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Settings reference

Every setting category, what its fields do, and which templates have it.

Settings are grouped into categories in the editor sidebar. Which categories a template has — and what they are called — depends on the template, so this page lists each template’s categories by their exact names in the editor.

Categories, by template

Template Categories in the editor sidebar
Simple Preloader · Media · Content · Slideshow · Typography · Countdown · Video · Email · Password · Copyright · Social · SEO & Analytics · Advanced
Duo Content · Hero Images · Colors · Video · Email · Copyright · Social · SEO & Analytics · Password · Advanced
Minimal Content · Colors · Typography · Email · Password · Social
Countdown Content · Countdown · Background · Colors · Typography · Email · Password · Social
Split Hero Content · Hero Image · Progress Bar · Social Proof · Colors · Typography · Email · Password · Social
Video Hero Content · Video · Colors · Typography · Email · Social · Password
Product Showcase Images · Badge · Content · Highlights · Launch Date · Colors · Typography · Email · Social · Password
Same names, different settings insideEvery template uses the same short names for what they share (Email, Password, Social), but what sits inside a category varies with the design. The sections below are grouped by what a setting does rather than by any one template's layout.

Which features exist where

Feature Simple Duo Minimal Countdown Split Hero Video Hero Product Showcase
Heading & body copy ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Logo ● ● — ● — ● ●
Background image ● ● — ● ● ● —
Color controls ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Font family ● — ● ● ● ● ●
Email signup ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Password wording ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Social links ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Copyright ● ● — — — — —
SEO & Analytics ● ● — — — — —
Custom code ● ● — — — — —
Countdown timer ● — — ● — — —
Video ● ● — — — ● —
Rotating images ● ● — — — — —
Image gallery — — — — — — ●
Preloader ● — — — — — —
Progress bar — — — — ● — —
Social proof counter — — — — ● — —
Highlights list — — — — — — ●
Badge — — — — — — ●
Simple and Duo carry the extrasSEO & Analytics, Copyright, and Advanced exist only on Simple and Duo — the two original templates. On the five Pro templates, use the built-in Insights for measurement instead.

Content

The words on the page.

Field Notes
Page header / Headline The main heading. Defaults to “Coming Soon” — change it.
Page content / Body content A rich-text field with bold, italics, links, and lists.
Subtitle Plain text under the headline (Minimal, Countdown, Video Hero).
Product name / tagline Product Showcase’s equivalent of headline and subtitle.
Field Notes
Logo image No wider than 500px. Paired with Logo max width to scale it down.
Favicon 32 × 32 px. The icon in the browser tab.
Background color Used when no background image is set.
Background image 1680 × 1050 px works well.
Mobile background image Simple only. A separate image for narrow screens, so a wide hero does not crop badly.
Overlay color A color laid over the background image to keep text readable.
Hero image Duo (up to three, rotating) and Split Hero (one).
Product images Product Showcase — up to four, shown as a gallery.

Colors

Most templates expose a small, deliberate palette rather than every color individually.

Field Notes
Text color Body copy.
Headline / heading color Where the headline is set separately from body text.
Accent color Links, underlines, and highlights.
Button background / hover / text The signup button’s three states.
Input background / border The email field.
Gradient start / end Minimal and Split Hero, when no image is set.

Click any color field to open a picker, or type a hex value.

Typography

A Font family dropdown of system fonts, grouped into sans-serif and serif. Simple also has Font color, Link color, Link hover color, and Text shadow, which is worth turning on when text sits over a photograph.

To use a font that is not listed, see Using a custom font.

Email

Field Notes
Show email signup form Turns the form on. On Simple this is Check to enable the email signup form.
Email placeholder The gray text in the empty field.
Button text The submit button’s label.
First / last name placeholder Duo only — it is the only template that collects names.
Form action URL Leave blank to use the built-in list. Set it to send signups to Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or another service instead.
Hidden fields Comma-separated key=value pairs sent with a third-party form, such as a Klaviyo list ID.

See Collecting email signups and Third-party email services.

Password

These control the wording of the password prompt, not whether it is on. Turning password protection on happens in Settings → Password Protection.

Field Notes
Password field placeholder Gray text in the empty password field.
Password submit button text The button’s label.
Password link override text Leave blank for a lock icon. Enter text to show words instead — often clearer.

Social

Show social media links plus a URL field per network. Empty fields are not rendered, so only the networks you fill in appear.

Simple and Duo cover Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Vimeo, and TikTok. The Pro templates carry a shorter list — typically Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok or YouTube.

Enter full URLs (https://instagram.com/yourbrand), not handles.

Simple and Duo only. A Show copyright? checkbox and a Custom copyright text field that accepts HTML, so you can include a link.

SEO & Analytics

Simple and Duo only. Page title, page description, Facebook Pixel ID, and Google Analytics GA4 code. See SEO, Facebook Pixel, and Google Analytics.

Countdown

Simple and Countdown. A checkbox, a date and time picker, and — on the Countdown template — five color fields for the timer’s appearance. See Countdown timer.

Video

  • Simple — Show embedded video plus a YouTube or Vimeo embed code field. Paste the whole <iframe> block.
  • Duo — a Full YouTube link and a Video button color; the video opens behind a play button rather than playing inline.
  • Video Hero — a Background video URL (MP4, under 5MB), a poster image, a background image fallback, and an overlay color.

Slideshow

Simple rotates a set of background images (Background slider). Duo rotates up to three hero images. Use images of the same dimensions, or the transition jumps.

Preloader

Simple only. A brief loading animation before the page appears, with a configurable line color and background color.

Worth turning off unless your page has a heavy background image — on a fast page it adds a delay rather than hiding one.

Progress bar and social proof

Split Hero only.

  • Progress bar — a label, a percentage, and three colors.
  • Social proof counter — a count and a label. Both are free text and display what you type; they are not connected to your actual signup numbers.

Highlights and badge

Product Showcase only.

  • Highlights — a heading plus up to five bullet points.
  • Badge — the “Coming Soon” pill over the product image, with its own text and colors.

Advanced

Simple and Duo only, and requires the Premium plan. Custom CSS and custom JavaScript — see Custom CSS and JavaScript.

Still stuck?

Email [email protected] with your store's .myshopify.com domain and what you were trying to do. Most replies go out within one business day; over a weekend it can take longer.