In this tab you create one or more banners that can subsequently be used on the pages of the storefront. This feature allows you to create attractive carousel banners with images that a shopper can click to go directly to a product page or a category page, or to an external URL.
1 On the menu bar, choose Stores and select a store, and click the Banners tab.
2 Click the Create button to open the banner settings.
Name
This is the name that is displayed in the Carousel Banner drop-down list when editing pages. See
“Pages Tab”.
Transition Effect
Select a transition effect:
Fading: images fade into each other (combine with longer transition duration)
Sliding: images slide from right to left
Transition and Interval Duration
Enter a duration for the transition effect between multiple images and the time that each image remains visible during the cycle.
List
Select this option to create a list of image thumbnails on the right or left of the main image; the shopper can click the thumbnails to see the image in the carousel.
Images
If the banner images have different widths, the images which are narrower are centered vertically.
Banner Height
The banner is displayed between the navigation bar and the rest of the page content; set the height of the banner here.
Text
Enter text that you want to display under the image carousel.
Banner Images
Click the Add button to open the Banner Images dialog:
NOTE: You can only add the images after saving the banner.
•Text: the text that appears under each image, in the thumbnail list and the carousel
•Image: browse to select an image that you want to include in your banner
•Click-through link: creates a hot spot on the image in the carousel with a link to a StoreFront page or an external URL.
Repeat for as many images that you want to insert in your carousel cycle.
