Header

Every element in the storefront header, and the switch that turns each one off.

Theme Options → Header

Six switches, all shipped on, so an untouched install shows the full header and switching one off simply stops it rendering.

ElementSwitch it off when
Sticky headerYou would rather the header scroll away with the page.
SearchYou have few enough restaurants that browsing beats searching.
Delivery / Pickup switchYou only do one of them. Offering a choice with one option looks broken.
CartRarely. Only makes sense on a browse-only site.
AccountRarely, and never if customers have accounts — it is how they reach their orders.
Language switcherYou publish in one language — see Languages. It is drawn only when more than one language is enabled.

Delivery and Pickup

Each side of the switch has two fields: the word on the button and the page it opens. They ship as Delivery opening /restaurants/ and Pickup opening /find-location/. A link typed as a path stays on your site wherever it is installed; a full address is used as it is; leave a link empty and that side only swaps the wording, without leaving the page. Pressing a side saves the visitor's choice first, so the page it opens already reads in that mode.

Order Now

Header Button Text and Header Button Link draw the call to action on the right of the bar. Leave either empty and the button is not drawn. The demo points it at /restaurants/.

The Pages mega menu is not on this screen. It is an item of the menu under Appearance → Menus, and its panel is laid out under Mega Menus — see Navigation.

The announcement band

A strip across the very top for a notice — a launch, a closure, a promotion. Unlike the nine elements it ships off, deliberately: an update should never grow a bar across the top of a storefront that is already trading.

Its switch and its words are saved together because they are one decision. The words are content, so they are written per language, and the link accepts a web address, a mail address or a telephone number — anything else is refused rather than published.

Every control you remove is one fewer decision for a customer. A header with three useful controls converts better than nine, four of which lead nowhere. The mobile header shows the same things in less room, so it is the honest test of how many you need.

Sub-header

The band that sits above the content on a page or a blog post — the one carrying the title and breadcrumbs. Two independent decisions.

Which style each content type uses

Content typeShips asOptions
PagesClassicClassic, Modern, Hidden
Blog postsModernClassic, Modern, Hidden

They are set separately, so posts can carry a photographic band while pages stay plain. Hidden removes the band entirely and the content starts at the top.

Per-style options

Classic and Modern each have their own settings, so changing one never disturbs the other:

  • Breadcrumbs — show the trail back up.
  • Description — show the page's own description under its title.
  • Background — none, an image, or an MP4 video. The image and the video are stored independently: setting one never clears the other, and the type dropdown decides which is live. So you can trial a video and drop back to the image without re-uploading it.