# How to Add Split Content Banner to the Dawn Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/dawn/add-split-content-banner/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

Two-column layout with image and text, smooth animations, and hover effects. Features customizable split ratios (50/50, 40/60, 60/40, 30/70, 70/30), optional badge, accent line, and reversible layout. This guide shows how to add the Split Content Banner section to the Dawn theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Dawn's code. Dawn is a free theme by Shopify, known for speed, minimalism, being the Online Store 2.0 reference — and hero & banners like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Split Content Banner fits Dawn

First-impression sections: hero layouts, promotional banners and rotating showcases that make visitors stop scrolling. On Dawn, Split Content Banner slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Dawn's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Dawn setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Split Content Banner” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Hero & Banners category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Dawn theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Dawn uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Dawn theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Split Banner” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Dawn font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Split Content Banner work with the Dawn theme?

Yes. Dawn is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Split Content Banner installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Dawn's theme editor as “SShop:Split Banner”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Split Content Banner match Dawn's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Dawn's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Split Content Banner free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Split Content Banner is free, like every section in the 56-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Dawn theme and keeps working.