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Configuration Guide for Magento PWA Studio Homepage Module: Banner Slider

This tutorial is for configuring Magento PWA Homepage Module with SimiCarts’ PWA.

For our customers who’ve been keeping tabs on us, we’ll be rolling out our configuration guides in preparation for our upcoming Magento PWA Studio Homepage Module which will drastically enhance your customization experience with PWA Studio. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about the configuration of Banner Slider.

The default Banner Slider

Adopting the latest practice from the industry, our default banner slider is simple yet effective with its own touch of flat design which is proven to drive higher user engagement.

Banner Slider on desktop
Banner Slider on mobile

Configure your Banner Slider

To begin configuring your banner slider, first navigate to SimiCart PWAHomepage ModuleBanner Slider.

SimiCart Homepage Module

The first thing that you’d see after accessing our Banner Slider configuration panel is a list of your current configured banner slider items.

SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider list

To begin configuring, click on Edit to customize your current slider or Add Banner to begin adding a new banner. 

For demonstration purposes, we’ll be editing our Shorts banner slider:

SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider Configuration Panel
  • Store View (*): The store view to which your configuration settings will be applied
  • Title (*): The title of your banner slider. This will be shown on the storefront.
  • Button Title: The text of the button shown under the banner’s title. (button will be hidden if left blank)
SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider - Button Title
Show” is the button title
  • Image: Your desktop’s slider image.
  • Mobile Image: The mobile version of your banner slider image.

– Supported image file types: jpg, gif, png, and svg – with a maximum size of 5MB.

– If no image is selected, a black background will be the default.

  • Direct viewers to (*): Choose where you want the banner to redirect users to.
SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider - Direct viewers to

+ Product In-app: Link viewers to an existing product in your store. Products are searchable by ID, name and/or SKU.

SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider - Direct viewers to - Product-in-app

+ Category In-app: Link viewers to a category in your store.

SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider - Direct viewers to - Category-in-app

+ Website Page: Link viewers to an internal or external URL.

Notes: Link must be a full and valid URL.

SimiCart Homepage Module: Banner Slider - Direct viewers to - Website Page
  • Sort Order: The expected position of this banner on your banner slider, with 1 being the first image from the left.
  • Status: Choose whether the banner image is disabled or enabled on the banner slider.

And that’s it. Click on Save and you’ll see your banner settings saved accordingly.

Stay tuned for more

The whole process of configuring and setting up banner sliders, in general, have been carefully researched and optimized by our team of experts here at SimiCart, which is why you should see that—when this PWA Studio Homepage Module of ours is delivered to you—your whole configuring and customizing experience will be that of an effortless one.

Next up on our radar are the configuration guides for:

So stay tuned for more news to come, as we’re very excited to share with you the results of our hard work. And if this is the first time that you’ve heard of this module, please keep in mind that it is free and currently open for pre-register: