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Header

The Header on an e-commerce website enhances user experience by providing easy navigation, reinforcing branding, enabling quick search, displaying cart previews, offering contact information, showcasing promotions, and ensuring a consistent, user-friendly design across all pages.

1. Header settings

General settings

Customize the overall layout, color scheme, logo position, and header behavior for your section.

SettingDescription
Section width

3 options for container

  • Stretch width: span the section width regardless of screen size.
  • Fixed width: depends on your page content width in Theme settings -> Layout.
  • Full width: takes up the entire space on the page and it usually resizes itself to fit the size of the screen.
Color schemeSelect colors from Theme settings -> Colors
Desktop logo position

2 options position logo desktop

  • Logo left, menu center
  • Logo center, menu left

Note: Logo position is automatically optimized for mobile.

Sticky header

3 options sticky

  • None: Do not display the sticky header
  • On scroll up: Display only on scroll up
  • Always: Always display

Menu

Customize your site's main menu by selecting a menu and configuring how the desktop dropdown menu is triggered, as well as the dropdown animation style.

SettingDescription
MenuSelect which menu will be used as the main navigation for your site.
Desktop dropdown menu triggerChoose how the dropdown menu on desktop is triggered — either by clicking or hovering over the menu item.
Dropdowns animation

Select the animation style for the dropdown menus when they appear.

  • Fade in: Dropdown fades in smoothly.
  • Fade in down: Dropdown fades in while moving downward.
  • Down to up: Dropdown appears with a motion from bottom to top

Mobile menu settings

Add a banner image and link to enhance your mobile menu experience.

SettingDescription
Hamburger icon positionChoose where the hamburger menu appears on mobile.

Addons

Addons offer additional settings for the header, including features like search, currency selector, language selector, and more. Enable the relevant checkboxes to activate them.

SettingDescription
Show search iconDisplay a search icon in the header for quick product searches.
Show account iconShow an account/login icon in the header.
Show shopping cartEnable the shopping cart icon in the header.
Show offerEnable the offer icon
Transparent header A transparent header is a see-through top section on a website or mobile app, allowing the content or background to show through instead of having a solid color background. Ensure the first section on your homepage is configured as one of the following: a Slideshow, a Video with a text overlay, or an Image with a text overlay.
SettingDescription
Enable transparent headerDisplay as transparent only on the homepage
Text and iconCustomize the color of text and icons in transparent header format

Section padding

SettingDescription
TopCustomize the top margin of the section
BottomCustomize the bottom margin of the section

2. Block settings

Banner ( Mega menu )

SettingDescription
Menu itemEnter the name of the level 1 menu to display the mega menu dropdown. Please distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Desktop menu columnsChoose the number of column
WidthAdjust the width of each banner as a percentage of the total container.
Number of columnsSet how many banners are displayed per row.
Content positionSelect the position of the banner content, either below the image or overlayed on the image (top, middle, or bottom).
Content alignmentSet the horizontal alignment of the content (left, center, or right).
ImageUpload or select the banner image. (448px x 260px recommended)

Product ( Mega Menu )

SettingDescription
Menu itemEnter the name of the level 1 menu to display the mega menu dropdown. Please distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Desktop menu columnsChoose the number of column
WidthAdjust the width of the product display area (%).
Number of columnsSet the number of product columns to display.
HeadingEnter a title for the product section.
ProductsSelect the products you want to display

Collection ( Mega Menu )

SettingDescription
Menu itemEnter the name of the level 1 menu to display the mega menu dropdown. Please distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Desktop menu columnsChoose the number of column
WidthAdjust the width of the collection display area (%).
Number of columnsSet the number of collection columns to display.
HeadingEnter a title for the collection section.
CollectionsSelect the collections you want to display

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