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Product Promo Carousel

The Product promo carousel section highlights category promos in a split text-and-image carousel. It supports section-level heading content plus multiple promo slides with their own copy, link, image, and background style.

Shopify Theme Editor with the Product promo carousel section selected on the Home page template, showing the carousel preview in the canvas and the section settings panel with background and heading controls.

  1. Go to Online Store -> Themes.
  2. Click Customize.
  3. Open the Home page template.
  4. In the left sidebar, select Product promo carousel.
  5. Add or edit promo slides, then save.
  1. Left sidebar:
    • Shows the selected section and promo slide blocks.
    • You can add, remove, or reorder slides.
  2. Center preview:
    • Displays split slide layout with text panel + image panel.
    • Shows arrows and dots when more than one slide exists.
  3. Right settings panel:
    • Section-level controls for backgrounds and heading copy.
    • Block-level controls appear when a specific promo slide is selected.
  1. Section background: outer section background color.
  2. Carousel background: background color of the carousel component container.
  3. Heading: section title above the carousel.
  4. Subheading: supporting text under the heading.

Each Promo slide block includes:

  1. Category label: short eyebrow label above slide heading.
  2. Heading: primary message for the slide.
  3. Text: supporting description.
  4. Link: target URL for slide CTA and image click.
  5. Image: visual asset shown in the image pane.
  6. Background color: per-slide split panel background.

Important behavior:

  1. The section supports up to 12 promo slides.
  2. Slide layout alternates left/right on desktop to create visual rhythm.
  3. If no image is set, the theme can use fallback assets for known collection/blog links.
  1. Select Product promo carousel.
  2. Add a Promo slide block.
  3. Fill category label, heading, text, link, and image.
  4. Save.
  1. Drag promo slide blocks in the left sidebar.
  2. Confirm order in preview.
  3. Save.
  1. Update Section background and Carousel background to match campaign tone.
  2. Adjust per-slide Background color values for consistency.
  3. Save and verify readability.
  1. Keep headings concise so split slides remain balanced on tablet widths.
  2. Use consistent copy length across slides for smoother carousel pacing.
  3. Use high-quality, similarly framed images to avoid visual jumps between slides.
  4. Check desktop and mobile preview before publishing.

They appear only when the section has more than one slide.

Why is a different image appearing than expected?

Section titled “Why is a different image appearing than expected?”

If a slide image is blank, the theme may fall back to preset assets based on the slide link.

Why do slide layouts alternate automatically?

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Desktop slides intentionally mirror layout by index for visual variety and scannability.

  1. Verify heading/subheading copy.
  2. Check each slide link and image.
  3. Confirm desktop/mobile readability and navigation controls.
  4. Save and publish.

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