Featured collection with media

Theme section

Use the Featured collection with media section to display products from a selected collection with a promotional image or video.

• Select a collection to feature its products

• Add either a featured image or featured video block

• Display products as a grid or single-row slider

• Change the layout for both desktop and mobile

Tip See the Featured collection section for an alternate style to feature your collection’s products.

Set up section

Add this section to your template and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.

Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Select a Template to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.

   Learn how to use templates in our Templates guide.

2. Under Template, click (+) Add section and select Featured collection with media.

3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to re-order your sections.

Select featured collection

Select a Collection to display with adjustable rows and columns.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection with media section.

2. Use the Select collection button find the collection you want to feature.

   We recommend collections with at least 4 products.

3. Click Save.

Set up featured media block

The featured media appears beside the collection products. By default, the section displays the Featured image block. You can delete this block to add the Featured video block instead.

Featured image block

Upload images for both desktop and mobile, add an image overlay, and add headings and a button.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Under Featured collection with media, click Featured image block to open the settings.

2. Select an Image

   There are no required images dimensions. We simply recommend images have a minimum width of 2500px for optimal quality across all devices.

3. (Optional.) Upload a Mobile image to show only on mobile devices.

You can use an alternate image to accommodate for re-sizing, cropping, and overlay text on mobile screens. For example, you might use an image with a portrait orientation instead of landscape.

1. For the Media fit, choose to Fill the entire block with your image or Contain the image within the block to display its original shape.

   The Fill option may crop the edges of your image to show it full-sized. The Contain option avoids any cropping by re-sizing the image to fit within the block.

2. If the media fit is set to Fill, select an Image focal point to specify the main focus of your image and avoid unwanted cropping when the section adapts to different screen sizes.

   Select From image to use the focal point set for the image when used anywhere on your store. To change the focal point, click the Edit button on the preview of the uploaded Image. To set the focal point of the image for only this section, select Center, Top, Bottom, Left, or Right.

3. Choose to add a Background link to make the entire image a clickable link that points to a different page.

4. In the section settings, you can change the position, height, and width of the featured media.

5. Click Save.

Featured video block

Display an autoplay video (without audio) as the section media. Add the Featured image block, set the Video focal point, and choose to add a Background link to the entire video.

The background video requires .mp4 video file. For the best experience, we strongly recommend using a 5 to 10 second video under 10MB.

File Format	.mp4 video (required)
File size	Maximum 10MB (recommended)
Duration	5 - 10 seconds (recommended)

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Under Featured collection with media, click the delete button (trash can) to remove the Featured image block.

2. Click (+) Add block and select Featured video.

3. Click the Featured video block to open the settings.

4. Under Shopify video, click Select video.

   Select a .mp4 video, or click Add videos to upload a .mp4 video file.

5. Select a Video focal point to specify the main focus of your images. The focal point will remain centered and within frame when your site adapts to different screen sizes.

6. Choose to add a Background link to make the entire video a clickable link that points to a different page.

7. In the section settings, you can change the position, height, and width of the featured media.

8. Click Save.

Color overlay

Apply a color or gradient Tint over the featured media block. Increase or decrease the Tint opacity and select custom Colors for the tint and text.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured video or Featured image block to open the settings.

2. Under Image overlay, use the Tint opacity slider to change the transparency of the overlay.

   Set the opacity to 0% to turn off the overlay color. If set to 100%, the overlay will be opaque and the featured media will not be visible.

3. For the Tint style, choose to use a Solid overlay color or Gradient overlay for the tint.

   The gradient style fades across a range of hues. Select one of four options to change the angle and direction of the gradient.

4. Select the Override with custom colors option to change the Text and Tint colors to be different from the overlay colors in your theme settings.

5. Click Save.

Block headings and button

Add heading text to overlay the media block, and add a button to link to another page.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured video or Featured image block to open the settings.

2. Set Maximum text width between 150 and 500 pixels.

   Use this setting to control the line breaks of your headings and text.

3. Add Accent text to show a small heading above the main section heading.

   Select Show accent divider to add a border line under the accent heading. Select an Accent divider color to use the Theme color (as selected in the theme settings) or the Current color (as selected in the section settings)color in the theme settings.

4. Add Heading text to display as the section title.

   Change the Heading size from small (1) to large (8).

5. Add Text to display below the section heading.

   Change the Text size from small (1) to large (8).

