Getting Started
Velocity is designed to get you from install to a polished storefront quickly. This guide covers installation and the first-hour checklist.
Installing the theme
- In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes.
- Click Add theme → Upload zip file and choose the Velocity zip. (Once Velocity is on the Shopify Theme Store you'll be able to add it directly.)
- Velocity appears in your theme library. Click Customize to open the theme editor and explore before publishing.
- When you're ready, click Publish to make it your live theme.
The first-hour checklist
1. Logo
The header and footer each have their own logo picker with a width control — set them under Header and Footer in the section list. If you use the transparent homepage header, you can also set an alternate (usually white) logo that swaps in automatically while the header is transparent.
2. Colours & typography
Open Theme settings (paintbrush icon) → Colours and Typography. Velocity uses your choices as global design tokens — every section inherits them, so two colour choices restyle the whole store consistently. See Theme Settings for the full reference.
3. Menus
Velocity reads standard Shopify navigation menus (Online Store → Navigation). Assign your main menu in the Header section. Three-level menus become dropdowns automatically; for full-width mega menus see Header & Navigation.
4. Homepage
Velocity ships with a complete demo homepage: slideshow, trust strip, collection list, featured collection, promo tiles, story, testimonials, blog posts and newsletter. Replace the demo content with your own — every section is documented in Homepage Sections.
5. Markets (optional)
If you sell in more than one country or language, enable them under Settings → Markets in Shopify admin. Velocity's currency and language pickers appear automatically in the utility bar and mobile menu once two or more are active — there's nothing extra to configure in the theme.
Understanding the editor
Everything in Velocity is merchant-editable — there is no hardcoded content. Three levels to know:
- Theme settings — global: colours, fonts, buttons, social accounts, layout mode.
- Section settings — per-section: a slideshow's height, a collection list's column count.
- Blocks — repeatable items inside a section: individual slides, testimonials, promo tiles, announcement messages. Add, remove and reorder them freely.