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The Simple ecommerce theme is a responsive Spiffy Stores theme which dynamically adjusts for all screen sizes and devices. Your shop will look great… whether you’re on a desktop, laptop, tablet or a smart phone. [http://simple-ecommerce-theme.spiffystores.com Preview the theme], and resize your browser to see it in action! 

The theme includes many features including Yotpo product reviews, currency conversion, a customisable widescreen slideshow with captions and links, featured links, image galleries, Parallax banners, Facebook comments, wish lists, social media integration, blog excerpts and integration with Mad Mimi, MailChimp or Campaign Monitor. 

As with all of our themes, we've added in as much customisation as we can, but if you fund that you would like some things chnages, please contact us for assistance.

== Getting started - Before you start to customise your theme  ==

==== 1. Create your collections  ====

You will find that it's difficult to customise your store and it's menus until you have created some collections for your products. Collections are a way to organise your products by grouping them into categories. You can base these categories on similar product criteria, prices, sizes, styles – it's up to you! You create your collections in the "Collections" section of your store's Toolbox. 

You'll need to create at least one collection like "Best sellers", and add products to it for your products to show up on your home page.

==== 2. Add your collections to your top menu  ====

Once you have created your collections, you will need to add them to your store's menus in the "Store menus" section of your Toolbox. If you don't do this, your collections will go unseen by customers visiting your store. By adding a link to your new collections in your store’s top menu, you’ll make the collection visible, and give your visitors easy access to all the great products you've added to it. [[Simple Theme -  your store's header|Click here for instructions on how to edit your store's built-in drop-down menu]].

==== 3. Add a few products to your store ====

The next step is to get a few products set up in your store. Trying to modify an empty store means that you can't preview many of the features that are built in to the theme. &nbsp;Make sure you add your products to one of the collections that you have created. &nbsp;If you don't, they won't show up in your store. 

Once you have completed these three main steps, you can then move on to setting up your theme.

== Customising your theme  ==

* [[Simple Theme - your store's header|Your store's header]]
** [[Simple Theme -  your store's header|Currency conversion]]
** [[Simple Theme -  your store's header|Uploading your logo]]
** [[Simple Theme -  your store's header|Editing the announcement]]
** [[Simple Theme -  your store's header|Selecting the menu to appear at the top of your store]]
* [[Simple Theme - updating your home page|Updating your home page]]
** [[Simple Theme - updating your home page#Editing_your_slideshow|Editing your slideshow]]
** [[Simple Theme - updating your home page#Displaying featured products on your home page|Displaying featured products on your home page]]
** [[Simple Theme - updating your home page#Displaying featured collections on your home page|Displaying featured collections on your home page]]
** [[Simple Theme - updating your home page#Displaying blog articles on your home page|Displaying blog articles on your home page]] 
** [[Simple Theme - updating your home page#Displaying an Instagram feed on your home page|Displaying an Instagram feed on your home page]] 
* [[Simple Theme - selecting & modifying your colour scheme|Selecting &amp; modifying your colour scheme and layout]] 
* [[Simple Theme - your store's footer|Your store's footer]]
** [[Simple Theme - your store's footer|Editing the text in your footer]]
** [[Simple Theme - your store's footer|Selecting the menus to display in your footer]]
** [[Simple Theme - your store's footer|Social media links]]
** [[Simple Theme - your store's footer|Connecting your email subscriber form]]
* Collection pages
** [[Simple Theme - Adding featured collections on collection pages|Adding featured collections on collection pages]]
** [[Simple Theme - Creating banner images on collection pages|Creating banner images]]
* Product pages
** [[Simple Theme - Product image sizes|Product image sizes]]
** [[Simple Theme - Product page options|Product page options]]
** [[Simple Theme - displaying tabs on product pages|Displaying tabs on product pages]]
** [[Simple Theme - Creating banner images on product pages|Creating banner images]]
* Blogs & Pages
** [[Simple Theme - Creating banner images on pages, blogs, and articles|Creating banner images]]
** [[Simple Theme - adding an image gallery|Adding an image gallery]]
** [[Simple Theme - adding images to pages and blog articles|Adding images to pages and blog articles]] 
** [[Simple Theme - enabling Facebook comments|Enabling Facebook comments on blog articles]]
** [[Simple Theme - Protecting your contact form from spam|Protecting your contact form from spam]]
* Marketing & SEO
** [[Simple Theme - enabling a Popup Window|Enabling a Popup Window]]
** [[Simple Theme - setting up Yotpo reviews|Setting up Yotpo reviews]]
* [[Simple Theme - Customising your password page|Customising your password page]]
* [[Simple Theme FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]
* [[Simple Theme Changelog|Changelog]]