Category teaser (Advanced)
The ThemeWare® "Category teaser (Advanced)" automatically displays category data (name and image) from Shopware's category management and links to the respective category. It is the extended variant with a content overlay and more styling options. You can use the teaser in other CMS blocks too. Just try out different blocks (for example with a different number of columns) to personalise your Shopping Experience.

Important: This element is only available in the ThemeWare® Pro Edition.
Configure element
You can configure the ThemeWare® "Category teaser (Advanced)" as follows:
Click on the corresponding CMS block (1) to activate the "edit mode"
Hover the mouse over the desired CMS element
Click on the
"gear" icon (2) to configure the CMS elementThe "Element Settings" pop-up will open
Make the desired changes
Save your changes
You have now configured the CMS element.

Configuration
The configuration of the "Category teaser (Advanced)" is quite self-explanatory. The category is a mandatory field. The category data (name and image) is displayed automatically. Optionally, you can manually override the title and the image.
General
In the tab "General" you configure the content of the element.
Category
In the section "Category" you select the desired category. The name (2) and image (1) of the category are automatically displayed in the teaser. The link automatically points to the selected category.
Content
In the section "Content" you can enter the title (optional), the subtitle, the badge text (3) and the CTA text. If the title is left empty, the name of the selected category is displayed automatically.
Image
In the section "Image" you can optionally set a custom image to be displayed instead of the category image. You also configure the display mode (Cover/Contain/Stretch), the minimum height (default:
340px) and the accessibility settings (alt text, decorative image).Link
In the section "Link" the link is automatically set from the selected category. You can configure whether the link should open in a new tab and whether the entire teaser should be linked.

Layout
In the tab "Layout" you can configure the padding, the border radius, the background colour, the badge, the title, the subtitle, the CTA, the content overlay, image effects, hover effects and a coloured overlay.
General
In the section "General" you can configure the padding, the border radius and the general background colour.
Badge
In the section "Badge" you can configure the badge style, the badge colours and the badge position.
Title
In the section "Title" you can configure the font, the font weight, the text transform and the text colour of the title.
Subtitle
In the section "Subtitle" you can configure the font and the text colour of the subtitle.
CTA
In the section "CTA" you can configure the background (toggle to activate), the background colour, the drop shadow and the text colour of the CTA.
CTA hover effects
In the section "CTA hover effects" you can select a CTA hover effect: none, arrow slide in, CTA slide in up, arrow and CTA fade in.
Content overlay
In the section "Content overlay" you can configure the background colour, the background effect (backdrop effect), the vertical alignment, the horizontal alignment and the full width (toggle) of the content overlay.
Image effects
In the section "Image effects" you can configure various image effects: blur, brightness, contrast, grayscale, opacity, saturate and scale.
Hover effects
In the section "Hover effects" you can select a hover effect (grow, slide-in-down, slide-in-up, hover-reveal) and determine whether the CTA should only be shown on hover.
Coloured overlay
In the section "Coloured overlay" a coloured overlay can be activated and configured. You can configure a colour, a gradient, the angle and a hover effect for the coloured overlay.
SEO & Pagespeed
In the tab "SEO & Pagespeed" you can configure the HTML tag and the HTML tag class.
Advanced
You can select each HTML element of our teasers using the appropriate CSS classes. If you want to use your own CSS classes, you can insert them in the "Advanced" tab.
Fields are available for CSS classes of the element, the title, the subtitle, the badge and the CTA.
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