# How to Add Gradient Overlay Banner to the Impulse Theme

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

Visually striking banner with customizable gradient overlays (bottom, full, radial, left, right), content animations, flexible positioning, and glass/solid/outline button styles. Features hover zoom effect on background image. This guide shows how to add the Gradient Overlay Banner section to the Impulse theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Impulse's code. Impulse is a premium theme by Archetype Themes, known for promotion-driven layouts and sales events — and hero & banners like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Gradient Overlay Banner fits Impulse

First-impression sections: hero layouts, promotional banners and rotating showcases that make visitors stop scrolling. For Impulse specifically, this is one of the strongest matches in the library: even more urgency formats for launches and drops, and Gradient Overlay Banner fills that gap while inheriting Impulse's typography automatically, so it looks native from the first save. Stack an Urgency Split Bar above a Countdown Hero for launches — Impulse’s promo DNA plus a hard deadline.

## 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 Impulse setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Gradient Overlay 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 Impulse theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Impulse uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Impulse theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Gradient Banner” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Impulse font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Gradient Overlay Banner work with the Impulse theme?

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

### Will Gradient Overlay Banner match Impulse's design?

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

### Is Gradient Overlay Banner free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Gradient Overlay 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 Impulse theme and keeps working.