The App settings page holds the preferences that apply across your whole store in SA Variant Image Automator. Changes here apply to all products unless you set something differently on a single product.
New product
Choose what happens when you add new products to your store.
Manually enable for each product: new products start with the app off. You arrange the images in Manage product media, then switch the product's App status on. New installs start on this option.
Automatically enable for new products: new products start with the app on, as soon as you add them to your store.
When you switch from manual to automatic, the app asks Enable app for existing products? Choose Enable N products to turn it on for your current products, or Keep existing disabled to leave them off.
Hide featured image
The featured image is the main product image Shopify shows on collection pages and product listings. Because the app places Common media at the start of the product's media, the first Common media image becomes the featured image by default.
Hide featured image on product page: when this toggle is on, the first image in Common media is used only as the featured image on collection pages and listings. It does not appear inside the product page gallery. The setting applies to every product in your store. A tutorial video is available in the Setup videos page.
If you want to hide all Common media from the product page gallery, so shoppers see only the selected variant's own images, contact our support team. They can turn this on for your store. Your Common media stays on the product.
Quick view popup
Some Shopify themes open a quick view popup from the collection page, so shoppers can preview a product without leaving the page. SA Variant Image Automator does not filter images inside a quick view popup, because showing variant-specific images there is technically complex and affects performance.
Configure app for quick view: if your theme has a quick view popup, raise a request with our support team. A workaround that works well is removing the thumbnails from the popup, so shoppers see only the main image of each variant. Our team can set it up for you.
Featured product section
Some Shopify themes show a featured product section on your home page or on other pages.
Configure app for featured products: raise a request with our support team and share the URL of the page where the featured product shows. Our tech team integrates it for you. The app can run on only one product section per page, so if a page shows two, it works on just one of them.
Variant image thumbnails
A thumbnail section shows the images of the selected variant below or beside the main gallery image.
Remove single thumbnail: when a variant has only one image, the thumbnail section can take up space for no reason. Turning this on removes the thumbnail section for variants with one image. It can make the gallery look inconsistent when shoppers switch between variants with one image and with several. To have it turned on, raise a request with our support team.
Show video first
Move video to first position: when this toggle is on, a variant's video shows in the first position in the gallery, followed by its other images. The video is then the first thing shoppers see when they select a variant that has one.
Initial product image
Choose which images show when a visitor lands on a product page without a variant in the page address, for example from a collection page, a search page or a direct link.
Default behavior: most themes show the images of the first available variant.
Show only the featured images: shows only the product's first image.
Show all common images: shows all images that are not linked to any variant.
Common images except featured image: shows the common images without the first one.
Share online store password
If your Shopify store is password protected, you can share the password with the StarApps support team here. It lets us view your storefront and help you faster. You can find your online store password in your Shopify admin, and the page links to it.
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