Breaking news bar

A thin strip above the site header that scrolls your most urgent headlines past the reader. It is driven entirely by an internal tag, so there is no setting to switch on — tag a post and the bar appears on every page.

Setup Instructions#

1. Go to Posts and open the post you want in the bar
2. Click Post settings and scroll to Tags
3. Type #breaking and press Enter
4. Click Update
5. Reload your site — the bar drops in above the header

The post title is what scrolls, and clicking it opens the post.

How Many Headlines#

Tagging a fourth post does not lengthen the bar — it pushes the oldest headline out. To reorder the strip, publish or update the post you want first, or remove the tag from the ones you no longer need.

Removing a Headline#

1. Open the post
2. Click Post settings → Tags
3. Remove the #breaking tag
4. Click Update

Remove the tag from every post and the bar disappears for everyone.

What Readers See#

• The bar sits above the header and pushes the rest of the page down, so it never covers content.
• Headlines scroll continuously, and short lists repeat so the strip stays full.
• A close button on the right dismisses the bar. Once a reader closes it, it stays hidden for the rest of their browsing session and comes back the next time they open your site in a new tab or window.
• Dismissal is stored in the reader's own browser. It never affects what anyone else sees.

Notes#

• #breaking is an internal tag. Ghost hides tags beginning with # from your site, so a breaking post keeps its normal tags and normal place in the feed.
• Because the tag is not a filter, a #breaking post also appears in your regular post lists, exactly as it would without the tag.
• Keep titles short. Long headlines still scroll, but they take longer to come around.