Showcase
The showcase theme is perfect for the retail of clothing and cosmetics, even though it can be used for many other use cases.
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Installing the theme Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Install Theme
Find the Showcase theme
Click Install Once installed the theme will be listed underneath the theme preview
Click on Actions
Click on Make Default Once the default theme is changed, the preview will be updated
Home Banners This theme lets you have up to 3 banners, but they all have to be linked to products.
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Select the products to use in the banner by filling in; Featured Product 1, Featured Product 2, and Featured Product 3
Click Save
Theme Elements To change the product image that shows up in the banner;
Open the Featured Product for editing
Upload an image in the Banner Image field found under Theme Elements
Click Save
Featured Collections In the Showcase theme, up to 6 collections can be featured on your home page.
Note:
The order of collections is shuffled with every page load.
To setup feature collections;
Go to your collections list; Products > Collections
Open the collection you want to feature
In the Tags field, add the tag: show_in_home
Click Save
Featured Collections Heading & Subheading Additionally, the showcase theme also supports editing of the heading and subheading of the featured collections section, to update;
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Enter your heading in the Categories Section Title field
Enter your subheading in the Categories Section Subtitle field
Click Save
Featured Products Similar to the featured collection, you can feature up to 12 products on your home page.
Notes:
You need a minimum of 4 featured products for the section to be visible. The order of the products is shuffled with every page load.
To set up featured products;
Go to Products in the Lifeboat admin interface
Open the product you'd like to feature
Add the tag show_in_home
Click Save
Featured Products Heading & Subheading Same as the featured collections, the showcase theme also supports editing of the heading and subheading of the featured products section, to update;
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Enter your heading in the Products Section Title field
Enter your subheading in the Products Section Subtitle field
Click Save
On Sale Section In the showcase theme, you can also add an On Sale section to your home page.
Note:
Products that don't have a discount can still be shown in this section, allowing you to re-use the section as you please.
To set up on sale products;
Go to Products in the Lifeboat admin interface
Open the product you'd like to show
Add the tag on_sale
Click Save
On Sale Section Heading & Subheading To edit the heading and subheading of the On Sale section
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Enter your heading in the Sale Section Title field
Enter your subheading in the Sale Section Subtitle field
Click Save
Parallax Image If you'd like to add a full-width image to your home page in the Showcase theme, you can do so by adding a Parallax Image .
To set up the Parallax Image ;
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Upload an image in the field labelled Parallax Image
Click Save
Bottom Section Finally, the Showcase theme also supports a free text area on the home page. This can be useful to add a testimonial or store summary.
Note:
This field will span to the full width of the page, therefore we suggest centre aligning your text for the best results.
To set up the Bottom Image ;
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Enter your text in the field labelled Bottom Section
Click Save
Site Footer The footer in the showcase theme features the option to show 2 menus; Quick Links & Company Links . These should be used to have links to important pages such as Return Policy and Company History , on every page of your site.
To set up the Footer ;
Open Design in the Lifeboat admin interface
Click on Customise
Select the menu to use in the field labelled Quick Links
Select the menu to use in the field labelled Company Links
Click Save