How to customize your store

Getting started

It's easy to customize your storefront colors. Open up the Store page in your Hotplate portal and navigate to the Storefront tab. You'll see something like the following:

On a desktop view, you can see a preview of your storefront side by side with the customization controls, making it easy to instantly preview changes. On mobile, you'll just navigate to the bottom of the page and select "Preview Storefront" to see a preview of your latest storefront changes.

Setting colors from the defaults

We provide some default colors for you to choose from as well as the ability to set your own custom colors. Here is an example with a dark green theme color and a black header background color:

Setting your own custom colors

Hotplate lets you set your own custom colors using hex codes. Hex codes are essentially just numbers that websites use to represent colors. If you have already done some digital or branding work, you may already know your hex codes. Hex codes always start with a # and are usually 6 characters long.

You can see in the example above a hex code being used for a custom header backgrond color.

Figuring out your brand’s hex colors from your logo

If you have a logo or an image that you want to use as the palette for your storefront. You can use  this online tool  to extract the hex colors from the image and paste them in!

Here is what it looks like when I upload the Hotplate logo:

Then I click on the hex colors to copy and paste them into my settings:

Now my storefront’s colors match my logo!

Adding images

You have two images you can add to your storefront: your Header image and your Profile image. Your header image will replace the text in the storefront header (in this case, it will replace “Ben’s Bakery”) and your profile photo will appear at the top of your storefront.

Here is what it looks like after I upload Hotplate’s logos:

Adding more content!

In another section of your settings, “Content”, you can add even more to your Hotplate storefront! This can include an about section, FAQ’s, additional links, and social media links.

Make sure to click the "Save Changes" button on the bottom of the page to apply your latest storefront settings to your live storefront.

You’ve now made your storefront your own!