Common settings
Find the correct place first
Section titled “Find the correct place first”Open Pawglade through Online Store → Themes → Edit theme (called Customize in some interfaces). Shared settings are in Theme settings. Header, Footer, and product-page content are in Sections. Click Save after each change and reopen the actual page to check it.
| What you want to do | Where to start | Full guide |
|---|---|---|
| Add an invitation or bold offer popup | Sections → Overlays → Marketing popup | Marketing popup |
| Replace the logo or homepage menu | Sections → Header → Logo / Menu | Logo and brand images, Header |
| Change fonts, brand colors, or spacing | Theme settings → Typography / Colors / Card tints / Layout | Colors, fonts, and layout |
| Change product image hover and missing-image appearance | Theme settings → Product cards | Product cards |
| Keep search and cart accessible on phones | Theme settings → Mobile header / Mobile navigation and search | Mobile navigation |
| Configure cart recommendations, empty-cart collections, or order notes | Theme settings → Cart | Cart |
| Add a customer note to a product | Theme settings → Product note | Product note |
| Configure product-page recommendations | Product recommendations in a product template | Product recommendations |
| Change the collection header image and introduction | Collection → Page header in a collection template | Page headers |
Mobile navigation: keep browsing, search, and cart accessible
Section titled “Mobile navigation: keep browsing, search, and cart accessible”- Open Theme settings → Mobile header and begin with Show Menu, Show Search, and Show Cart on. Show Account requires customer accounts to be enabled in your store.
- To use bottom navigation, open Mobile navigation and search and enable Show Home, Show Shop, and Show Cart as needed. These switches control the bottom bar; they do not automatically disable header icons.
- Use Bottom navigation visibility = Always show for the first check. Once the links work, choose Show when scrolling up if preferred.
- In the same group, select your own Featured search collection for the search panel before a query is entered. Leaving it blank shows the search prompt, without connecting a demo-store collection.
- Save, switch to mobile preview, and test the menu, search, and cart. Keep at least one search entry point, and check the actual page around 375 px wide for overlap.
The bottom Shop link always opens all products rather than following Header’s menu destination. You can initially keep Floating search button = Off in Mobile floating tools. Avoid enabling several duplicate floating controls before assessing the layout.
Product cards: image interaction and missing images
Section titled “Product cards: image interaction and missing images”Open Theme settings → Product cards. Hover effect = Fade to second image uses an additional product image; without a usable second image, it uses a subtle zoom. Missing image style offers Illustration and Typography, affecting only cards without a main image.
After saving, check cards with images, cards without images, and mobile cards on a real collection page. Phones do not rely on pointer hover. See Product cards for all options. The current panel does not provide global switches such as Show vendor or Show product rating.
Social links: add the address, then check Footer
Section titled “Social links: add the address, then check Footer”- Open Theme settings → Social media.
- Enter a complete profile address for each platform you actually use, such as Instagram URL. Leave unused platforms blank.
- Return to Sections → Footer and keep Show brand on. If you added a Brand position content block, open it and enable Show social links, then check where that brand area appears.
- Save, open the storefront footer, and click each social icon to check its destination.
| Setting | Default | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instagram URL | Empty | Complete URL | Instagram profile link |
| Facebook URL | Empty | Complete URL | Facebook profile link |
| TikTok URL | Empty | Complete URL | TikTok profile link |
| YouTube URL | Empty | Complete URL | YouTube channel link |
| Pinterest URL | Empty | Complete URL | Pinterest profile link |
These addresses provide links only. They do not fetch posts or follower counts. Configure a separate content section if you want to display images.
Cart: choose products before adding a spending goal
Section titled “Cart: choose products before adding a spending goal”- Open Theme settings → Cart and select your own Recommendation collection. Show complementary products controls recommendations when the cart contains items.
- Choose the collections to display under Featured collections and keep Show collections when the cart is empty on.
- Enable Enable order note if you need a note for the whole order. This is separate from Product note, which belongs to an individual item.
- Keep Goal type = Off without a real offer. For an existing offer, first create the matching shipping or discount rule in Shopify admin. Then enter Minimum spend, Goal currency (ISO code), and Goal conditions, and confirm I have checked this goal against my store policy.
- Save and check the empty cart, a cart containing items, recommendation links, and order notes. Also verify spending-goal offers during actual checkout. Reaching the progress target does not create an offer in the admin.
Recommendations exclude unavailable products and products already in the cart. The area can be absent when no suitable products remain. Both cart and product-page recommendations may use the name Complete the look, but their settings and sources differ.
Product notes: start with a simple store-wide setup
Section titled “Product notes: start with a simple store-wide setup”- Open Theme settings → Product note and enable Show product note.
- Set Show the note field on = All products and enter the name you need in Note label, such as Gift message.
- Optionally fill in Note placeholder, set Note maximum characters, and enable Use a multi-line note field for longer input.
- Save, enter a note on a real product page, and add the product to the cart. Confirm that its note stays with that item. If a product has an individual setting that hides notes, check the Product note guide.
To show notes only on selected products, complete the individual-product setup in the full guide first. Selecting Selected products (metafield) alone does not make the field appear automatically.
Before launching
Section titled “Before launching”- Homepage, menu, collection, product, and empty-cart links lead to your own content.
- At 375 px wide, the menu, search, and cart work without floating controls covering buttons.
- Check the purchase path for ordinary, sold-out, variant, and personalized products separately.
- Free-shipping, discount, return, and countdown wording matches real rules.
- Reopen pages after saving to check desktop and mobile results. Verify store transaction settings separately from theme display.
If a setting is missing, first check whether you need Theme settings or a section, and which template is open. For further help, use the support page with the setting location, actual result, and screenshots.