Section variants

Section variants are alternate versions of your main section with custom content intended for different audiences. Go to the Smart sections page to create section variants and assign audiences.

Add section variants of main section

Before creating section variants, you must first install and add a section to your theme.

You can create multiple section variants, designed for multiple audiences. The main section added to your theme will appear by default.

Steps

  1. Select the theme and template where you added the main section.

  2. Click Add section variant for the main section.

  3. Enter a name to help you remember which audience the section variant is for.

  4. Click Add variant.

Customize section variants

When added, section variant duplicate the content and settings of the main section. You can then edit the section variant's content and styles to tailor them to an audience.

Steps

  1. Click Customize variant to open the section variant in the theme editor.

  2. Edit the content and styles as you would any section.

  3. Click Save.

Enable Smart section app embed

To enable section variants in your theme, you need to enable the Smart sections app embed.

Steps

In your theme editor

  1. Click the App embeds icon in the editor side panel.

  2. Toggle on "Smart Section Variations" app embed.

  3. Click Save.

Assign audiences to section variants

Once your section variants are ready, you can assign an audience to activate the section variant. The section variant will automatically display to visitors that match the rules of the assigned audience.

Steps

  1. Go to the Smart sections page.

  2. Select the theme template where you added the main section.

  3. Click the edit button in the Audience column.

  4. Select the audience you created.

  5. Click Done.

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