Roadie features a clean, minimalist design paired with flexible layout options—letting you showcase products, images, and content in a way that fits your unique style. Its adaptability makes it a great fit for a wide range of shops.
Quick Look: Roadie at a Glance
Ideal for: While musicians inspired the Roadie template, it is suitable for a wide range of creators. Its diverse layouts can accommodate various types of merchandise.
Core features:
- Responsive design: Optimized for viewing on any mobile or desktop device.
- Banner display: Easily set an announcement message that will be prominently displayed at the top of every page.
- Logo display: Versatile desktop layouts that can accommodate logos of all shapes and sizes.
- Desktop layouts: Customize your desktop layout as a fixed or full-width format, catering to different screen sizes.
- Adjustable navigation: Flexibly choose to showcase your desktop navigation as a header or a sidebar.
- Brand image upload: Promote promotions and sales with the Promo image upload feature, along with the ability to upload a repeating background.
- Versatile product layout: Customize your product list display as a grid or masonry layout for a visually appealing presentation.
- Product status display: Highlight the product status (Active, Coming Soon, or Sold Out) with badge options such as a circle, bar, or inline display.
- Product image zoom: Allow customers to preview finer product details with the image zoom feature.
- Expanded product sorting: Enhanced product sorting options make it easier for customers to find what they're looking for.
- Product quickview: Quick view functionality enables customers to quickly add products to their cart directly from the home or product pages.
- Text and translations: Customize buttons, navigation labels, and other system text—or translate your shop into different languages.
Explore more about Roadie below.
Image Specs
.png, .gif, .jpg .jpeg are all supported image file types. Be sure your images don't exceed 10MB.
Template Essentials
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Navigation and layout
Adjust and organize your shop’s header, footer, main navigation menus, and overall page layout to create a cohesive and user-friendly browsing experience.
Logo | Adds your logo to the header or sidebar |
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Logo image size | Sets the height of your logo in the shop header |
Shop name heading size | Sets the largest shop name size in the header for desktop, auto-adjusted for smaller screens. |
Desktop layout | Sets the overall theme layout on desktops and large screens |
Pages to show in navigation | Controls which types of pages appear in your navigation |
Pages menu style (desktop) | Controls how custom pages are shown in desktop navigation |
Show search | Displays a search field in the layout |
Desktop layout style | Sets the width of the content area of your store |
Enable layout margins | Adds spacing to the left/right edges of the layout (smaller screens and full width layouts) |
Sidebar and product details | Sets the position of sidebar (when using a sidebar layout) & product details page on desktop |
Header position | Sets the position of your logo or store name |
Uppercase text layout | Shows all text in uppercase |
Enable product grid spacing | Adds spacing around the sides of product thumbnails |
Product grid layout | The arrangement of your products on the Home and Products pages |
Product grid image size | Sets the size of product image thumbnails |
Product grid image size | Sets the display of thumbnail images |
Product grid badges | The display of your product status on the Home and Products pages |
Show quick view | Enables quick view & buttons on product thumbnails |
Product grid info | Shows a product's name & price on hover, or under the image |
Mobile product grid style | Sets the mobile product grid style |
Products per page | The number of products shown per page |
Hide Big Cartel logo in footer (premium feature) | Choose whether to show attribution to Big Cartel in your shop design |
Footer text | Show a custom message in your shop's footer. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Homepage
Design and control your homepage layout to spotlight your brand just the way you envision it.
Promo Image | Adds an image to the Home page |
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Slideshow | Adds slideshow to the homepage. Use same-sized images, recommend 1200 × 800px. Overrides hero image if both are set. |
Auto-play homepage slideshow | Automatically advances slides in the homepage slideshow |
Slideshow speed | Controls how quickly slides advance in the auto-playing slideshow |
Featured video URL | Displays a featured video on the Home page. Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and direct video links. |
Featured products | The number of products featured on the Home page |
Featured products order | The order of products on the Home page |
Products
Control the layout and display settings of your product pages, including image placement, product details, pricing, and how customers interact with your listings.
Price display | Sets how prices appear in your shop |
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Show prices for sold out products | Show the price of sold out products on product grids and product pages |
Show prices for coming soon products | Show the price of coming soon products on product grids and product pages |
Enable product image zoom | Click to open a larger version of the Product page image |
Desktop product page images | Sets the display of the Product page gallery |
Mobile product page image carousel | Choose to hide or show thumbnails on the mobile Product page carousel |
Show related products | Displays related products on Product pages |
Number of related products | The number of related products to show on the Product page |
Related products order | Top sellersThe order of related products on the Product pages |
Show sold out product variants | Shows sold out product variants in the product page dropdowns |
Show inventory bars | Shows a product's inventory amounts (when using inventory tracking) |
Show product stock alerts | Show shoppers alerts on Product pages when it's running low on stock |
Low stock alert | When stock drops below this number, a low stock message appears. "Almost sold out" at half |
Buy Now, Pay Later Messaging | Show payment options prior to checkout on product and cart pages. Learn more |
Shop announcements
Personalize the messages that appear on your shop’s announcement banners, contact page, cart page, and maintenance screen—so you can keep customers informed, on-brand, and maybe even entertained at every step.
Announcement banner | Displays an announcement message on the top of every page. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
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Contact page | Displays a message at the top of your contact page. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Cart page | Displays a message at the top your cart page when there are items in the cart. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Maintenance mode message | A message visitors see when your shop is in Maintenance Mode. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Social Media
Connect with customers by sharing your social media accounts
Supported social media links | Stay connected by adding your social links to your shop: Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Threads, X, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube, Spotify, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Bandcamp |
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Text and translations
Edit default text across your shop—like buttons, navigation links, and system messages—or translate everything into another language to better connect with your audience.
Language for text in your shop | Language to use for translations |
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Translation mode | Select how text appears throughout your shop. Automatic uses default translations; Manual allows custom edits for improved translation or messaging. |
Miscellaneous
Adjust extra template options to fine-tune your shop’s design and layout.
Background Image | Adds a fixed or repeating background image |
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Background image layout | Sets the display of the uploaded background image |
Background image style | Sets the overlay style when a background image is used |
Shop sprinkles | Add a fun, animated emoji sprinkle effect to your shop |
Steps
Heads up! If you are switching from another template, follow this guide to help you seamlessly switch to the Roadie template.
- Log in at my.bigcartel.com.
- Go to shop designer.
- Click the Themes tab in the top left corner.
- Click Roadie.
- Click Save to apply the changes or Exit to leave without saving.