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Poline Theme

The Poline theme is optimal for retail of plants, flowers, and related products.

View the example store

 

Contents

  • Installing the theme
  • Home Page
    • Slider Collections
    • Banner Collections
    • Carousel Collections
    • Featured Collection
    • Display Collection
  • Blog Page
    • Blog Page Banner
  • Footer
    • Footer: First Menu
    • Footer: Second Menu
    • Footer: Widget
  • Contact Page
    • Map Location
  • Collection
    • Collection Heading

 

Installing the theme

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Install Theme
  3. Find the Poline Theme
  4. Click install
    Once installed the theme will be listed underneath the theme preview
  5. Click on Actions
  6. Click on Make Default

 

Poline theme install 

  

Home Page

Slider Collections

In Poline, you may have up to 4 collections that are used in a slider on the home page. 

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. Choose up to four collections to be shown, in the custom Fields labelled 
    • Home: Slider Collection 1
    • Home: Slider Collection 2
    • Home: Slider Collection 3
    • Home: Slider Collection 4
  4. Click Save

You may also change the image shown on the slider

  1. Go to Products > Collections
  2. Click on the selected collection to open for editing
  3. Set the image in the field labelled; Slider Image (recommended size 870x550)
  4. Click Save

NOTE:

Slider Collection 1 and Slider Collection 2 are shown as the first things on the home page, whilst Slider Collection 3 and Slider Collection 4 are shown further down the page between the featured and display collections.

  

Banner Collections

Next to the Slider Collection 1 and Slider Collection 2 on the top of the home page, you can have two banner collections which fit on the right side of the slider in two squares. These can be set by doing the following:

 

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. Choose up to two collections to be shown, in the custom Fields labelled 
    1. Home: Banner Collection 1
    2. Home: Banner Collection 2
  4. Click Save

 

Poline theme slider and banners

 

Carousel Collections

Under the Slider and Banner section, you may have 2 collections to be featured in different carousels. To add these:

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Select the collections to show in the fields labelled; Home: Carousel Collection 1, Home: Carousel Collection 2
  3. Click Save

 

NOTE: 

Carousel Collection 1 is the left-most carousel, whilst Carousel Collection 2 is the right-most carousel which also has a banner with a heading underneath it. To add the banner image and heading:

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Select the image in the custom field labelled; Carousel Section Banner Image (Recommended size 770x150)
  3. Input the heading in the custom field labelled; Carousel Section Banner Heading
  4. Click Save 

 

Poline theme carousel collections

 

Featured Collection

Underneath the Carousel Section, you can have a featured collection with products being displayed in a carousel. This collection can be added by;

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click customise
  3. Select the Collection to show in the field labelled; Home: Featured Collection
  4. Click Save 

 

Poline theme featured collections

 

Display Collection

The last section, shown before the footer and after the second Slider Section is the Display collection. This collection shows up to 15 products in a carousel with 3 columns of 3 products shown at one time

  1. Open Design
  2. Select the collections you'd like to show in the field labelled: Display Collection 1
  3. Click Save

 

Poline theme display collections 

 

Footer

In the footer section, you can have two custom menus as well as a widget.

Footer: First Menu

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. In the field labelled Footer: First Menu select a menu that will be used on the middle left-hand side of the footer.
    Note

    The Menu title is used as the header in the footer.
    Submenus are not supported.

  4. Click Save

 

Footer: Second Menu

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. In the field labelled Footer: Second Menu select a menu that will be used in the middle of the footer.
    Note

    The Menu title is used as the header in the footer.
    Submenus are not supported.

  4. Click Save

 

Footer: Widget

 In Poline, a widget can be placed to be shown on the right hand side of the footer, for example a map.

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. In the field labelled Footer: Widget insert the HTML code of a widget.
  4. Click Save

 

 

 Poline theme footer

 

Map Location

The Poline theme gives you the option to have a map with the store's location on the site, specifically on the Contact page. To do this;

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Click on Customise
  3. Enter your shop's name and full address in the field labelled Map Location
    1. Get the shop's full name (1) and address (2) from Google Maps as shown below Theme map location
    2. Input them as shown below in the field Map LocationTheme map location
  4. Click Save

 

NOTE:
It is important to enter the shop's name and address exactly as it is shown on Google Maps. You can follow the steps and screenshots below.

 

And the result should be as follows.

Theme map location

 

Blog

Blog page Banner Image

In the Blog Page where blogs are shown a custom image can be set to be shown in a banner. This can be set by;

  1. Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
  2. Select the image to be shown in the custom field labelled Blog page Banner Image
  3. Click Save

 

Collection

 

Collection Heading

A collection may have a heading that is visible in the Slider Collections 

  1. Open Collections
  2. Click on the Collection you'd like to edit (open for editing)
  3. Enter a subtitle in the field labelled; Collection Heading
  4. Click Save

 

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