Presets

A preset is a pre-configured arrangement of sections, settings, and content that the theme loads when a new store installs Lacquer or resets to defaults. Presets are starting points — replace placeholder content and adjust settings to fit your store.

What ships in v1.0.0

Lacquer 1.0.0 ships with a single preset:

Default preset

A drop-model brand register. Configured around:

• Home template — Slideshow hero, Featured collection (latest drop), Image with text (founder note), Multirow (process story), Featured product (hero product), Newsletter signup.
• Product template — product.editorial.json (gallery-left editorial layout) is the default product template.
• Collection template — Filter sidebar, sort options, 12-products-per-page grid.
• Color scheme — Scheme 1 (Stage) as the default.
• Typography — IBM Plex Sans + IBM Plex Mono.

The preset's sample copy and placeholder images are tuned to the theme's intended register. Replace them with your own product photography, copy, and configuration.

Future presets

Additional presets will ship in future minor versions. Planned:

• Apparel preset — Optimized for cut-and-sewn apparel labels. Heavier on Multirow and Image-with-text, lighter on spec tables.
• Hard-goods preset — Optimized for tools, hardware, and instruments. Specification tables and product gallery prominent; spec depth as content.
• Single-edition preset — Optimized for stores selling a single edition at a time. Featured-product as the homepage primary surface.

How presets work

Presets are JSON configurations stored in the theme's config/settings_data.json. When a store installs Lacquer for the first time, the theme loads this preset. Subsequent changes (additions, edits, deletions) overwrite the preset configuration but the preset file remains available as a reset point.

Resetting to preset

To reset your theme to the preset configuration:

1. From the Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes.
2. Find the Lacquer theme in the Theme library.
3. Click Actions → Delete, then reinstall Lacquer from the Theme Store.

Caution: Reinstalling loses all customization. Export your settings via Actions → Edit code → config/settings_data.json before deleting if you want to preserve customization to reapply.

Notes

• Presets are not templates. Templates are per-page layout files (product.json, collection.json); presets are global initial configuration.
• A preset can include multiple template variants. Lacquer's preset ships with both product.editorial.json and product.drop.json available.
• Switching between presets is not currently supported in-editor. Future versions may add a preset-switcher; until then, presets are install-time only.