To send announcements, owners and administrators will have a "{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type %}}" selector on the top of the message field:
![Screenshot of a chat session. On top of the message field, there is a "{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type %}}" selector. In the chat, we can see three types of announcements: a highlighted message, an announcement, and a warning. Each of these announcements have a special color to distinguish them. The announcement and the warning have also bold titles.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/announcements.png?classes=shadow,border&height=400px "Announcements")
**{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type_announcement %}}**: these messages will be in a green box, and a bold "{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type_announcement %}}" title will be added.
**{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type_warning %}}**: these messages will be in a rend box, and a bold "{{% livechat_label announcements_message_type_announcement %}}" title will be added.
In the "pluginsettings" tab, there is a "{{% livechat_label use_chat %}}" checkbox.Just check or uncheck it to enable or disable the chat associated to your video.
![Screenshot of the form, with a "{{% livechat_label use_chat %}}" checkbox.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/new_live_activate_chat.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Activate the chat")
On the instancelevel, Peertube's administrators can choose if chat rooms are unique per video, or if there will be an unique chat room per channel.Please contact your instance's administrators for more information on how they configure the livechat plugin.