Mercantile Supply · Merchant guide

Hero

The large band at the top of the home page: one to five slides, each with an image, a headline, a line and up to two buttons. Turn slides off to show just the first one, still.

Where to find it

In the theme editor, Add section › Hero banner. 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.
Slides Show all slides · First slide only Always Turning slides off shows only the first one and hides the dots. Your other slides are kept.
Background Brand band · Color scheme Always The band's color. Slides with an image show it over this color; slides without one show the color alone.
Slide controls Dots and arrows · Dots only · Arrows only Slides is Show all slides The pause control always shows while slides advance on their own.
Advance slides automatically On · Off Slides is Show all slides Pauses on hover, on focus and in background tabs. Off for visitors who reduce motion.
Seconds per slide Slides is Show all slides and Advance slides automatically is on
Text color over images White · Black Always Applies while a slide with an image is shown. Slides without an image use the background's own text color.
Color scheme Background is Color scheme

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

Which settings reveal which:

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  hero_layout["Slides"]
  carousel_controls["Slide controls"]
  autoplay["Advance slides automatically"]
  autoplay_interval["Seconds per slide"]
  hero_ground["Background"]
  color_scheme["Color scheme"]
  hero_layout -- "is Show all slides" --> carousel_controls
  hero_layout -- "is Show all slides" --> autoplay
  hero_layout -- "is Show all slides  + more " --> autoplay_interval
  autoplay -- "on  + more " --> autoplay_interval
  hero_ground -- "is Color scheme" --> color_scheme

Blocks

Slide

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Slide image Always Fills the band behind this slide and crossfades with the others. Leave empty to show the background color.
Overline Always
Heading Always
Text Always
Button label Always
Button link Button label is filled in
Second button label Always
Second button link Second button label is filled in

Which settings reveal which:

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  button_label["Button label"]
  button_link["Button link"]
  button_2_label["Second button label"]
  button_2_link["Second button link"]
  button_label -- "filled in" --> button_link
  button_2_label -- "filled in" --> button_2_link

Statistic

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Value Always
Label Always