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# Activate the holiday mode

Your vendors might close their shops during the holidays or take a well-deserved break for a few days.

The holiday mode allows them to temporarily close their shop and hide their products from the marketplace to prevent customers from placing orders while they are away.

## How does the holiday mode work ?

When activated by the admin, the holiday mode is available to all users in groups with `Is authorized to post listings` set to **Yes**.

In their vendor **Account** page, a new tab is available: **Holiday Mode**.

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_vendor_settings_1_650468e3a16d4.gif)

In this tab, they can activate the holiday mode for their shop and customize the message that will be displayed to their customers.

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_vendor_settings_2.gif)

When the holiday mode is activated, the vendor's products are hidden from the marketplace and the message is displayed on their products pages and on their profile/store page.

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_vendor_settings_3.gif)
![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_vendor_settings_4.gif)

A bar is also displayed on the top of the marketplace (only for the vendor who activated the holiday mode) to remind them that the holiday mode is activated.

## How to activate the holiday mode on your marketplace ?

To activate the holiday mode on your marketplace:

1. Go to your Admin panel, then to the **App Store** tab, install and activate the **"Holiday Mode"** app.

2. In the **Holiday Mode** settings, toggle the **"Activate Holiday Mode plugin"**

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_admin_settings.gif)

3. Default away messages and explanations are preset up but can be customized in the **Holiday Mode** settings. You also can reset them to the default ones.

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_admin_settings_1.gif)

4. Don't forget to save your changes.

![](https://cdn.kreezalid.com/kreezalid/543583/files/984684/holiday_mode_admin_settings_2.gif)

5. Go to `Theme > Theme editor` and open the **Templates** listings/store.liquid file.
   Add the following code above the `<div class="container about-user-body">` tag:

```
{% if holiday_mode.enabled %}
    <div class="container holiday-mode"
        style="width: 100%; background-color: #4D4D4D; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 15px 0 2.5px;">
            <p>{{holiday_mode.message}}</p>
    </div>
{% endif %}
```

Please note that `background-color` and `color` can be customized to suit your needs by changing the hexadecimal color codes.

| **Explanation messages** are displayed on the vendor's holiday mode settings page to guide them in the process of activating the holiday mode.

| **Default vendor away message** will be displayed to customers on the vendor's products pages (still visible in the wishlists) and on their profile/store page if they don't set up one themselves.