Creating Banners

Learn how to create banners for your storefront.

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Written by Olga Tereshina
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To add a new banner:

  1. Go to your store's section for banner management.

    • X-Cart 5.5.x:

      In your store's Admin area, go to Design > Banners.

      Then click the New banner button.

    • X-Cart 5.4.x and earlier:

      In your store's Admin area, go to Content > Banners and click the New banner button.

    This opens a section where you can define the settings of your banner.

    • X-Cart 5.5.x:

    • X-Cart 5.4.x and earlier:

  2. Adjust the settings:

    • Location: Choose one of the locations available

    • Position: If several banners are in one place, specify the banner position in the row.

    • Banner name: Specify the banner name here (mandatory field).

    • Categories: Choose one or several category pages to display the banner (optional).

    • Display on product pages: If you enable this checkbox, X-Cart will display the banner on all product pages of the selected category in the storefront. The option does not work if no category is selected.

    • Static pages: Choose one or several static pages to display the banner (optional).

    • Memberships: Choose memberships to limit banners to customers with these membership levels.

    • Show on home page: If enabled, the banner will display on the home page.

    • Show banner's pagination: If enabled, the banner pagination is displayed.

    • Show navigation arrows: If enabled, the pagination arrows are displayed.

    • Display this banner as parallax block: If enabled, your online store will use the image assigned to this banner in the "Banner images settings" section as a background that scrolls down slower than the page's main content. The picture for a parallax block should be big enough to fit the height and width of the page it's used at. If you do not set a parallax image, the banner will use the first one for the parallax effect. The parallax block will not display HTML banners.

    • Width, px: You can specify the width of the banner here. We recommend leaving this field empty for the image banners.

    • Height, px: You can specify the height of the banner here. We recommend leaving this field empty for the image banners and setting only the height for HTML banners.

    • Animation speed, in seconds: Specify the preferred animation speed in seconds in this field.

    • Delay in seconds: Specify the preferred delay in seconds in this field.

    • Rotation effect: Choose one of the available rotation effects for the banner.

    • Enabled: If enabled, the banner displays in the storefront.

    Recommended banner parameters for Retina and 4k displays:

    • image size 3840ั…880 px

    • JPG format with a 50%-80% compression

    • file size 100-300 kb

    You can use tools like ImageOptim and TinyPNG for banner optimization.
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  3. Click Save or Save & Close. The new banner will be added. You will be able to see it in your store's list of banners.

    • X-Cart 5.5.x:

    • X-Cart 5.4.x and earlier:

After creating a new banner you can add its content as described in the article Managing Banner Content.

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