Custom Design

Add a Custom Design to change the look and feel of a category and all assigned product pages, including the content blocks and page layout. You can customize a category page for a promotion or to increase sales by differentiating the category from others. For example, you might develop distinctive design for a brand or special line of products.

To create a custom category design:

1.

If the parent category of the selected category has already been customized and you want to use same settings, set Use Parent Category Settings to “Yes.”

2.

To apply the custom design to all the products assigned to the category, set Apply to Products to “Yes.” Otherwise, the customization applies to only the category page.

3.

To apply a different theme to the category, select the theme you want to use from the Custom Theme list.

4.

To apply the category design to a specific range of time, click the calendar to select both the Active From and Active To dates. Otherwise, the design will take effect when you save the changes to the category.

5.

Click the Save Category button to save your changes.

• Field Descriptions

  Field	Scope	Description
  Use Parent Category Settings	Store View	Causes the current category to inherit the design settings from the parent category. Options: Yes / No
  Apply to Products	Store View	Applies the custom settings to all products in the category. Options: Yes / No
  Custom Theme	Store View	Applies a custom theme to the category.
  Active From	Store View	The beginning of a date range that specifies the first day the theme is to be used in the store. The date can be entered or selected from the calendar.
  Active To	Store View	The end of a date range that specifies the last day the theme is to be used in the store. The date can be entered or selected from the calendar
  Page Layout	Store View	Applies a different layout to the category page. Options: No layout updates Pre-selected by default, and does not apply layout changes to the category page. Empty Use to define your own page layout.(Requires an understanding of XML.) 1 column Applies a one-column layout to the category page. 2 columns with left bar Applies a two-column layout and left sidebar to the category page. 2 columns with right bar Applies a two-column layout and right sidebar to the category page. 3 columns Applies a three-column layout to the category page.
  Custom Layout Update	Store View	Updates the theme layout with custom XML code.