Instead of inserting another standard Bootstrap-style alert or manually pasting custom HTML into the editor, you can use a clean shortcode and let the plugin render a visually distinctive alert box on the frontend.

The extension transforms {dc-alerts} shortcodes into semantic alert blocks with title, message, icon, optional close button and an animated organic border powered by the Liquid Border effect. It is especially useful for warnings, technical notes, legal disclaimers, important instructions, time-limited offers, editorial highlights and summary blocks that should not be missed by readers.

DC Liquid Alerts focuses on one clear problem: important information inside long articles is often ignored. Standard warning boxes, bold paragraphs and common UI alerts are easy to overlook because users have seen them hundreds of times before. The liquid border animation gives the message a subtle visual movement, helping it attract attention without turning the entire article into a distracting interface.

The plugin is configured globally from the Joomla plugin settings, while individual alerts can override selected options directly in the shortcode. This makes it easy to keep a consistent visual style across the whole website, while still giving editors control when a specific message needs a different type, theme or animation setting.

Main Features

• Joomla 6 content plugin
• Shortcode-based workflow
• Works in Joomla articles / com_content
• Animated liquid border effect
• Five semantic alert types:
• • info
• • success
• • warning
• • error
• • neutral
• Light and dark visual themes
• Compact alert layout
• Optional close button
• Global plugin configuration
• Per-shortcode parameter overrides
• Configurable wave amplitude, frequency and speed
• Organic wave animation
• Horizontal-only border option
• Content padding control
• Optional jQuery loading
• Respects reduced motion preferences
• Useful for editorial, technical, legal and documentation content

Example Shortcode

{dc-alerts title="Important Notice" type="warning" theme="dark"}
Before updating your website, create a full backup of files and database.
{/dc-alerts}

Typical Use Cases

DC Liquid Alerts is useful when you need to highlight:

• critical warnings in tutorials,
• backup instructions before technical operations,
• legal notes or disclaimers,
• changes in procedures, APIs or documentation,
• time-sensitive offers,
• important article summaries,
• notes that readers should see before continuing.

Why Use DC Liquid Alerts?

Most Joomla websites already have some form of alert styling, often inherited from Bootstrap or the template framework. These alerts are technically correct, but visually common. DC Liquid Alerts gives editorial content a more recognizable and engaging way to highlight important information.

The goal is not to replace good writing or article structure. The goal is to make the most important message inside the article harder to miss.

Requirements
- Joomla 6
- Frontend article content using com_content
- jQuery for the Liquid Border animation. The plugin can load jQuery if the template does not already provide it.

Notes

DC Liquid Alerts is not a cookie consent system, popup manager or general notification framework. It is an editorial content tool for Joomla articles, created for situations where a single message inside the text needs more visual attention.