You can customize the row and column layout, text, links, images, and videos that display on your homepage.
Your first decision is the number of rows and columns you want to include. Then for each column, you can customize a template. For example, the page below has 3 rows. The first with 3 columns, the second with one single column stretching the page, and the third with 2 columns, one small, one large.
First, go to the Homepage editor as described in Edit your eCommerce homepage. Then you can edit as follows
Work with rows
- To add a row, click the Add Row button at the bottom of the page.
- To make the row the full width of the page, toggle the Full Width Row option on. Use this layout for creating full width Image Carousels using the system’s Template Editor. See Use the template editor for your homepage.
- To hide a row, so it is not published to the web until your changes are finalized, toggle the Visible button to off.
- To change the order of rows, click the header and drag it to the desired location.
- To delete a row, click the X icon in the row header bar. When you delete a row, all data that you entered is deleted as well.
Tip: If you accidentally delete data, you can restore it by clicking Discard All Changes.
Work with columns
Once you add a row, you can split that row into columns. The initial row is one full width column.
- To add a column, you need to resize the first one. Click and drag the resize icon
until the column is the desired width. - You can then add a column: click the add column icon
. - To reorder columns, click and drag to a new location.
- To delete a column, click the delete column icon
. When you delete a column, all data is deleted as well.
Tip: If you accidentally delete data, you can restore it by clicking Discard All Changes.
Work with content
Each cell (column within a row) represents its own unique set of content. You have two choices for how to manage this content. You can either edit the content in place using the toolbar, or you can Use the template editor for your homepage. If you use a template for the initial layout, you can still use the toolbar options described below to fine tune it.
Before you begin editing content, click the edit icon. 
To edit text
| Add/edit text | Type text directly into the content window |
| Format text | You can select text and then apply Bold or Italic formatting |
| Apply a style | Choose a paragraph or heading style  |
| Format lists | Convert paragraphs to Numbered or Bulleted lists |
| Link pages | Link text to a different web page. Type the full URL and then the text that you want to act as the link to that URL. If you want the page to open in a new tab in the browser (recommended), select the Open in new tab check box, and then click Insert.  |
To insert and edit images
- Click the Insert Image toolbar icon.
- To upload an image, click and drag it from your browser on the image rectangle, or click the rectangle and select it from the list.
- To link to an image, click the link icon and then type the full URL to the image.
- To select from an image that has already been uploaded, click the folder icon, and then choose one from the Manage Images page.
- Once the image is imported, you can click the image and then Replace or Link it.
Important: Images added to the editor are ‘responsive,’ meaning that the image will resize to the maximum width of the column (if the image is large enough). If the image is larger than the column size, it will be resized to fit and will scale as the column is manually resized via the “Resize Column” feature.
To insert video
- Click the Insert Video toolbar icon.
- Paste a URL from YouTube or Vimeo, and then click Insert.
Just as with inserting an image into the editor, the size of the video will expand and contract with the size of its containing column as the column is resized.
Manage features from Inform eCommerce
On your Home page, you can show or hide featured products and/or the image carousel. You should hide these features from Inform eCommerce if you are using the template editor to add them.
- Click the gear icon in the lower left corner.
- To hide the featured products slider, select the Hide featured products check box. Note that if you choose not to show featured products, you will not need to Choose your featured products when you configure your company eCommerce settings.
- To hide the image carousel, including the main carousel slider images and the login box, select the Hide Image Carousel check box. Note that if you choose not to show slider images, you will not need to Add slider images to your homepage when you configure your company eCommerce settings.
Save your changes
- To save your changes and publish them to your public site, click Save Changes, and then choose Save and Publish Changes.
- To save your changes periodically, click Save Changes, and then choose Save and Continue Editing. You can keep working on this or other templates until they are ready to publish.
- To stop editing and not save, click Discard All Changes. On the confirmation message that appears, click OK.
