Understanding Hero Content Block Setting Options

The Hero content block is meant to allow you to spotlight a large image and message for visitors

The hero image on your website is often the first visual element a visitor sees, acting like a virtual 'welcome mat. It sets the tone for your website and plays a key role in capturing visitors' attention, reflecting your brand's identity, and prompting further exploration of your site.

A well-chosen hero image attracts attention, creates a strong first impression, and encourages users to engage more with your content.

Most desktop screens are at least 1200px wide so hero images should be at least this wide as well - we can downscale them if needed but you can't upscale images without making them pixelated. See more about image sizes here.

The Hero Block

The Hero content block has a number of settings and layout options. The hero can be a set image with or without text, or you can create a slideshow of images and text. For more information on turning a Hero into a Carousel (slideshow) click here.

If you click on the cog/gear icon to the left of the hero, you can adjust a few settings that apply to the hero slides, whether you have one image or a carousel.

Most notably, you can set the height. There are 3 options available:

• Fit Content: This is the default and often the best option. It will fit the height of the text content. This isn't great for carousels since they auto-advance and can cause the content below on the page to jump as text varies from slide to slide. If the image is taller or there is little or no text you may want to use one of the next two options. 

• Set Fixed Hero Height in Pixels: This will fix the height regardless of the width of the viewer's screen. Keep in mind that this means it can be very tall on a mobile device.

• Maintain aspect ratio: This option keeps the proportions of the image regardless of the screen size. This means on mobile devices the image can be very short. One risk is that some text may overflow the available space on mobile. If you'd like to maintain the aspect ratio, you can either use very little text to better fit mobile or you can ask us to help hide either the main title or subtitle on mobile.

Each of the slides also has its own settings which are managed using the orange toolbar at the top right of the slide.

Hover your mouse to see a description of each icon. Here are the options (listed from left to right):

• Toggle the layout options to the left. The hero has 3 layout options that arrange the alignment of text and the hide/show of a foreground image.

• Expand/contract image to be full-width or bounded.

• Set a background image. This is the large image in the hero and should be landscape orientation.

• Set a foreground (inset) image or embed/video. You will need to choose a layout option that includes the foreground image in order to make this visible.

• Set a button to link to a specific URL. The default for the button is left-aligned. If you would like it to be centered, please let us know at help@locable.com as this needs to be adjusted in the code.

• Configure slide specifics like text background options, slide background color (if no background image), font color, and custom classes.

• Delete the slide. This will only delete the specific slide you are actively viewing. If you have multiple slides set up, the other slides will not be deleted with this action.

• Toggle the layout options to the right.

For inspiration on custom design elements that can be applied to Hero Blocks, check out our Design Lookbook.