# How to Add Hero Image 1 to the Impulse Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/impulse/add-hero-image-1/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

One photograph, edge to edge, with the words set over it. A separate photo can be uploaded for phones, which matters more than it sounds: a wide shot cropped to a phone loses about two thirds of its width, and usually the subject with it. Heights are measured against the visible screen, so the hero is never taller than what a shopper can actually see. This guide shows how to add the Hero Image 1 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 Hero Image 1 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 Hero Image 1 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 “Hero Image 1” 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:Hero Image 1” 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 Hero Image 1 work with the Impulse theme?

Yes. Impulse is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Hero Image 1 installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Impulse's theme editor as “SShop:Hero Image 1”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Hero Image 1 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 Hero Image 1 free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Hero Image 1 is free, like every section in the 164-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.