# Homepage + Menu

### About Homepage Layouts

Plain Jane offers a flexible homepage system designed to support a range of brand styles—from minimalist drops to content-heavy collections. The layout you choose determines how your navigation, visuals, and homepage flow is experienced by the user.

This guide is focused on **Plain Jane 3.0** and **Plain Jane Interactive 2.0**. If you’re using **Plain Jane Starter**, you won’t have access to these homepage layouts.

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### Available Homepage Layouts

Plain Jane offers **three primary homepage layouts**, each built around a different menu/navigation structure:

#### 1. **Center Menu**

* Inspired by sites like Supreme
* Logo centered at the top with links stacked underneath
* Best for simple landing experiences
* Often paired with a full-screen background

> 🔗 See: [Center Menu](/plain-jane-interactive/pages-and-menus/homepage-+-menu/center-menu.md)

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#### 2. **Side-Aligned Menu**

* Menu positioned vertically along the left side of the screen
* Logo sits above or below the links
* Clean and minimal look
* Great for brands that want to emphasize visuals in the center of the screen

> 🔗 See: [Side Aligned Menu](/readme-1/pages-and-menus/homepage-+-menu/side-aligned-menu.md)

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#### 3. **Compact (Hamburger) Menu**

* Collapsed "hamburger" icon reveals menu drawer on click
* Logo can be centered or aligned left/right
* Ideal for brands that want to build scrolling homepages with multiple sections

> 🔗 See: [Compact Menu Layout Setup](/readme-1/pages-and-menus/homepage-+-menu/compact-menu-layout-global-menu.md)

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### Building Around the Layout

Each menu layout is designed to work with:

* **Dynamic Backgrounds**: Add solid colors, images, or slideshow backgrounds behind your menu
* **Section Blocks**: Use homepage sections like Collection Lists, Product Carousels, or Image Streams to build scrollable content
* **Page Canvas**: Use the `Page Canvas` section to structure your homepage when stacking multiple content blocks

> 💡 **Tip:** Compact menu is best for scroll-heavy homepages. Center/Side menus work best as single-screen landing pages.

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### Want to Skip the Homepage?

You can bypass the homepage entirely by enabling **Skip Enter Screen** in Theme Settings. This will load a collection or product page as the first screen.

> 🔗 Learn more: [Skip Homepage Setting](/readme-1/theme-settings/skip-home-screen.md)

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