Table of Contents
- How do I turn on / off the Mega Carousel?
- How many images can I have? In what order are my they displayed?
- Can I set the carousel on autoplay?
- How do I change the carousel/slide style?
- How do I customize the colors?
- How do I change my banner images, links and title?
- What size should my carousel images be?
- How can I add a video to my carousel?
Note: Mega Carousel is a Polaris theme custom feature. BigCommerce has similarly named features which you can learn more about here:
How do I turn on / off the Mega Carousel? #
- In the theme customizer, go to the Mega Carousel section.
- Check/Uncheck Display mega carousel to toggle it on/off.
How many images can I have? In what order are my they displayed? #
- You can have up to 3 carousel images/video slides
Can I set the carousel on autoplay? #
- You absolutely can! To do so, go to the Mega Carousel section.
- Check/Uncheck Slide autoplay to toggle it on/off.
- Autoplay speed is set to change images every 5 seconds and will loop indefinitely.
How do I change the carousel/slide style? #
- In the theme customizer, go to the Mega Carousel section.
- From the Carousel style dropdown, select style from 1-4
Style 1
Style 2
Style 3
Style 4
How do I customize the colors? #
- For color customizations, click the icon on the right side to pull up the color picker.
You may also click the (+) button to enter a Hex code or use a slider instead.
How do I change my banner images, links and title? #
- In the theme customizer, go to the Mega Carousel section.
- Scroll down to the indicated image slot number and input the image URL, link, and title.
- Images are loaded in the BigCommerce image manager using partial filepaths.
Click here to view our guide on how to use Partial Filepaths. - If you don’t want to display a specific slide, uncheck where it says “Display Slide #”
What size should my carousel images be? #
Recommended dimensions are 1920×1080(16:9 aspect ratio) or better in JPEG format.
For mobile images, we recommend images with 3:5 aspect ratio, on our demo site, we’re using 447x737px images.
How can I add a video to my carousel? #
First, you need to choose which slide are you going to add the video. For example, if you would like to use a video on the 1st slide. Look for the Slide 1 settings and then change the Background Type to Video. Once done, scroll down and look for the Background Video setting and input the Video URL you would like to use.
Click here! to view our guide on how you can upload a video in BigCommerce:
