4) Header & Footer (Elevate) Print

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In your control panel, go to Storefront > My Themes, and click the blue "Customize" button to launch Theme Editor.

In the left hand column of the Theme Editor, click the panel labelled 'Header & Footer'.

Header

Show Sticky Header Select to change if header, logo and buttons follow you down the page as you scroll
Header background color that appears behind the logo

 

Logo

Logo position aligns the logo left, center or right along the header. Affects both image and text logos.
Logo image size adjust the size of the logo to be the Original (as uploaded), Optimized for the theme, or Specify Dimensions. If Specify Dimensions is selected, two boxes for max height and width will appear, allowing you to enter dimensions. When you enter either dimension, it will automatically adjust the opposite dimension to maintain the image’s original aspect ratio. The Optimized option’s size is 200 x 100 pixels.
Logo font size size of the font used for text logo
Logo text color color of the font used for text logo

 

Utility Navigation

Text color color of the top-right links including Search, Login and Cart
Text hover color color of the top right links when a cursor hovers over them
Cart Dropdown Limit sets the number of items shown in the cart dropdown in top right
Cart dropdown background color of the drop-down when Cart is clicked
Cart dropdown border color of border around the drop-down when Cart is clicked
Cart counter background color of the icon that appears next to the Cart link when an item is added
Cart Icon Color color of the cart icon in top right
Cart Counter Text Color Color of the cart item count number in top right

 

Main navigation

Main menu background color of the main menu background
Hide links to web pages toggles the visibility of web page links from the category navigation menu
Text Font Family sets the font family of the main navigation buttons
Title Font Size sets the font size of the main navifation buttons
Text color color of the top navigation text
Text hover color color of the top navigation text when a cursor is put over them
Dropdown menu background color of the drop-down when a category has subcategories
Dropdown menu border color of border around the drop-down when a category has subcategories
Dropdown menu display mode sets the display Multi-Column menu or Simple Dropdown (display depth of 3)
How many columns across page in dropdown menu sets the amount of columns across the page in which the muli-column menu spans.
Quick search background color of the background of the quick search area (appears when you click search in the header)

 

Footer

Logo

Hide Footer Logo toggles the visibility of the logo in the footer
Footer Logo Image Size adjust the size of the logo to be the Original (as uploaded), Optimized for the theme, or Specify Dimensions. If Specify Dimensions is selected, two boxes for max height and width will appear, allowing you to enter dimensions. When you enter either dimension, it will automatically adjust the opposite dimension to maintain the image’s original aspect ratio. The Optimized option’s size is 200 x 100 pixels.
Footer Logo Font Size sets the font size of the text based logo if not using the image version
Footer Logo Text Color color of the text based logo in footer
Footer background color of the background of footer area
Footer Text Font Family sets the font family of the footer text
Footer Text Font Size sets the font size of the footer text
Footer Text Color color of the text used in footer
Footer Link Color color of links in footer
Footer Link Hover Color color of links when cursor hovers over them in footer

 

Bottom Footer

Hide Bottom Section toggles the visibility of the bar at very bottom of site
Footer Bottom Section Background color of the background of the footer bar at bottom of site

 

Footer Navigation Menu Links

Elevate supports a customizable menu in the footer which allows you to set up to 8 custom links and custom link names. See screehshot below:

Hide Footer Navigation Menu toggles the visibility of the navigation buttons in footer under logo
First Navigation Menu Name set the name of the first link
First Navigation Menu Link set the url of the first link
Second Navigation Menu Name set the name of the second link
Second Navigation Menu Link set the url of the second link
Third Navigation Menu Name set the name of the third link
Third Navigation Menu Link set the url of the third link
Fourth Navigation Menu Name set the name of the fourth link
Fourth Navigation Menu Link set the url of the fourth link
Fifth Navigation Menu Name set the name of the fifth link
Fifth Navigation Menu Link set the url of the fifth link
Sixth Navigation Menu Name set the name of the sixth link
Sixth Navigation Menu Link set the url of the sixth link
Seventh Navigation Menu Name set the name of the seventh link
Seventh Navigation Menu Link set the url of the seventh link
Eigth Navigation Menu Name set the name of the eigth link
Eigth Navigation Menu Link set the url of the eigth link

 

Footer Webpages Menu

Elevate supports a second menu in the footer to also place up to 3 custom links:

Hide Footer Webpages Menu toggles the visibility of the webpages menu in footer
First Webpage Name set the name of the first link
First Webpage Link set the url of the first link
Second Webpage Name set the name of the second link
Second Webpage Link set the url of the second link
Third Webpage Name set the name of the third link
Third Webpage Link set the url of the third link

 

Newsletter Settings

Hide Newsletter toggles the visibility of newsletter section in footer
Newsletter Title set the text above the newslrtter subscribe box 

 

Display settings

Hide Social Links toggles the visibility of social links in footer
Hide Address toggles the visibility of address in footer
Hide Payment Icons toggles the visibility of payment icons in footer
Show “Powered by BigCommerce” toggle the link back to BigCommerce.com
Show All Rights in Footer toggle visibility of "All Rights Reserved" in footer bar
Show Sitemap in Footer show the sitemap link in footer
Show ©, current year and store name toggle the © details in the footer

 

Payment icons

American Express, Discover, Mastercard, PayPal, Visa enable or disable card and/or PayPal icons
Apple Pay button color This allows you to set the color style for Apple Pay button. The Apple Pay button only displays on certain browsers.

 

GeoTrust SSL

SSL common name Enter your SSL Common Name for a GeoTrust SSL seal that appears in the footer. The common name is the domain name you entered when purchasing the SSL certificate. If you purchased through BigCommerce see Account Dashboard for more information.
Seal size change the size of the seal displayed in the footer to Medium or Small

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