Home Page (Portobello)
Configure the home page and hero banner features in this section. In your control panel, go to Storefront > Themes, and click the blue "Customize" button to launch Theme Editor. In the left hand column of the Theme Editor, click the panel labelled 'Home Page'
Carousel
Show Carousel Slides
Check this option to show the slides that you have set up in your store Control Panel ( Storefront > Home Page Carousel).
Show Carousel Arrows
Check this option to show navigation arrows to the left and right of the carousel, to move back or forward through the slides.
On smartphones this setting has no effect, slides can be swiped left or right.
Carousel Content Alignment
Align the text content in the overlay of the carousel slides to the left, center or right of the container.
Products
Configure the number of products displayed for the Featured Products, Most Popular Products and New Products Panels, or disable the panel so that it no longer displays on the home page.
Blog Articles
Check this option to enable a panel on the homepage which will display latest articles in your blog. It will pull in thumbnail images from each post if they exist.
The number of posts displayed is dependent on the Number of Blog Posts setting for the home page. The Columns setting assigns the number of columns on the desktop view in the frontend.
The number of posts displayed is dependent on the Number of blog posts on home page setting. The Home page blog post columns setting assigns the number of columns on desktop view.