diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
index 6dbe54c..02b03c1 100644
--- a/content/_index.md
+++ b/content/_index.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 title = "Welcome"
 +++
 
+{{ alert(title = "Contacting me", body = "I am going to be completely offline until 28th september.<br/>Do not expect me to reply before then<br/><br/>If it is work related or an emergency, write to email") }}
+
 ## Welcome to my world!
 Hello there! My name is Alice and i am a fullstack web dev. I like to start a lot of side projects, but finish only a few of them.
 
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 608bec4..92ec448 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 {% block root %}
 
-<div class='screen fader'>
+<!-- <div class='screen fader'>
     <p>
         <img src='/load.gif' width='46px' height='48px' style='margin-bottom:8px' /><br/>
         Loading . . .
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
             </a>
         </span>
     </p>
-</div>
+</div> -->
 
 {% endblock root %}
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diff --git a/templates/shortcodes/alert.html b/templates/shortcodes/alert.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7702ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/shortcodes/alert.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div class="alert" style="background:#e7f29f30;border:1px solid #d7e28f25;padding:2rem;width:fit-content;margin:0rem auto;text-align: center;border-radius:.25rem;">
+    <h1 style="margin:0;padding:0">{{ title | safe }}</h1>
+    <hr style="margin:1rem auto">
+    <p>{{ body | safe }}</p>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file