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Canvas

A free-form section for headings, text, buttons, pictures and countdowns, optionally over a background image. The 404 page is a Canvas.

Blocks: Heading, Text, Buttons, Countdown, Image.

Settings

Background image

Image

Covers the whole section, with the content on it. Without one, the color scheme's ground shows.

Image on phones

Image

Shown on phones in place of the image above. Without one, phones show that image, cropped to fit.

Minimum height

Slider · 0% to 100% · default 100%

A share of the screen's height. 100% fills the screen.

Follow Theme settings for content placement

Checkbox · on by default

Theme settings › Content on images: where the blocks sit, their alignment, width, distance from the edges, spacing and box. Turn off to set this section's own.

Content position on desktop

Choice · default Middle center

With a background image, Content on images' words color, shade and transparent header apply too.

Options: Top left, Top center, Top right, Middle left, Middle center, Middle right, Bottom left, Bottom center, Bottom right

Content position on phones

Choice · default Middle center

With a background image, Content on images' words color, shade and transparent header apply too.

Options: Top left, Top center, Top right, Middle left, Middle center, Middle right, Bottom left, Bottom center, Bottom right

Text alignment on desktop

Choice · default Match the position

Options: Match the position, Left, Center, Right

Text alignment on phones

Choice · default Match the position

Options: Match the position, Left, Center, Right

Words color

Choice · default Automatic

On the image. Automatic picks light or dark for the part of the image behind the words (Readability, below, sets how strict it is).

Options: Automatic, Light, Dark

Shade

Slider · 0% to 60% · default 0%

Shade style

Choice · default Gradient from the content's side

Options: Gradient from the content's side, Even

Transparent header over a first image

Choice · default Match the words

When the section is first on the page and its content is on the image. Match the words takes the words' color.

Options: Off, Match the words, Light, Dark

Content width

Choice · default Medium

Options: Narrow, Medium, Full

Space between blocks

Choice · default Medium

Options: Small, Medium, Large

Follow Theme settings for the section frame

Checkbox · on by default

Color scheme: Theme settings › Colors › Page color scheme. Space above and below: Theme settings › Layout. Turn off to set this section's own.

Color scheme

Color scheme

Space above

Choice · default Medium

Options: None, Small, Medium, Large

Space below

Choice · default Medium

Options: None, Small, Medium, Large

Show a hairline above

Checkbox · off by default

Show a hairline below

Checkbox · off by default

Visibility

Show on desktop

Checkbox · on by default

Show on phones

Checkbox · on by default