6. Select or paste a URL for the Button link and enter text for the Button label.

   Select a Button style: Primary button (Solid), Secondary button (Solid), Tertiary button (Outline), or Text. The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now). To learn more, read "What is a Call to Action?"

7. Click Save.

Change section layout

Customize the layout of the collection products and featured media.

Collection layout

Select how many columns and products to display, and choose to show products in a Grid or single-row Slider.

When Quick View or Quick add are enabled, customers can add products to their cart without leaving the page.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection with media section to open the settings.

2. Use the slider to set the Maximum number of products to display from your collection. Between 3 and 6.

   The products will display in the sort order as set in your Shopify admin settings. Learn more about admin settings for your collection pages layout ↗.

3. Select the Number of columns on desktop to show per row on desktop screens: either 2 or 3 columns.

   Product image sizes will change according to the number of columns. On smaller browser sizes, the product grid may show fewer columns to adapt to the window width.

4. Choose to Enable slider on desktop and mobile to show a single-row of products that rotates, instead of a grid.

5. Click Save.

Media layout

Select the position of the featured media, and change the media height and width.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection with media section to open the settings.

2. Select the Desktop position to display the featured media either to the Left of products or Right of products.

3. Change the Desktop width of the featured media as a percentage of the section width: between 25% and 50%.

4. Set the minimum Desktop height of the featured media: between 300 and 500 pixels.

5. Select the Mobile position to display the featured media either Above products or Below products on mobile devices.

6. Change the minimum Mobile height of the featured media: between 300 and 500 pixels.

7. Click Save.

Add section content

Add text content and an optional button to the section.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection with media section to open the settings.

2. Enter Accent text to display a small label above the heading.

3. Enter Heading text to display a section title.

4. Enter Subheading text to display below the heading.

   Use the formatting buttons to add text styles, links, or lists. To learn more, see Shopify's Rich text editor guide ↗.

5. Set Maximum text width between 150 and 500 pixels.

   Use this setting to control the line breaks of your headings and text.

6. Select or paste a URL for the Button link and enter text for the Button label.

   Select a Button style: Primary button (Solid), Secondary button (Solid), Tertiary button (Outline), or Text. The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now). To learn more, read "What is a Call to Action?"

7. Click Save.

Settings reference

Block settings

Click (+) Add block to find and select the following blocks.

Block	Description
Featured image	Add a background image with headings and button to display next to the collection products.
Featured video	Add a short autoplay video with headings and button to display next to the collection products.

Section settings

Click the Featured collection with media section to find the following settings.

Header content

Setting	Description
Center header content	Display headings in the center above the section. Uncheck this option to align headings to the left.
Accent	Add text to show a small heading above the main section heading.
Heading	Add text to show a main heading above the section.
Subheading	Add text to show a subheading below the main heading.
Maximum text width	Set the maximum width of heading text between 400 and 1000 pixels.
Button link	Select or paste a URL to show a button that links to your collection page.
Button label	Enter call-to-action text to display as the button label. The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now).
Button style	Choose a style for the button. Select Primary button (Solid), Secondary button (Solid), Tertiary button (Outline), or Text.

Collection

Setting	Description
Select collection	Select a collection to display its products.

Collection layout

Setting	Description
Maximum number of products	Set the maximum number of products to display within in the section: between 3 and 6.
Number of columns on desktop	Choose how many products to show per row on desktop screens: either 2 or 3 columns.
Enable slider on desktop	Display products in a single-row carousel that visitors can click through to view more.
Enable slider on mobile	Display products in a single-row carousel that visitors can swipe left and right view more.

Media layout

Setting	Description
Desktop position	Choose to display the featured media either Left of products or Right of products.
Desktop width	Change the width of the featured media as a percentage of the section width: between 25% and 50%.
Desktop height	Set the minimum height of the featured media: between 300 and 500 pixels.
Mobile position	Choose to display the featured media either Above products or Below products.
Mobile height	Set the height of the featured media: between 300 and 500 pixels.

Section style

Setting	Description
Top spacing	Increase or decrease the amount of space above the section.
Bottom spacing	Increase or decrease the amount of space below the section.
Enable animation	Choose whether to display visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section. See the Animation guide to learn more.

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Related links

Featured collection Product listing settings Collection pages Shopify collections guide ↗