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Hero

A large picture or video with words on it, usually the first section of a page.

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

Settings

Content

Image

Image

Image on phones

Image

Optional. Replaces Image on phones.

Video

Video

Image before it plays

Image

Shows until the video starts. Without one, the video's first frame shows.

Follow Theme settings for playback and shape

Checkbox · on by default

Loop and Show a sound button from Theme settings › Images › Video. The Hero's video always starts on its own.

Loop

Checkbox · on by default

Show a sound button

Checkbox · off by default

A Sound button in the corner lets shoppers hear a video that starts on its own, muted.

Follow Theme settings for images

Checkbox · on by default

Theme settings › Images › Section images (shape, images in another shape) and Grain › Show on image sections. Turn off to set this section's own. With the content on the image, Height sets the size unless it is The image's shape.

Images in another shape

Choice · default Crop to fill

Options: Crop to fill, Fit inside

Show grain

Checkbox · off by default

Fine film grain over the image (Theme settings › Images › Grain sets its strength).

Photo credit, left

Text

Photo credit, right

Text

Layout

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 Bottom center

Options: Top left, Top center, Top right, Middle left, Middle center, Middle right, Bottom left, Bottom center, Bottom right, Above the image, Below the image, Beside the image

Content position on phones

Choice · default Bottom center

Options: Top left, Top center, Top right, Middle left, Middle center, Middle right, Bottom left, Bottom center, Bottom right, Above the image, Below the image

Content position beside the image

Choice · default Middle

Options: Top, Middle, Bottom

Image side

Choice · default Left

Options: Left, Right

Image's share of the width

Choice · default Half

Options: Half, Two thirds, One third

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

Content width

Choice · default Medium

Beside an image, Full width is the whole column.

Options: Narrow, Medium, Wide, Full width

Distance from the image's edges

Choice · default Page margin

Options: Page margin, Double the page margin, None

Space between blocks

Choice · default Standard

Options: Tight, Standard, Loose

Box behind the content

Choice · default None

Options: None, Color scheme, Translucent

Box color scheme

Color scheme

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

Height

Choice · default 88% of the screen

With the content on the image. The image's shape keeps Image shape where the section has one (else the image's own proportions); the section grows if the content needs more room.

Options: The image's shape, The screen, 88% of the screen, 80% of the screen, 60% of the screen

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

Appearance

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

Width

Choice · default Full width

Full width runs as far as Layout's reach lets full-width images and grids; Page width keeps the section inside the page margins.

Options: Page width, Full width

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