> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://webibazaar.gitbook.io/cello-documentation/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://webibazaar.gitbook.io/cello-documentation/sections/multicolumn.md).

# Multicolumn

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The **Multicolumn** section allows you to display multiple content columns in a structured grid. Each column can include an image, heading, description, and optional button.

It is useful for showcasing:

* Promotional offers
* Product categories
* Key features
* Benefits
* Services
* Marketing highlights

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Recommendation Size**\
Multicolumn banner image size: 356x278
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## How to Add Multicolumn Section

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**Steps**

1. From your Shopify Admin, go to **Online Store → Themes**.
2. Click **Customize** on your Cello theme.
3. Open the page where you want to add the Multicolumn section.
4. Click **Add section**.
5. Select **Multicolumn** from the available sections.
6. Configure the section settings such as **Heading, Description, Image Width, Columns, Layout, and Spacing**.
7. Click **Add Column** to add content to the section.
8. Add an **Image, Subheading, Heading, Description, and Button** for each column as required.
9. Repeat the steps to add additional columns.
10. Adjust the **Desktop and Mobile Layout** according to your requirements.
11. Click **Save** to publish your changes.
    {% endhint %}

<table><thead><tr><th width="306">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Heading</td><td><p>Add the main heading for the Multicolumn section. </p><p></p><p>For visual guide show <a href="#heading"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Heading size</td><td><p>Choose the size of the section heading.</p><ul><li>Small</li><li>Medium</li><li>Large</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td><p>Add supporting text below the heading.</p><p></p><p>Use a short description to explain the content or promotion. </p><p></p><p>For visual guide show <a href="#heading"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Description style</td><td><p>Customization of the "Description style" in the Multicolumn section is as follows:</p><ul><li><strong>Body</strong> — Standard text style.</li><li><strong>Subtitle</strong> — More prominent supporting text.</li><li>Uppercase</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Image width</td><td><p>Choose how wide the column images should appear.</p><ul><li>One-third width of column</li><li>Half width of column</li><li>Full width of column</li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#image-width"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Image ratio</td><td><p>Choose the aspect ratio of the column images.</p><ul><li>Adapt to image</li><li>Portrait</li><li>Square</li><li>Circle</li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#image-ratio"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Number of columns on desktop</td><td><p>Set how many columns are displayed on desktop devices.</p><p>You can show a minimum of “3” and a maximum of “5” columns.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Enable carousel on desktop</td><td>Enable this option to display the columns as a carousel on desktop. This is useful when you have more columns than you want to display at once.</td></tr><tr><td>Image alignment</td><td><p>Choose the alignment of the image within the column.</p><ul><li>Left</li><li>Center </li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#image-alignment"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p><p><strong>Note:</strong> This setting does not apply when <strong>Image width</strong> is set to <strong>Full width of column</strong>.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Content alignment</td><td><p>Choose how the text and button content inside each column is aligned.</p><ul><li>Left</li><li>Center</li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#content-alignment"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Content position</td><td><p>Choose where the column content is displayed in relation to the image.</p><ul><li>Above image</li><li>Below image</li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#content-position"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p></td></tr><tr><td>Button label</td><td>Enter the text for the section-level button. Leave blank if you do not want to display a button. </td></tr><tr><td>Button link</td><td>Add the destination URL for the section-level button. You can link to a product, collection, page, or other URL.</td></tr><tr><td>"View all" style</td><td><p>Choose the appearance of the <strong>View all</strong> link/button. </p><ul><li>Link</li><li>Outline button</li><li>Solid button</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Section background color scheme</td><td><p>Select the color scheme used for the Multicolumn section background and text.</p><p>You can change the background and foreground color of a section using the color scheme.</p><ul><li>Scheme 1</li><li>Scheme 2</li><li>Scheme 3</li><li>Scheme 4</li><li>Scheme 5</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Mobile layout</td><td><p><strong>Number of columns on mobile</strong></p><p>Choose how many columns are displayed on mobile devices.</p><ul><li>1 Column</li><li>2 Columns</li></ul><p>For visual guide show <a href="#number-of-columns-on-mobile"><mark style="color:blue;">screenshot</mark></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Enable swipe on mobile</strong></p><p>Enable this option to allow customers to swipe through the Multicolumn content on mobile devices.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2F1B3Cjk7jvo9Ul7JAemqo%2Fmulticolumn.png?alt=media&amp;token=c583ebe2-0f4e-47ee-90df-2fa1c0d1493d" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

## Section Settings Screenshot

#### Heading

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FvzW4bGOggLiV0lBHeWis%2Fheading.png?alt=media&amp;token=fbcebe83-ec18-4035-b739-eef0505c3832" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Heading</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Image width

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FGc0M6e5Fid711OST9sZd%2FImage%20width%20--%20full%20width%20of%20column.png?alt=media&amp;token=cc4cf749-c679-4467-85d9-bf4c38578253" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image width — Full width of column</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FrbnlyT8G5ZZcPyc9ELX7%2FImage%20width%20-%20half%20width%20of%20column.png?alt=media&amp;token=152ed503-f575-4a06-aec5-080e4f3f9bcb" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image width — Half width of column</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FUflFx3l3sRSackHcxgR1%2FImage%20width%20-%20one%20third%20width.png?alt=media&amp;token=8be404ed-7c1e-4e58-9d2d-5355ec585f6b" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image width — One third width of column</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Image ratio

