Storefront & Themes

Managing your storefront: themes, pages, layout, navigation menus, popups, redirects, preferences, and cookie consent.

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Adding a back-to-top button, floating contact button or reading progress barSwitch on a back-to-top button, a WhatsApp, call or email button, or a reading progress bar from the Overlays tab in the page builder. They show on every page.Video5 min
Adding a favicon and social sharing imageUpload the icon that appears in browser tabs and the image that shows when your store link is shared, and check how the preview looks.3 min
Building a custom header and footerCreate header and footer templates on the Templates page, design them in the page builder, then publish and set one as primary so shoppers see it.Video5 min
Building your navigation menusCreate the menus shoppers use to get around your storefront, link items to pages, categories, products or any web address, and nest sub-items for drop-downs.Video3 min
Choosing and activating a themeSee your active theme, install and activate a new one, resolve page conflicts, customise, update or uninstall a theme, and read the Page Speed panel.Video5 min
Creating a popupCreate a popup, design it in the page builder, set its trigger, page targeting and frequency, then publish it so shoppers see it.Video4 min
Creating and managing blogsBlogs group your posts. Create one from the Blogs page or from the post you are writing, then edit, view or delete it.Video3 min
Creating and publishing pagesCreate content pages such as About or Contact, fill in the search engine listing, publish them, and edit, hide, delete or restore them from the Pages list.Video4 min
Creating category bannersCreate a promotional banner, design it in the page builder, choose the categories and dates it shows on, and set which banner wins when several match.Video5 min
Editing images and organising the Media LibraryResize, crop, rotate and adjust a picture in the Media Library, then save a copy or replace the original. Also covers search, filters, sort and bulk actions.5 min
Importing and exporting blog postsBring blog posts in from a CSV, XLSX or XLS file with column mapping, and send your posts back out as an Excel or CSV file.5 min
Installing and activating a themeFind a theme in the Theme Store, install or buy it, activate it on your store, and decide what happens to pages you already have.Video5 min
Managing page templatesFind, create, edit and publish the templates behind your storefront pages, choose the primary template for each type, and see which template a product or category uses.Video6 min
Managing your storefrontA map of the Storefront section in Orbit, with a link to the guide for themes, pages, templates, menus, search, redirects, SEO and store settings, plus the small built-in shop features.4 min
Redirecting an old URL to a new oneCreate, find, edit and delete 301 redirects so old links keep working, and see which redirects Orbit adds for you when a handle changes.Video3 min
Restricting who can see a page, category or brandLimit a page, category or brand to signed-in customers, or to customers with certain tags, and see what a visitor without access gets. Enterprise plan.Video4 min
Setting SEO titles and descriptions per pageEdit the search engine listing for each page, product, category and blog post, and learn what to put in the title and meta description.Video3 min
Setting up age verificationTurn on an age check for your storefront, choose a confirm button or date of birth entry, and edit the prompt visitors see.3 min
Setting up storefront filters and sortingHow the filters and the sort menu work on your category pages, where each filter group comes from, and how to add or rename one.Video5 min
Setting up the wishlistCustomers save products with the heart button and open the list from your header. Change the wishlist icon, the wishlist element and the card heart in the page builder.4 min
Setting up your cookie consent bannerChoose where the cookie banner sits, set its colours and wording, manage cookie categories and services, and ask visitors to consent again after a change.Video6 min
Setting your storefront preferencesSet your homepage SEO and social sharing image, password protect your store while you build it, and turn on spam protection and customer order requests.Video4 min
Understanding storefront searchWhat customers see when they search your store, where the match, result type and visibility settings live, and what the search rules, keywords and redirects add.3 min
Uploading custom fontsAdd your own brand font to your store from the page builder font picker, upload extra weights, and remove a family you no longer use.5 min
Using the Media LibraryThe Media Library holds your store images on one tab and your downloadable product files on another. Here is what each tab does.Video3 min
Where to change your logo, favicon, colours and fontsYour logo, favicon, colours, homepage SEO and custom code can each be set from more than one place. Which one to use, and which wins.5 min
Writing and publishing blog postsA map of the Blog Posts section: what the posts list shows, how to write and publish a post, and how to hide, delete or restore one.Video3 min