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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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 
   2. Input them as shown below in the field Map Location
4. Click Save

And the result should be as follows.

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