Collection plates

Two to four big tiles, each one a collection: an image, the collection name in the display face, and the number of pieces in it. The whole tile is a link.

On a drop store this is usually “shop by drop” — one tile per release — rather than the category navigation it would be on a general store. It is the section that turns a drop archive into something browsable.

Section settings

Setting	Type	Default	What it does
Heading	Text	Shop by drop	Section heading.
Side note	Text	All collections	Side note on the right.
Side note link	URL	—	Makes the side note a link. Point it at /collections.
Show the result count	Checkbox	true	Show the number of products under each title.
Word after the count	Text	pieces	The word after the number — “pieces”, “styles”, “products”.
Image focal point	Select — Top / Upper / Centre / Lower / Bottom	center	What stays in frame when the tile images are cropped. Applies to every tile.
Colour scheme	Select — Default / Light / Deep	default	Which ground the section sits on.
Top spacing	Range, 0–160 px	48	Top spacing.
Bottom spacing	Range, 0–160 px	48	Bottom spacing.

Collection blocks

Up to four blocks.

Setting	Type	Default	What it does
Fallback collection	Collection	—	The collection this tile points at.
Heading	Text	—	Title override. Leave empty to use the collection’s own title.
Image	Image	—	Image override. Leave empty and the tile finds its own — see below.
Button link	URL	—	Link override. Leave empty to use the collection’s URL.
Note	Text	—	A line under the title, shown only when no collection is set on the block.

The preset ships with three blocks.

Behaviour worth knowing

The column count follows your blocks. The section counts the blocks that have either a collection or an image and lays out that many columns, up to four. Blocks with neither are skipped entirely — so an empty block does not leave a hole, it just does not render.

The image falls back three deep. Block image override → the collection’s own featured image → the featured image of the collection’s first product → a placeholder. In practice you rarely need to upload anything: set a collection image in Shopify admin and the tile picks it up.

A tile with an image and no collection is still a link. Set an image, a title override and a link override and you have a generic promo tile — useful for pointing at a page rather than a collection. That is also the case where the note field is used, since there is no product count to show.

Count accuracy. The number is the collection’s full product count, not the number currently in stock.

Responsive steps: two columns below 860 px, one below 520 px.

Tip

Three tiles is the sweet spot. Four at full width makes each one too narrow for the display-face title to have any presence, and two leaves the row looking like an unfinished Split feature. If you have more than four drops to show, link out with the side note rather than adding a second section.