Call-to-Action slide (Hero slider)

Note: This article is work in progress.

The ThemeWare® CMS element "Call-to-Action slide (Hero slider)" is explicitly intended for use in the CMS block "Hero slider (...)". The CMS element is not designed for use in other CMS blocks and does not work in other CMS blocks.

Important: The element is explicitly intended for use in its own CMS block. It is not designed for use in other CMS blocks and therefore cannot be exchanged or placed in other blocks.

Note: This element is only available in the ThemeWare® Pro Edition.

Configure element

You can configure the ThemeWare® CMS element "Call-to-Action slide (Hero slider)" as follows:

Click on the corresponding CMS block (1) to activate the "edit mode"
Navigate to the desired CMS element using the arrow navigation (2)
Hover the mouse over the desired CMS element
Click on the "gear" icon (3) to configure the CMS element
The "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 "Call-to-Action slide" is quite self-explanatory. The image, the text and the button text are mandatory fields. That's all you really need to configure.

General

In the tab "General" you configure the content of the element.

Image
In the section "Image" you define the background image (1) of the slide. This is a mandatory field.
Text
In the section "Text" you can enter the teaser text (3), the headline (4), the text (5) and the button text (6) for the slide. The text and the button text are mandatory fields.
Link
In the section "Link" you define the target of the teaser when it is clicked.

Note: The text area is HTML-capable. However, links <a> should not be used if the configuration "Entire element clickable" is used, as this interferes with the actual linking of the slide.

Layout

In the tab "Layout" you can configure the overlay (2), the text (3, 4, 5) in the overlay, the button (6) and a coloured overlay.

Text
In the section "Text" you can configure the font and text colour for the teaser (3), the headline (4) and the text (5).
Button
In the section "Button" you can configure the button style (the colour) and determine whether the button (6) should be filled or represented as an outline button.
Content overlay
In the section "Content overlay" you configure the overlay (2). Here you can configure the horizontal alignment and the vertical alignment of the overlay. You can also select a fade-in animation and set the width (e.g. 100%) and the maximum width (e.g. 50%) for the overlay.
With the configuration "Apply overlay styling" you can activate configuration fields for styling the overlay. Here you can set the background colour, select a box shadow and rounded corners.
Colour overlay
In the section "Colour overlay" a colour overlay can be activated and configured.

Note: Please note that the theme variables are not available in the administration. The button colour of the preview is replaced by the corresponding theme colour in the storefront.

Responsive

In the tab "Responsive" you can optimise the representation for mobile viewports. Here you can configure breakpoints for the image display mode and the text overlay.

Image
In the section "Image" you can configure the display mode of the image. With the breakpoint you can define when the display mode of the image should change (e.g. from 'cover' to 'contain'). In this way you can, for example, guarantee a minimum height in mobile viewports.
Text
In the section "Text" the breakpoint for the text can be configured. From this breakpoint on, the text overlays the image.

Slide

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Breakpoint

Image

The image of the Hero slides is usually displayed in display mode 'contain' (1). It scales, while maintaining the aspect ratio, to the full width of the slide.

Since ThemeWare® 2.1 you have the option of defining yourself whether the display mode should change to 'cover' (2) and if so, from which viewport. In the display mode 'cover' you must also configure the minimum height (3) of the slide. This determines the height of the slide and the image fills the slide while maintaining its aspect ratio. If necessary, the image is cropped (4) to fit.

Text

The text in the Hero slides usually overlays the image. In smaller viewports, this may no longer fit perfectly, especially with long texts, so the text is displayed below the image on mobile devices.

Since ThemeWare® 2.1 you have the option to define yourself whether the text should be displayed on top of the image, and if so, from which viewport.

Demo

You can find some examples of use in our demo shops:

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