Configuration
Open Add-ons → Manage add-ons → Axle theme → Settings.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sticky header | On | Keeps the header at the top while shoppers scroll; on phones only the logo, search and cart stay. |
| Mobile bottom bar | On | Home, Systems, Search, Garage and Cart at the bottom of the screen on phones. |
| “More” menu for long top menus | On | Categories that do not fit into the category bar move into a “More” dropdown, so the bar never wraps. |
| Product card style | Theme default | Theme default (plinth cards) or Outlined, Plate, Minimal. |
| Show the second image on hover | On | Product cards show the next product image when the pointer is over a card (needs a second image). |
| Product page layout | Classic | Classic = gallery and details side by side; Large gallery = wide images with the details column following on scroll. |
| Subtle animations | On | Sections fade in, parts lift slightly on hover, the hero slides fade. Visitors who prefer reduced motion never see animations, and the hero does not advance on its own for them. |
| Install the demo content when the theme is activated | On | When a storefront switches to this theme, the next admin page adds the Partwell Motor Parts demo store and points the homepage blocks of the theme layout at it. Runs once per storefront (re-activating or upgrading adds nothing). Your own products, categories and pages are never changed. Turn it off before activating the theme to start with an empty design. |
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Garage finder and saved vehicle | On | The garage finder (make, model, year, engine), the My garage button, the vehicle bar on category and search pages and the fitment check on product pages. Vehicles come from the product feature “Fits vehicles” (see Usage). The shopper’s vehicle is saved in their browser only. |
| Fitment badges on product cards | On | “Fits your |
| Studio plinth behind product images | On | Product images stand on a white plinth in a soft studio sweep. Best with cut-out product images. Turn it off for photos with their own background: they are shown on a plain white card. |
Block settings (Website → Themes → Layouts, the block’s gear button):
| Block | Setting | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hero slider (Axle theme) | Seconds per slide | How long each slide stays before the next one (only for visitors who allow animations). |
| Product grid (Axle theme) | Columns, “View all” link, Swipe row on phones | Grid width on computers, an optional link next to the title, and a swipe row instead of a two-column grid on phones. |
| Garage finder (Axle theme) | (none) | A “Template” block; place it under the hero or on any page. |
| Vehicle bar (Axle theme) | (none) | A “Template” block; on category and search pages it filters the list to the parts that fit. |
Colours and fonts: Website → Themes → Theme editor (per style).
License
Section titled “License”The licence status is shown in a License card at the top of the add-on page, above the tabs. The License tab holds the key itself. The key is stored once for the whole installation.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| License key | Your Kavio Labs licence key (KAVIO-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, from My licenses on cs-cart.kaviolabs.com) or your CS-Cart Marketplace license number. If you entered the Marketplace number in Add-ons → Manage add-ons, leave this empty. |
| License status | Points to the License card and explains what the check sends. |
What the licence covers. The base domain you entered at purchase and every subdomain of it. Local development
hosts (localhost, private IP addresses, *.localhost, *.test, *.local, *.invalid) are always allowed. A store
on a different base domain needs its own licence.
When it checks. When you save the key and then once a day, only in the admin panel or from cron, never while customers browse the storefront:
php /path/to/store/admin.php --dispatch=kv_theme_axle_license.checkWhat is sent. Only this, to https://cs-cart.kaviolabs.com: the licence key, the add-on ID and version, the host
names of your storefronts, your CS-Cart version and edition, and a random one-time value. No customer, order or
personal data. The answer is digitally signed.
What happens without a valid licence. A new installation works for 14 days without a key. If the licence server cannot be reached, the theme keeps working for 14 days after the first failed check. After that, or with an invalid, revoked or other-domain licence, the Axle design is switched off: the storefront shows the standard Responsive look (standard stylesheet and menu, the Axle homepage sections hidden; the colours of the active style stay). Cart, checkout, orders and customer accounts keep working; visitors see no message. The design is also switched off while the add-on is disabled or uninstalled.
While a storefront uses Axle and the design is switched off, every admin page shows a notice that names the theme, the reason and how to fix it, and Website → Themes shows the same text above the current theme.
| Status (card) | Colour | Storefront |
|---|---|---|
| Valid | Green | Axle design. |
| Development host | Blue | Axle design. |
| Pending · N days left | Blue | Axle design for 14 days after installation. |
| Grace period · N days left | Amber | Axle design for 14 days after the first failed check. |
| Not activated, Invalid key, Revoked, Domain mismatch, Not verified | Red | Standard Responsive look; the store keeps working. |
When your updates period ends, the theme keeps working; only updates and support stop. Licence information appears in the admin panel only, for administrators who may manage add-ons; vendors and customers never see it.