Our new theme, Reflex, is fully customizable and allows you to use any major theme design options on your site.
Building on our work with flex block, our team has been hard at work on our newest theme, Reflex. Reflex is a fully customizable theme with extensive options for site menu styles, gallery page styles, mobile controls, and more.
If you are building a new site, we recommend starting with Reflex, as it will give you the most customization options. This article will showcase some of these new options.
How to access the Reflex theme
- Design: Navigate to your site's Design panel
- Theme: Navigate to the Theme panel
- Change theme: Select Change Theme
- Reflex: Reflex will be the first theme at the top of the theme selector page
- Preview Theme: Click Preview Theme, then Try This Template to preview the theme on your site. Then click Save Changes to apply the theme to your site
Reflex Site Menu options
From the Design panel, navigate to Site Menu & Footer to access all Site Menu design options.
From this section, you can switch between different Site Menu styles, all of which have their own unique design options.
- Menu Layout: Choose between Top (pictured), Top Centered, Floating, and Sidebar
- Site Menu Options: Change design settings for the currently selected Menu Layout, including mobile display options
- Scroll down to view additional design options
- Footer: Edit your site's footer text
- Colors: Edit your site menu's colors, the options are different depending on which Menu Layout you have selected
- Scroll down to access all Site Menu Typography design options
Reflex Gallery Pages options
From the Design panel, navigate to Gallery Pages to access all design options for Gallery Pages.
From this section, you can switch between different Gallery Layouts, all of which have their own unique design options.
- Gallery Layout: Choose between Grid (pictured), Stacked, or Horizontal
- Options: Change design settings for the currently selected Gallery Layout. These options are different depending on which Gallery Layout you have selected
- Scroll down to access Color and Typography settings
Reflex Collection Pages options
From the Design panel, navigate to Collection Pages to access all design options for Collection Pages.
From this section, you can switch between different Collection Page Cover Image Layouts.
- Options: Edit your Collection Pages' general design settings here, including Cover Image Layout, where you can choose between Square, Landscape, and Masonry
- Colors: Edit your Collection Pages' colors. You can then scroll down for Typography options
Reflex mobile design options
Mobile design options for Reflex at this time are available for your Site Menu, similar to some of our other popular themes. We continue to improve upon and add more functionality and support for mobile design.
Custom Pages on Reflex
Custom Pages are the same across all themes, due their customizable nature. There are no Reflex-specific Custom Pages design options. That said, we recommend using our Flex Block on Custom Pages, as this will provide you with the most flexibility.
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