How to create an app like Victoria's Secret

Let's begin by creating a layout for Victoria’s Secret app. In the dashboard, click on "Layouts" in the left menu.

Click on the “Create Layout” icon to create a new layout.

Clicking on “Create Layout” will open a popup. Type the layout name "Victoria's Secret". Click on "Create".

You can select a blank layout and any of the ready-to-use templates. Since we have to create an app like Victoria's Secret, we'll go with the blank layout. Click on the "Create Layout" button. For more information on creating layouts on Swipecart, click here.

You’ll be taken to your blank layout dashboard with the default tab as “Theme Settings” and the sub-tab as "App Bar Settings". It has multiple options to set and customize branding elements for your app.

App Bar Settings- Here, you can modify the app bar color, font color, bottom radius, and elevation. Enable/disable the visibility of the cart, favorite, notification, and search icons on the app bar. Upload Victoria's Secret logo image. Click here for more details on app bar settings.

Note: Click on "Save" wherever it is given before you exit the screen or tab so that the changes are saved to your layout.

Next, customize the look of the side menu, bottom bar, user profile page, and input style(welcome/sign-in page). For all these, go to the respective tabs on the left menu and select one from the set of readymade templates.

Theme style settings- Here, edit some of the theme settings such as font style, scale, and color. Set the app's primary color and background color from the color picker. Upload the Victoria's Secret brand loader GIF. Click here for more details on Theme Style Settings.

Here's the mobile preview of the app with the customized app bar, bottom bar, and theme settings.

We'll move on to customizing the home screen of the app. Click on the “Home” tab next to "Theme Settings" to edit the home page layout.

In this tab, a blank home screen layout with only the app bar and bottom bar is displayed. Let us start filling the contents inside it.

Filling contents inside the layout is easy with Swipecart. It has visual UI components called widgets. Click on the drop-down icon next to the home screen and you can access the widget list. Click here to know more about the widgets and their function.

Single Banner: Let's first start filling content with the single banner. Select "Single Banner" from the widget list. Select one from among the different formats of single banners displayed. Place it on the home screen. Do you want more information on single banners? Click here.

Let's add an image to the single banner. Hover the mouse pointer over the dropped single banner widget and click on the "Add/Edit Content" option. In the popup that opens, select a collection category and upload an image for it.

Click here for a detailed tutorial on adding and editing content in widgets.

To customize the style elements for the single banner, hover over the banner and click on "Edit Style". An "Edit Style" screen opens. Here, edit the styling options such as radius, padding, adding a background color or image, title alignment, font color, and so on.

Click here to know more about how to style widgets on Swipecart.

Here below is the mobile preview of Victoria's Secret app with the added single banner.

Repeat the above process to add single banners and link them to the relevant product pages or collection category pages on your app.

Banner Grid: Next, we add a banner grid to the app. Select "Banner Grid" from the drop-down list. We select a "1:1 square banner" for the app. Drag and drop it inside the home screen layout. For more information on banner grids, click here.

To add content to the banner grid, open the "Add/Edit Content" popup. Select a collection category and upload a relevant image to link it to the selected collection category. Repeat the process to add more images.

To customize the banner grid style, click on "Edit Style". Edit the styling parameters. Complete the customization and save the changes.

Have a look at the mobile preview of the Victoria's Secret app with the added banner grid.

Add single banners and banner grids in a similar way to complete designing the app.

Besides this, you could add widgets like a Product Grid, Banner Slider, Carousel Banners, Collection Grid, Collection Slider, Product List, Product Slider, Search, and Timer.

Let's take a look at the final app we have created.