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title: "Closed shop message: the page of the paused store in the editor"
description: "Customize the page your customers see while your store is closed; the original page stays live until your layout is published."
url: https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/themes-shop-closed
---

# Closed shop message

This page opens the **closed shop page** in the editor, with the same tools as your pages. It is what your customers see on the store pages (products, categories, checkout) while your [store is on vacation](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/vacations.md). It shows between your site's header and footer; your website pages stay available.

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Open it from [Themes](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/branding.md), **E-commerce** tab (shown when your site has a store).

Come here to let your customers know in your brand's tone: a photo, the date you are back, a newsletter sign-up to hear about the reopening.

## Elements

The **Elements** button offers the elements of the closed shop page:

- **Logo**: your store logo.
- **Title**: the page title, which is the message written in the [store on vacation](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/vacations.md) settings. Until you write one, the editor shows a sample message and the page shows no title.
- **Back to the store**: the link to the home page.

The notice below the title, "The shop is on pause." by default, is a regular text block written in your dashboard's language: edit it like any text, it is translated for your visitors like the rest of your site. The link shows your store's text, translated into the visitor's language. To replace it, select the element, click it again and type your text right on the page: **Enter** or a click elsewhere saves it, **Escape** cancels. An emptied text goes back to the default one. The **Title** itself is edited in the [store on vacation](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/vacations.md) settings. You can also add regular blocks: images, texts, buttons…

## Change the layout

On first opening, the page takes the structure of the original page. To start from another layout:

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1. Click the page background: the **Closed shop page** panel opens.
2. In **Templates**, click **Change**, then pick **Centered**, **Split**, **Dark band** or **Minimal**.
3. Confirm with **Replace**.

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The sections are replaced, but the texts you typed on the elements are kept, as are those of your text blocks when the new template has the same run of titles and paragraphs. You can undo the change. **Reset layout** goes back to the original structure.

## Publish

**Publish layout** first checks that the **Title** is there on desktop and mobile, shows a preview, then puts the page live with the header and footer. Until the layout is published, customers see the original page.