer that I can paste into my theme as a custom section, for a [SALE_NAME] sale. Display the heading [PROMO_HEADING] and subtext [PROMO_SUBTEXT]. Add a live countdown timer that counts down to [END_DATE] at [END_TIME] in the [TIMEZONE] timezone. Show days, hours, minutes, and seconds in the countdown. Use [BACKGROUND_COLOR] for the banner background and [TEXT_COLOR] for all text. Add a CTA button labeled [CTA_TEXT] linking to [CTA_URL] with [BUTTON_COLOR] background. When the countdown reaches zero, display the message [EXPIRED_MESSAGE] instead. Set the banner height to [HEIGHT] pixels. Finally, tell me exactly which section file to create and how to add it to my homepage through the Shopify theme editor.

How to Use

  1. Copy the prompt above
  2. Open Shopify Sidekick in your Shopify admin
  3. Paste the prompt and replace the bracketed placeholders with your details
  4. Review Sidekick's response and apply the suggestions