Annoucement Banner [Plugin: WP Sticky]

As instructed in the “Readme” file:

By default, the Announcement Banner will be displayed if your theme is using the_date(); within its templates. But if your theme is not using the_date(); and you want to display the Announcement Banner

Use: <?php announcement_banner(); ?>

Can anyone give further explanation into this? Do I need to modify a template page or just put that code in somewhere? The readme indicated it had something to do with the “loop” which I don’t really know what that is exactly.

Is there a certain module for banners?
[sig moderated]

Put <?php announcement_banner(); ?> in your Main Index Template (index.php) in the “loop” that begins with

<div id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>

Then whatever text you entered for “Announcement Banner” in Settings > WP-Sticky will appear, e.g. “Hot News,” “Announcement,” “TOP STORY,” etc.