Venue 10: When growth opportunity knocks, you’ll be ready.
Starting an online business is not for the faint of heart, however, success is waiting for those willing to roll up their sleeves and stick it out.
It can take months of effort and toil, but eventually, you’ll achieve something special: Growth.
When growth happens, it is exhilarating.
In this crucial moment of your business journey, a challenge is put down, will you be able to capitalize on your hard-fought progress or become just another flash in the pan?
To succeed, every element of your business needs to come together and evolve in unison to meet the demands of growth.
The last thing you need at this point is a Shopify theme lagging behind, unable to keep up - hindering the opportunity.
Instead, be prepared with Venue, a Shopify theme that is ready to grow right along with you.
In the latest update, Venue has expanded on its growth-supporting capabilities with brand-defining features along with powerful added functionalities to take your store where it needs to go.
Here are some selected highlights:
All new mega menus
Whether your customers visit your store on desktop or mobile, you can now greet them with a navigation setup that rivals any ‘big-money’ custom-built menu out there. Building a store that compares with the mega brands has never been easier. When growth comes, you’ll look the part.
Navigating your store will become a breeze, customers will leisurely browse all that you have on offer and easily find their way to the product that they want.
If you're adding new product collections or optimizing your customers’ journey to boost sales, Venue's mega navs offers an unparalleled range of customization options to get your menu exactly as you need it to be.
With options including:
Multiple unique menus - use a trigger word to build a unique mega menu on any header link
Visual and/or text-based menus - you can hide/show text or image links in the menus with one click
Menu positional and size settings - almost infinite design options - wide, narrow, with images, just text - it’s all there
Sequential mobile/drawer menus - display the same promo/collection images in the drawer as on desktop - don’t punish your mobile visitors
Special links - deceptively simple but powerful. Turn any link a unique color in seconds (hint make your ‘Sale’ link red to catch the eye of your visitors)
A common weak point in Shopify stores is the mobile/drawer menu, despite mobile being the largest driver of sales. Don’t hinder your growth but offering a weak mobile solution.
Venue 10 flips this on its head by providing a mobile/drawer menu that is just as intuitive and powerful as the desktop version plus the addition of thoughtful mobile-specific features. Shopping on mobile should feel effortless, look stylish and get visitors buying quickly - Venue 10 gives you all of this and more:
The mobile/drawer navigation maintains and equals the beauty and functionality of desktop - all mega menu promo images and collections are present and correct. With the addition of helpful buttons to point customers to your main collections as they thumb through. Venue undoubtedly gives you one of the most powerful drawer navigations yet seen in the Shopify theme store.
Scrolling Text and Icons
Ready to elevate your branding and have fun while doing it?
Catch your customer’s eye with a brand-new scrolling section that is filled with flexible design options sure to get your creative juices flowing :
As your store grows, generic branding and messaging simply won’t cut it, so we’ve gone all out on this one to ensure you have the settings and options that you need to wow your customers.
We’ve also made it super easy for you to upload any icon you need to this section. Don’t have any icons for your business yet? Head over to streamlinehq.com and take your pick from thousands of free ones. Here’s our help article on how you set this up.
Craft a completely original scrolling section with an array of design options including:
Powerful text options - text size, outline text, bold, capitalize - keep your brand’s typography consistent
Background images - create your own wallpaper, or highlight a specific lifestyle image
Preloaded background patterns - simple and subtle, or bold as hell - you’ll find a pattern to suit your brand
Gradient and text backgrounds - everyone loves a gradient, so retro but so futuristic too - add some delight
Custom SVG icon uploads - we preloaded some incredible icons for your convenience but you can add your own to keep everything on brand
To elevate your store even more, the Scrolling Text and Icon section is available within the Header section group, how’s that for a powerful storewide announcement option? We can’t wait to see what you do with this great new section.
Redesigned Collection List
A staple of e-commerce stores, the collection list is a highly functional part of most stores, it serves the purpose of showing your customers exactly what you have on offer.
However, functionality isn’t everything, especially as your brand begins to gain traction, to convince customers to buy, you will be expected to push the boat out for them, otherwise, your collections will get a quick glance at best before the (potential) customer moves on.
With Venue 10 you can now blend the function of a collection list with powerful design elements, allowing your collection list to become not only a useful placeholder for your collections, but a beautiful element of your store’s overall design, that will peak your customer’s attention.
Desktop and mobile carousels - if your prefer grid or swipe we have you covered - why not A/B test it? See which design drives growth best?
Powerful layout options - gapless layout, width options, top and bottom padding - you can make this section fit seamlessly with your store’s design
Text and media blocks - create a promo/call to action/advert in the middle of your collection blocks - whatever you call it, it’s another great tool to help you sell more products
Content options - you can turn on/off any element in your collection blocks, or you can even override all/any content. You have ultimate control on how your collections are presented to the world
First, let the Collection List capture your customer’s attention and then direct them exactly to where you want them to go. The power is in your hands.
Full release notes
Here’s a list of everything we’ve included in Venue 10.0 release:
Added
New recipient field on gift card products
New ‘Follow on Shop’ button in footer
New scrolling text and icons sections
New blockified header with 2x mega menu types
New navigation drawer design with the ability to display mega menu images
New feature to colorise specific links in the main navigation (i.e red for 'Sale')
New collection list section design with promo blocks
Fixes and other improvements
Improved complimentary products block logic
New custom swatch code for improved page loading
Improved text layout for items in side filter
Improved header links on touch devices
Redesigned simple dropdown menus
Header border now available on all pages
Custom icon code field added to various blocks and sections
Improved hover feedback and option on header navigation