Theme Instructions
Navigation
To set up your primary navigation, click on Navigation in the administrative area. This theme has been set up to have left-aligned and right-aligned navigation items to allow you to visually separate your products from information about your company.
To add items to the left-hand side, click on Add link under the Main Menu link list. We recommend using your collections as navigation items, but you can do whatever you'd like.
To add items to the right-hand side, click on Add Link List up top and add a list entitled "Pages" if you don't have one already. Once you've done that, you can choose Add link under the new Pages link list you created. Note: Order these links in the reverse of what you want.
Secondary Navigation
To set up your secondary navigation, first ensure that Enable Secondary Navigation? is selected under Theme Settings.
Once it has been enabled, the secondary navigation will be automatically generated from the Tags that you have assigned to products within a collection.
For example: If you are adding a shoe called "Sample Shoe" to the "Men's" collection and you would like it to be listed under "Footwear" within "Men's", you will need to ensure that you enter Footwear under Tags when creating or editing a product after the fact.
Homepage Banners
This theme supports up to 5 rotating banners on the homepage, sized at 980px wide by 376px tall. To setup and adjust your banners, navigate to the Homepage Banners section under Theme Settings.
Add banners by browsing to your own images, entering what page you would like your banner to link to (can be left blank for no link), then enable the banner by selecting Show Banner. Only banners with Show Banner selected will be displayed on the homepage. If you have a promotion you often show a banner for, this will let you quickly show or hide the banner without having to replace it.
Additional settings will allow you to control the Transition Effect (in most situations, we recommend Fade), Transition Speed (try out a few options to see what works best), and Slide Display Time (make sure you give enough time for the slide's contents to be read).
Optionally, you can also include 3 smaller promotional banners below your main banner. To enable this feature, navigate to the Homepage Promo Banners section within the Theme Settings and check off Enable Homepage Promos. You will need to upload 3 images designed at 307px wide by 141px tall in order for these to display properly. Links are optional.
Homepage Products
To add or remove items from the homepage product listing, first navigate to the Collections administrative area and, if it does not already exist, create a collection named "Frontpage". Once this has been created, you can add and remove products at will. The homepage will display a maximum of 8 items.
You can also change the wording above the products listed on your homepage by modifying the "Featured Products" Title under Text Snippets within your Theme Settings.
Related Products
The related products sections on your store are automatically generated by this theme. This section will display products that share the current product's tag AND collection (Ex: Women's Swimwear), followed by those that only share the current product's collection (Ex: Women's).
Header and Footer links
This theme supports additional smaller links on the right-hand side of the header and the footer of your website.
To add items to the header, click on Add Link List up top and add a list entitled "Header" if you don't have one already. Once you've done that, you can choose Add link under the new Header link list you created.
To add items to the footer, click on Add Link List up top and add a list entitled "Footer" if you don't have one already. Once you've done that, you can choose Add link under the new Footer link list you created.
Looking for additional features?
If you're looking for additional features not included in this theme, we are available to further customize the theme to suit your needs. Contact us at info@acmecreative.ca with a description of what you're looking for. All changes will be charged by the half-hour and a deposit will be required.
