Header & navigation

Everything here lives in Blast Studio → Header & menu.

Header layouts

Six header designs ship with Blast. Pick one with Header layout; each is a complete design rather than a skin — dropdown behaviour, spacing and mobile behaviour are tuned per layout.

Design	Character
Classic	Brand left, links centre-left, actions right. Solid and timeless — always a safe default
Centered	Links perfectly centred between brand and actions. Balanced and editorial
Floating glass	A glass bar floating above the page with a soft blur. Modern and airy
Island pill	The whole navigation sits in a rounded floating pill. Distinctive and product-like
Morphing capsule	The header morphs as you scroll — links compress into a capsule
Notch mega menu	A notch-style header with a wide mega-menu. Built for stores with many categories

Header background: where the layout supports it, choose transparent until scroll — the header sits on the hero, then gains a solid surface as you scroll — or always solid.

Scroll progress bar: available on the Morphing capsule layout.

The screenshots use the Notch layout

In Blast's screenshots the header capsule is charcoal in both modes. That is deliberate for the Notch variant — a dark island with light text inside it. If you prefer a header that follows the page, choose Classic, Floating glass, Island pill or Morphing capsule.

Dropdown styles

Choose how menu dropdowns look: Simple list, Icon grid or Cards. The icon grid and card styles are what make a store full of categories feel organised — each item gets an icon and a short description.

Menu items

Menu items decides what the main navigation shows.

Option	Result
Store menu only	Home and Shop, using your real Paymenter categories
Custom groups only	Only the groups you build yourself
Store menu + custom groups	Both — recommended for most stores

The visual menu builder

When you use custom groups, Menu builder opens a visual editor — no JSON, no code. For each group you can set:

• a label, optional URL and icon
• a heading for the dropdown panel
• any number of links, each with label, URL, description, icon and a badge such as New or Sale
• an optional feature card at the side of the dropdown: title, text, image and button

Groups appear in the order you arrange them.

Header buttons

Setting	Result
Header button label	An optional highlighted button in the header, for example "Get started". Leave empty to hide
Header button URL	Where that button points

Top bar

A slim utility bar above the header, off by default.

• Top bar text — a short message.
• Top bar links — one per line as Label | URL | icon. Up to six.
• Top bar social icons — reuses the social links from your footer.

Announcement bar

A dismissible announcement strip. Options: text, badge, link label and URL, one of four styles (Blue light, Charcoal, Gradient glow, Outline) and whether visitors can dismiss it. Dismissals are remembered per visitor.

One message at a time

The announcement bar is for a single clear message. If you need more than one, keep the most important one here and use homepage sections for the rest.

Language, theme toggle and account

Setting	Result
Language / currency switch	Show or hide the switcher in the header
Light / dark toggle	Show or hide the visitor-facing theme toggle
Login / Register labels	Rename the sign-in buttons

Mobile behaviour

On phones the header collapses to a logo, the account avatar and a menu button. The menu opens as a full sheet with grouped links and the header button. Signed-in customers get their account menu from the avatar exactly as on desktop; guests get Login and Register inside the menu.

All six layouts share the same mobile behaviour, so switching desktop layout never surprises your phone visitors.

Footer

In the Footer panel:

• Footer layout — Brand + columns, Newsletter + wordmark, Minimal or Centered.
• Footer columns — automatic (products, support, legal), custom, or both. Custom pages set to appear in the footer get their own column; rename it with Pages column title (default Explore).
• Footer fine print — optional small text under the bottom bar for company registration, VAT number or price notes.
• Newsletter — point the form at your own mailing-list provider. Blast never stores e-mail addresses. Leave the form URL empty to hide the block.
• Status link — an optional footer link with a coloured dot for your status page, in green, amber or red.
• About and social — description line, social profiles, legal links and copyright.
• Oversized wordmark — an optional large decorative footer wordmark.
• "Powered by Paymenter" — can be shown or hidden.