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FH3XFCtSnXPOpMlxLVjGg%2FImage%20ratio%20-%20adapt.png?alt=media&amp;token=6ebf9722-d9fe-46b7-a21a-86777a77ba83" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image ratio — Adapt to image</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2Ftxtc86hpQrHYBxVjF4Sp%2FImage%20ratio%20-%20portrait.png?alt=media&amp;token=0fe2b624-6525-4e5c-9f1c-b2e101d65d9a" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image ratio — Portrait</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FcIqTTMLgQEqBbuMuMtMb%2FImage%20ratio%20-%20square.png?alt=media&amp;token=f02aca09-ac8f-44a0-87c1-e6639bcc5718" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image ratio - Square</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FlDhlYwy7QC1qyBCRawsy%2FImage%20ratio%20-%20circle.png?alt=media&amp;token=1b1918bc-0c77-4d4d-aa5b-87db412ee26e" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image ratio — Circle</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Image alignment

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Note:** This feature will not work when "Image width" is full width of column.
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<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FbPEaXxsNXFZQ1YEasFrr%2FImage%20alignment%20-%20left.png?alt=media&amp;token=54777daf-b4b6-48b0-bd94-8c33cf6c25d0" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image alignment — Left</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FqyKDUYVShHpkfI6AqqZX%2FImage%20alignment%20-%20center.png?alt=media&amp;token=ff929d3e-8d17-4976-a5af-a635e9140386" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Image alignment — Center</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Content alignment

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2Fu7mLaoUvf4EOEfTdOssH%2FContent%20alignment%20-%20Left.png?alt=media&amp;token=8aba026e-207c-49a9-9968-6c095d3ed0dc" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Content alignment — Left</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2Fmef6MStxzkJarOEdLlFT%2FContent%20alignment%20-%20center.png?alt=media&amp;token=0a6c5c96-a43c-4c48-b11f-4636c0fdf560" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Content alignment — Center</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Content position

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FZ72Hqx0Q0eMAEhZr9N0l%2FContent%20position%20%20-%20below.png?alt=media&amp;token=1979003e-cbd9-4d18-a8e5-12fde0623af1" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Content position — Below image</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FISMLEr4Ije5rw4eQlZ5j%2FContent%20position%20-%20above.png?alt=media&amp;token=b03e6a65-0ec2-4088-b3f4-542eb2b0de14" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Content position — Above image</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

#### Number of columns on mobile

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FRpqvSBImd2Kl33gjjKuj%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=931de930-73a7-41ca-9195-3eaa366e8b47" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Number of columns on mobile — 1 Column</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FQ8hSxSNLrwYYWSp8Fbba%2FNumber%20of%20columns%20on%20mobile%20-%202%20column.png?alt=media&amp;token=e4093a92-778c-41fa-b113-3948a9178150" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Number of columns on mobile — 2 Column</strong></p></figcaption></figure></div>

## Add Column

To add column to the Multicolumn section, click on the 'Add column'.&#x20;

Each column can be customized independently with its own image, text, and button.

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="282">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Color</td><td>Choose the background color of the individual column/card.</td></tr><tr><td>Enable text color</td><td>Enable this option to use a custom text color for the column content.</td></tr><tr><td>Text color</td><td>Select the text color used inside the column. This setting is available when <strong>Enable text color</strong> is enabled.</td></tr><tr><td>Image</td><td><p>Add an image to the column. </p><p></p><p>Use high-quality images with a consistent style for a professional appearance.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Subheading</td><td>Enter a short introductory text displayed above the column heading.</td></tr><tr><td>Heading</td><td>Enter the main title for the column.</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Enter supporting content to explain the offer, product, feature, or service shown in the column.</td></tr><tr><td>Description style</td><td><p>Choose the appearance of the column description.</p><ul><li>Body</li><li>Subtitle</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Button label</td><td><p>Enter the text displayed on the column button. </p><p></p><p>Leave blank to hide the button.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Button link</td><td>Add the destination URL for the column button.</td></tr><tr><td>Button style</td><td><p>Choose the appearance of the column button.</p><ul><li>Link</li><li>Outline button</li><li>Solid button</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div data-with-frame="true"><figure><img src="https://959312205-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F28lMEJOSKsqmdpx3Cfa4%2Fuploads%2FODvnNVEblRmfDhMphVCf%2Fmulticolumn-blocks.png?alt=media&amp;token=3ae34644-6b08-41b9-8b9a-d6ba4f3e3411" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

##

## Best Practices

✔ Use **3–5 columns** for a balanced desktop layout.

✔ Keep headings **short and clear**.

✔ Use **consistent image sizes** across columns.

✔ Keep descriptions **brief and easy to scan**.

✔ Use clear **action-based button labels**.

✔ Use **1–2 columns on mobile** for better readability.

✔ Enable **carousel or swipe** when displaying many columns.

✔ Avoid adding too much text to each column.

✔ Use contrasting colors to keep text **easy to read**.

✔ Update promotional columns regularly to keep the section fresh.
