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'''To preview the Showtime theme, go to http://showtime.spiffystores.com'''

The Showtime ecommerce theme can be edited in the "Theme Editor" Section of your Store Toolbox.&nbsp; The video above shows what each of the sections in your theme editor does.&nbsp; For instructions on further customizing the Showtime theme to make changes that aren't in the theme editor, scroll to the bottom of this article.<br> 

The following customizations are available in the Showtime theme;

'''Header;'''
*Upload your logo and it’s re-sized automatically
*Choose the menu that you want to display

'''Slideshows;'''
*On the home page slideshow, you can choose which products you want to display in your collection, by creating a custom collection.  You can also choose whether to to display your Hom Page text, or the text from each product that's in your slideshow
*On the collection slideshows, you can choose whether to to display your Collection Page text, or the text from each product that's in your slideshow 

'''Social media;'''
*Display social media links on product pages	
*Display social media links on blog articles

'''Site footer;'''
*Choose which menus you would like to display
*Enter custom text for the title of each menu
*Choose which payment methods you want to display to your customers.

'''Backgrounds;'''
*A choice of 32 built-in backgrounds
*Upload your own background image
*Choose the repeat/tiling method for your background image


== Showtime theme frequently asked questions  ==

'''What is the best image size to upload for product images?''' 

The Showtime theme works best with landscape images. The size of photos that digital cameras take can vary widely. A six megapixel camera will generally take photos that are 2816px wide x 2112px high, whilst a 2 megapixel camera will generally take photos that are 1600px wide x 1200px high. 

The higher the resolution, the larger the file size, so if you have a 2 megapixel camera, the photos that you would upload straight from the camera are an ideal size. They are uploaded quickly and easily, and they are re-sized by the Spiffy Stores software. 

Photos from a 6 megapixel (or higher) camera however are quite large, and can take a long time to upload. For optimum results, these images should be resized to 1600px wide before you upload them. 

It's always better to take higher resolution photos, and then re-size them down before you upload. Higher resolution cameras will generally give better results, so an image captured at 8 megapixels, and then down-sized will generally look much better than a photo that was taken at a lower resolution. 

Up-sizing images to make them larger will only make them look awful. You should avoid this at all cost. 

One final note.... all of your product images that you upload should be exactly the same size. Uploading different sized images will make your store look inconsistent and messy. Uploading different size images for a single product will make the product zoom feature jump around the page, which is quite messy!





'''How do I add comments to my blog articles?'''<br>Instructions on how to add comments to your blog articles are located in a tutorial [[Adding_comments_to_blog_articles|here]].

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== Customizations that are not in the theme settings  ==

*[[Customizing the slideshows in the Showtime theme|Customizing the slideshows in the Showtime theme]]
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