Mercantile Supply · Merchant guide

Cards

Cards with an image above a title and a short text, repeated. Use it for people, certifications, commitments or anything that comes in a set. For cards that link to collections, use Category grid.

Where to find it

In the theme editor, Add section › Cards. The theme starts with it on: Page template "about", Page template "contact".

Settings

Cards with an image, a title, a line of text and an optional link: people, commitments, services. For cards that open a collection, use Category grid.

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Density Follow theme · Compact · Normal · Spacious Always Space, columns and image shape in this section. Follow theme uses Density in Theme settings › Layout.
Text size Default · Smaller · Standard · Larger Always Makes this section's text and title smaller or larger than its Density sets.
Color scheme Always
Heading Always
Overline Heading is filled in
Text Always

Who sees this

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Show this section to Everyone · Guests and retail · Trade customers Always Trade customers are signed-in company buyers. The theme editor always shows the section. Learn more

Layout

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Card style No background · Filled · Outlined Always
Image shape Follow density · Square · Landscape (4:3) · Photo (3:2) · Wide (16:9) · Original shape Always Follow density takes the shape from this section's Density. Original shape never crops.
Section width Full width · Contained Always Contained draws the color scheme as a panel inside the page margins.
Color around the panel On · Off Section width is Contained Off shows the page background around the panel. Color scheme colors the panel itself.
Around the panel Section width is Contained and Color around the panel is on

Which settings reveal which:

flowchart LR
  heading["Heading"]
  overline["Overline"]
  section_width["Section width"]
  panel_ground["Color around the panel"]
  ground_color_scheme["Around the panel"]
  heading -- "filled in" --> overline
  section_width -- "is Contained" --> panel_ground
  section_width -- "is Contained  + more " --> ground_color_scheme
  panel_ground -- "on  + more " --> ground_color_scheme

Blocks

Card

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Image Always
Heading Always
Subtitle Always
Text Always
Link Always With a button label, a button. Without one, the whole card is the link.
Link label Link is filled in
Button style Primary · Secondary · Link Link is filled in and Link label is filled in

Which settings reveal which:

flowchart LR
  link["Link"]
  link_label["Link label"]
  button_style["Button style"]
  link -- "filled in" --> link_label
  link -- "filled in  + more " --> button_style
  link_label -- "filled in  + more " --> button_style

Custom Liquid

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Custom Liquid Always Added as one more item, as wide as the others. For an app snippet or a small form.