
Ranger is our rugged template that’s been field-tested for durability. Feature your products and categories with big, bold images - giving your potential customers a straightforward way to shop confidently.
Quick Look: Ranger at a glance
Ideal for: Ranger is perfect for sellers who want their products 'On sale' to grab attention and for those who want to showcase their product categories for a seamless shopping experience
Core features:
- Style & Branding: Choose from preset palettes or tailor colors to match your unique branding.
- Bold Header Display: Showcase a large header image with adjustable height to make a strong visual impact.
- Feature products branding: Choose which products to feature and customize homepage greetings and button text.
- Browse by collections: Display categories on the homepage for easily browsing.
- Dynamic welcome: Upload a welcome image and accent it to narrate your brand story visually.
- Social Media Integration: Add links to your social profiles, making it easy for customers to connect with you.
- Custom Banner Messaging: Add announcements, slogans, or promotional messages to highlight key info on your shop pages.
- Product image zoom: Let customers get a closer look at your items.
- Text and translations: Customize buttons, navigation labels, and other system text—or translate your shop into different languages.
Explore more about Ranger below.
Image Specs
.png, .gif, .jpg .jpeg are all supported image file types. Be sure your images don't exceed 10MB - Ranger supports a small logo image.
Header image | 300 x 100 pixels |
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Welcome image | 1200px by 800px |
Template Essentials
View a full list of everything Ranger has to offer.
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.


Header logo | Ideal for images up to 300 x 100 pixels. |
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Shop header menu style (desktop) | Choose how your custom pages appear in your shop's header menu |
Enable category collections | Use category collections instead of the default product listing page. |
Show search | Displays a search field in your shop interface. |
Maximum products per row (desktop) | Sets how many products are shown per row on large screens |
Maximum products per row (mobile) | Number of products shown per row on mobile devices |
Product grid image style | Sets how product images appear in the grid |
Products per page | Total number of products shown per page |
Hide Big Cartel logo | Choose whether to remove Big Cartel branding from the footer and menus. |
Show categories in footer | Toggle to show product category links at the bottom of each page. |
Footer text | Add a custom message in your footer. Accepts HTML for links and formatting. |
Homepage
Design and control your homepage layout to spotlight your brand just the way you envision it.


Manage homepage options and layout | Controls homepage content and layout options |
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Welcome image | Recommended image size: 1200px x 800px. |
Slideshow | Adds an image slideshow to the homepage |
Welcome header | Header text displayed on the homepage |
Welcome subheader | Subheader text displayed below the welcome header |
Auto-play homepage slideshow | Enables automatic slide transitions |
Slideshow speed | Controls the speed of auto-play |
Featured items type | Choose to feature either products or categories |
Featured items | Number of featured items displayed |
Product page
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 | Controls how prices are shown throughout your shop |
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Currency sign | Sets how prices appear in your shop (with or without currency symbol) |
Show prices for sold out products | Displays prices for sold out products on product grids and product pages |
Show prices for coming soon products | Displays prices for "Coming Soon" products on product grids and product pages |
Show related products | Displays related product suggestions on the product page |
Related products (maximum) | Maximum number of related products shown |
Related products order | Sort order for related items |
Enable product image zoom | Click to open a larger version of the product image (Desktop only) |
Carousel | Controls the product image gallery on mobile product pages |
Show thumbnails | Toggle to show or hide image thumbnails in the mobile carousel |
Show product stock alerts | Displays a low stock warning on product pages when inventory is running low |
Low stock alert threshold | Stock alert triggers below 9 items; “Almost sold out” message appears at 4 |
Show sold out product variants | Shows sold out variants in dropdowns; useful if restocking is common |
Buy Now, Pay Later Messaging | Displays payment options before 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 a message on the top of every page. Accepts HTML for links and styling |
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Contact page | Displays a message on your contact page. Accepts HTML for links and styling |
Cart page | Displays a message at the top of your cart page when there are items in the cart. Accepts HTML |
Maintenance mode message | Message shown in Maintenance Mode. Accepts HTML |
Social media
Customers can easily find you on social media
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.


Text and translations | Customize system text like buttons and navigation labels, or translate your shop into different languages |
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Translation mode | Automatic or manual translation supported |
Miscellaneous
Adjust extra template options to fine-tune your shop’s design and layout.
Show prices for sold out products | Display the price of sold out products on product grids and product pages |
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Show prices for coming soon products | Display the price of coming soon products on product grids and product pages |
Price display | Sets how prices appear in your shop |
Shop Sprinkles | Adds 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 Picklejuice template.
- Log in at my.bigcartel.com.
- Go to shop Designer.
- Click the Themes tab in the top left corner.
- Click Ranger.
- Click Save to apply the changes or Exit to leave without saving.