Mercantile Supply · Merchant guide

Documents and downloads

A library of files buyers look for: price lists, catalogues, certificates, data sheets. Each file is a block; you can group them by type and hide some from visitors without a trade account.

Where to find it

In the theme editor, Add section › Documents and downloads. The theme starts with it on: Home page.

Settings

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
Overline Always
Heading Always
Text Always
Group documents by type On · Off Always When there is more than one type, documents are listed under headings such as Price lists and Certificates.

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
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
  section_width["Section width"]
  panel_ground["Color around the panel"]
  ground_color_scheme["Around the panel"]
  section_width -- "is Contained" --> panel_ground
  section_width -- "is Contained  + more " --> ground_color_scheme
  panel_ground -- "on  + more " --> ground_color_scheme

Blocks

Document

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Heading Always
Type Catalog · Price list · Safety data sheet (SDS) · Certificate · Installation guide · Other Always
File link Always Upload the file in Content › Files, copy its link and paste it here.
Description Always One line, for example what the file covers or when it was last updated.
Trade customers only On · Off Always Hides the link from visitors without a trade account. The file itself stays public.

Before you start

Upload the files in Content › Files and copy each link. See Files.