diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index add0004d..eac4f6c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 - warning system when plugin might not be compatible with Coder REST API
 - a `Create workspace` button which links to Coder's templates page
 
+### Changed
+- redesigned the information&warning banner. Messages can now include hyperlinks
+
 ### Fixed
 - outdated Coder CLI binaries are cleaned up
 - workspace status color style: running workspaces are green, failed ones should be red, everything else is gray
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/CoderWorkspacesStepView.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/CoderWorkspacesStepView.kt
index 25575415..9b19a9b3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/CoderWorkspacesStepView.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/CoderWorkspacesStepView.kt
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ import com.coder.gateway.icons.CoderIcons
 import com.coder.gateway.models.CoderWorkspacesWizardModel
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentModel
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus
-import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.DELETING
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.FAILED
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.RUNNING
-import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.STARTING
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.STOPPED
-import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceAgentStatus.STOPPING
 import com.coder.gateway.models.WorkspaceVersionStatus
 import com.coder.gateway.sdk.Arch
 import com.coder.gateway.sdk.CoderCLIManager
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ import com.coder.gateway.sdk.getOS
 import com.coder.gateway.sdk.toURL
 import com.coder.gateway.sdk.v2.models.Workspace
 import com.coder.gateway.sdk.withPath
-import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons
 import com.intellij.ide.ActivityTracker
 import com.intellij.ide.BrowserUtil
 import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ import org.zeroturnaround.exec.ProcessExecutor
 import java.awt.Component
 import java.awt.Dimension
 import javax.swing.Icon
-import javax.swing.JLabel
 import javax.swing.JTable
 import javax.swing.JTextField
 import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ class CoderWorkspacesStepView(val enableNextButtonCallback: (Boolean) -> Unit) :
         WorkspaceStatusColumnInfo("Status")
     )
 
-    private val notificationBand = JLabel()
+    private val notificationBanner = NotificationBanner()
     private var tableOfWorkspaces = TableView(listTableModelOfWorkspaces).apply {
         setEnableAntialiasing(true)
         rowSelectionAllowed = true
@@ -116,13 +111,12 @@ class CoderWorkspacesStepView(val enableNextButtonCallback: (Boolean) -> Unit) :
         selectionModel.addListSelectionListener {
             enableNextButtonCallback(selectedObject != null && selectedObject?.agentStatus == RUNNING && selectedObject?.agentOS == OS.LINUX)
             if (selectedObject?.agentOS != OS.LINUX) {
-                notificationBand.apply {
+                notificationBanner.apply {
                     isVisible = true
-                    icon = AllIcons.General.Information
-                    text = CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.os.info")
+                    showInfo(CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.os.info"))
                 }
             } else {
-                notificationBand.isVisible = false
+                notificationBanner.component.isVisible = false
             }
             updateWorkspaceActions()
         }
@@ -142,6 +136,7 @@ class CoderWorkspacesStepView(val enableNextButtonCallback: (Boolean) -> Unit) :
         .addExtraAction(updateWorkspaceTemplateAction)
         .addExtraAction(createWorkspaceAction)
 
+
     private var poller: Job? = null
 
     override val component = panel {
@@ -174,15 +169,11 @@ class CoderWorkspacesStepView(val enableNextButtonCallback: (Boolean) -> Unit) :
                 cell()
             }
             row {
-                scrollCell(toolbar.createPanel()).resizableColumn().horizontalAlign(HorizontalAlign.FILL).verticalAlign(VerticalAlign.FILL)
+                scrollCell(toolbar.createPanel().apply {
+                    add(notificationBanner.component.apply { isVisible = false }, "South")
+                }).resizableColumn().horizontalAlign(HorizontalAlign.FILL).verticalAlign(VerticalAlign.FILL)
                 cell()
-            }.topGap(TopGap.NONE).resizableRow()
-            row {
-                cell(notificationBand).resizableColumn().horizontalAlign(HorizontalAlign.FILL).applyToComponent {
-                    font = JBFont.h4().asBold()
-                    isVisible = false
-                }
-            }
+            }.topGap(TopGap.NONE).bottomGap(BottomGap.NONE).resizableRow()
         }
     }.apply { background = WelcomeScreenUIManager.getMainAssociatedComponentBackground() }
 
