The header is a crucial element of your online store, serving as the primary navigation point and brand identifier. This guide will walk you through the various settings available to customize your header and create a seamless shopping experience.
Logo
- The logo is an essential part of your brand identity, and can be customized in size, position, and style to fit the overall design of your store.
- Your logo appears in the header on all pages and on the password page.
- Logo images can be up to 300 pixels wide.
Customize your logo:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, and click Customize.
- Click Theme settings.
- Click Logo. In the Logo area, hover over the logo Select image. You have 3 options:
- To use an existing image from your Shopify admin, click on an image to select it.
- To use an image from your computer, click Upload. Select the image you want to use from your computer. The image will be automatically selected after the upload is finished.
- To select a free image, click Explore free images, search for or click on an image to select it.
Customize your favicon image: A favicon is a small icon that appears in the browser tab next to your website's title.
- In the Logo area, hover over the favicon image.
- Click the image.
- You will have 3 options to select your favicon image
- To use an existing image from your Shopify admin, click on an image to select it.
- To use an image from your computer, click Upload. Select the image you want to use from your computer.
- To select a free image, click Explore free images, search for or click on an image to select it.
Note that the favicon image will be scaled down to 48 x 48 px.
The header top is the area at the very top of your store's pages, and can be customized with color options, text content, and other interactive elements.
To customize the colors:
- You can select a pre-made color scheme for your header top, or you can create a new color scheme by going to Theme settings > Add Scheme.
- Once in the color scheme customization page, you will be able to customize:
General | Background, Background Gradient, Text, Link, Link Hover, Border, Block title |
Theme Library | Color, Text on primary color |
Input | Background, Border, Text |
Button | Background, Border, Text |
Input, Button shadow | Shadow |
Optional: You can also enable auto-playing content on the header top, or enable the "country/region selector" and "language selector" to appear.