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Header Group

There are several types of the header layuot in this theme. Here, you can also modify search promo and add 3 types of Mega menu.

Mega Menu

To add a Mega menu, make sure that the main menu link has sublinks, and then follow these steps:

  1. Add the Mega menu to the Header.
  2. Type the exact name of the link in the Trigger field.

Additionally, you can add images, text, and links to the two promo blocks, and choose their color scheme.

In this theme, you can use a predictive search. It is enabled by default, but you can disable it in the Theme settings > Search.

You can also enable the Search promo dropdown in the Header settings, which opens before the user starts to type. There are 2 types of information that can be added to this dropdown: collections and 2 promo blocks.

Overlay Group

Notification Banner

In the Notification Banner settings, you can change layout, add image, texts, edit banner position, change open and exit animations and options.

You can also use this banner as a button-trigger for opening another notification bar or a popup by following these steps:

  1. Add the id of the popup/notification bar you chose to open to the Id field in the Triggers section (e.g. "popup")
  2. Navigate to the popup/notification bar settigns and add the Id with "#" in the beginning to the "CSS selector for manual trigger" field.

In the Popup settings, you can change layout, add image, subscribe form, edit position, change open and exit animations and options.

You can also use this popup as a button-trigger for opening another popup or notification bar by following these steps:

  1. Add the id of the popup/notification bar you chose to open to the Id field in the Triggers section (e.g. "notification-bar").
  2. Navigate to the popup/notification bar settings and Add the Id with "#" in the beginning to the "CSS selector for manual trigger" field.

Sections

Media

This section has multiple layouts and settings, here are some examples below.

  1. 9 slides, Desktop layout — Grid.
  2. 1 block, Desktop layout — Full width.
  3. 2 blocks, Desktop layout — Half page.
  4. 9 slides, Desktop layout — Split page.
  5. 2 blocks, Desktop layout — Half page, disabled Full width, enabled gap between slides, and enabled border radius for slides.

Settings

Dark mode

To edit the Dark mode settings, navigate to Theme settings > Color scheme.

Color swatches

To enable and edit Color swatches, navigate to Theme settings > Color swatches.

Swatch trigger should be the same as the option in Product variants.

You can also add custom colors by adding their name and color in HEX format.

Custom product badges

To enable and edit Custom badges, navigate to Theme settings > Product card.

The next step is to add metafields to the products.

To add and edit metafields, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Settings > Custom data in the Admin panel.
  2. Select Products.
  3. Click the button "Add definition" and fill the fields.
  4. Navigate to the product and add information below.

For more information about metafields, follow the link.

Metafields

To add and edit metafields, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Settings > Custom data in the Admin panel.
  2. Select an item to which you would like to add a metafield.
  3. Click the button "Add definition" and fill the fields.
  4. Navigate to the item to which you've added a metafield (e.g. Product or Collection) and add information below.

For more information about metafields, follow the link.

Custom templates

You can easily create and customize your templates. Here's an example below:

  1. Choose the type of template you'd like to create and give it a name.
  2. In the admin panel, select the page you want to assign your custom template to. Choose a theme template and save the changes.
  3. Now, you can go back to the customizer, open the new template, and add the desired sections.

If you want to delete a custom template, follow the 'Edit code' link in the admin panel, select the template, and click the delete button. Please note that this action can impact your theme, so be cautious.

Pages

Product page

There’re 6 types of Gallery:

  1. Horizontal Slider
  2. Horizontal Carousel
  3. Slider with Bullets
  4. Grid Gallery
  5. Slider with Previews
  6. Stacked Gallery

If you would like to add more dynamic information to the product, you can use metafields. To add metafields, navigate to Settings > Custom data > Products in the Admin panel. You can add dynamic characteristics to the product by following these steps:

  1. Add two metafield definitions with the key names "characteristics.name" and "characteristics.description".
  2. Choose the "Single-line text with list of values" type for the both metafields.
  3. Navigate to the product and add characteristics.
  4. Add Dropdown information block to the product page and enable checkbox “Assign product characteristics”.

For more information about metafields, follow the link.

Gift card recipient

To add recipient and message fields to gift card products, navigate to the customizer > Product page > Buy buttons block. Check the "Show recipient information form for gift card products" option that enables the display of recipient information form for gift card products.

Product recommendations and Complementary products

To add and edit product recommendations, follow these steps:

  1. Install the Search & Discovery app by Shopify from the Apps page in the Admin panel.
  2. Once installed, open the app and follow the 'View recommendations' link in the Feature overview section to add recommendations to your products.

You can easily edit or add recommendations for multiple products using the Bulk Editor in the Products tab in the Admin panel.

Size chart

To add a size chart, follow these steps:

  1. Create new page with a table.
  2. Add a "Popup" block to the product page.
  3. Select "Size chart" page.

Product Cart

To enable cart note, navigate to the customizer > Cart > Items, and check the “Enable cart note” option.

Free shipping

There can be issues when a store has multiple languages. To avoid them, keep the text '{amount}' untranslated.

Collection page

To enable advanced filtering, follow these steps:

  1. Install the Search & Discovery app by Shopify from the Apps page in the Admin panel.
  2. Once installed, open the app and follow the 'Customize filters' link in the Feature overview section to manage the filters.

Blog

To add a custom image and description for every blog, use the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the admin panel > Custom data > Blogs and add new definitions.
  2. Navigate to the customizer, choose the blog page, and add your custom infomation via “Insert dynamic” source button.

Importing Our Demos

You can also copy the structure of any of our 5 demos in a few steps.

  1. Copy the demo structure from the links below (Cmd-A or Ctrl-A to select all).
  2. Follow to the section Online Store > Themes in your store. Click the three dots button of your theme.
  3. Open the code editor by clicking the Edit code button.
  4. In the code editor, search for the file "index.json", select all content, and paste replacing the demo structure. Click "Save" to save your changes. If there's an error, click "Format json" and try to save the file again.

Demos structure

  1. Graphite
  2. Quartz
  3. Sapphire
  4. Aquamarine
  5. Citrine

Support

You can ask any questions about the theme and our support agent will help you within 24 hours on business days.

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