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Themes & Layouts

Changing your website and online shop's look and feel has many advantages. As your needs evolve and your business grows, additional functionality can be introduced to your customers to meet expectation and demand.

From the Design suite of navigation tabs within your Dashboard, you are provided with control over your Shopfront, the way in which pages present to customers, the size of product images, access to social media such as Twitter and Facebook, and more.

On this page

  1. Installing a new theme
  2. Layouts: assigning alternate layouts to pages

FAQs

  1. I feel that my site design has become outdated. How do I change its design?

Installing a new theme (v4 software only)

If additional design themes (templates) were made available during your website build, they will appear on the Theme page, accessed from your website Dashboard via the Theme navigation tab located towards the top right hand side of your Dashboard, next to the Preferences navigation tab.

From the Design page you have access to 6 further navigation tabs that provide control over how your website is presented to your customers, with a focus on your Shop's presentation, functionality and layout. It is recommended that you change themes only during a rebranding or major update exercise, which should only be necessary every 2-3 years.

If additional themes were provided during your website build, you can change your theme at any time.

  1. Go to Dashboard > Design
  2. Click on a theme preview image or Preview button to first evaluate the suitablity of the proposed theme.
  3. Once satisfied with your selection, click Apply Theme .
  4. Before sending your website live to the Internet, preview it first:
  • Dashboard > Publish > Click the Preview button.
  • Once the progress status bar is complete, you have the option of previewing specific pages by clicking the arrow located next to the page's Success message or by clicking the Done - preview website button.
  • Once satisfied that the theme is suitable, publish your website live to the Internet by clicking the Publish button.

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Layouts: assigning alternate layouts to pages (v4 software only)

Page layout changes can be affected as a way of providing customers with "something new", or to experiment with different layouts and to monitor the success of each change. By closely monitoring your website statistics and customer feedback you can learn what works best for your store and your customers.

  1. Go to Dashboard > Design > Layouts
  2. Using the  Active Layout drop-down menu list for each page template, select a layout for that page.
  3. Once satisfied with your selection, click Save Layout Changes .
  4. Before sending your website live to the Internet, preview it first:
  • Dashboard > Publish > Click the Preview button.
  • Once the progress status bar is complete, you have the option of previewing specific pages by clicking the arrow located next to the page's Success message or by clicking the Done - preview website button.
  • Once satisfied that the layout changes are suitable, publish your website live to the Internet by clicking the Publish button.

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I feel that my site design has become outdated. How do I update it?

If the changes you feel are necessary are not possible beyond logo replacement or text/page style changes, then a new design must be managed by our web design team. Such a change may be warranted if, say, your business has recently undergone, or is about to embark upon, a rebranding exercise.

It is recommended that every website design is reviewed by a qualified web designer at least every 2-3 years. This is considered standard commercial practice. Contact your sales consultant or call the number at the bottom of this page to discuss with us your requirements in detail.


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