@@ -317,20 +308,18 @@ class CoderWorkspacesStepView(val enableNextButtonCallback: (Boolean) -> Unit) :
         try {
             coderClient.initClientSession(localWizardModel.coderURL.toURL(), token)
             if (!CoderSemVer.isValidVersion(coderClient.buildVersion)) {
-                notificationBand.apply {
-                    isVisible = true
-                    icon = AllIcons.General.Warning
-                    text = CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.invalid.coder.version", coderClient.buildVersion)
+                notificationBanner.apply {
+                    component.isVisible = true
+                    showWarning(CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.invalid.coder.version", coderClient.buildVersion))
                 }
             } else {
                 val coderVersion = CoderSemVer.parse(coderClient.buildVersion)
                 val testedCoderVersion = CoderSupportedVersions.lastTestedVersion
 
                 if (!testedCoderVersion.isCompatibleWith(coderVersion)) {
-                    notificationBand.apply {
-                        isVisible = true
-                        icon = AllIcons.General.Warning
-                        text = CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.coder.version", coderClient.buildVersion)
+                    notificationBanner.apply {
+                        component.isVisible = true
+                        showWarning(CoderGatewayBundle.message("gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.coder.version", coderClient.buildVersion))
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/NotificationBanner.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/NotificationBanner.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0cb8b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/coder/gateway/views/steps/NotificationBanner.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.coder.gateway.views.steps
+
+import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogPanel
+import com.intellij.ui.dsl.builder.panel
+import com.intellij.ui.dsl.gridLayout.HorizontalAlign
+import com.intellij.util.ui.JBUI
+import javax.swing.JEditorPane
+import javax.swing.JLabel
+
+class NotificationBanner {
+    var component: DialogPanel
+    private lateinit var icon: JLabel
+    private lateinit var txt: JEditorPane
+
+    init {
+        component = panel {
+            row {
+                icon = icon(AllIcons.General.Warning).applyToComponent {
+                    border = JBUI.Borders.empty(0, 5)
+                }.component
+                txt = text("").resizableColumn().horizontalAlign(HorizontalAlign.FILL).applyToComponent { foreground = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationWarning.foregroundColor() }.component
+            }
+        }.apply {
+            background = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationWarning.backgroundColor()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun showWarning(warning: String) {
+        icon.icon = AllIcons.General.Warning
+        txt.apply {
+            text = warning
+            foreground = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationWarning.foregroundColor()
+        }
+
+        component.background = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationWarning.backgroundColor()
+
+    }
+
+    fun showInfo(info: String) {
+        icon.icon = AllIcons.General.Information
+        txt.apply {
+            text = info
+            foreground = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationInfo.foregroundColor()
+        }
+
+        component.background = JBUI.CurrentTheme.NotificationInfo.backgroundColor()
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages/CoderGatewayBundle.properties b/src/main/resources/messages/CoderGatewayBundle.properties
index 9bbae2c1..13ad7cda 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages/CoderGatewayBundle.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages/CoderGatewayBundle.properties
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.stop.text=Stop Workspace
 gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.update.text=Update Workspace Template
 gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.create.text=Create workspace
 gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.os.info=Gateway supports only Linux machines. Support for macOS and Windows is planned.
-gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.invalid.coder.version=Could not parse Coder version {0}. Coder Gateway plugin might not be compatible with this version.
-gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.coder.version=Coder version {0} might not be compatible with this plugin version.
+gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.invalid.coder.version=Could not parse Coder version {0}. Coder Gateway plugin might not be compatible with this version. <a href='https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/ides/gateway#creating-a-new-jetbrains-gateway-connection'>Connect to a Coder workspace manually</a>
+gateway.connector.view.coder.workspaces.unsupported.coder.version=Coder version {0} might not be compatible with this plugin version. <a href='https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/ides/gateway#creating-a-new-jetbrains-gateway-connection'>Connect to a Coder workspace manually</a>
 gateway.connector.view.coder.remoteproject.loading.text=Retrieving products...
 gateway.connector.view.coder.remoteproject.ide.error.text=Could not retrieve any IDE for workspace {0} because an error was encountered
 gateway.connector.view.coder.remoteproject.next.text=Start IDE and connect