DC Carousel – Free PrestaShop Image Carousel Module

DC Carousel (Design Cart Carousel) is a free PrestaShop module that allows you to easily add a responsive image carousel to the homepage of your store.

The module supports multilingual slides, customizable appearance, optional intro content, and a lightbox gallery for displaying larger images with descriptions and links.

It is designed to be lightweight, flexible, and easy to manage directly from the PrestaShop admin panel.

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Key Features

Responsive Image Carousel

Display a modern and responsive carousel on the homepage of your store.
The carousel adapts to different screen sizes and allows separate configuration for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

Multilingual Slides

Each slide supports multiple languages with:

• title

• description

• optional link

This allows you to present localized content depending on the store language.

Lightbox Image Gallery

Clicking a slide opens a full image preview using GLightbox, including:

• slide title

• slide description

• optional link (e.g. "Go to product")

This creates a smooth gallery experience for users.

Drag & Drop Slide Ordering

Slides can be reordered directly in the admin panel using drag & drop, allowing quick control over the carousel content.

Built-in File Manager

The module includes a lightweight file manager that allows:

• browsing image folders

• uploading new images

• selecting images directly inside the admin panel

Fully Customizable Appearance

The module provides appearance settings for:

• intro section (title and description)

• carousel behavior

• navigation buttons

• image borders

• aspect ratio

• background color

This allows store owners to adapt the carousel to their design without editing code.

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Technical Overview

The module integrates with PrestaShop using standard hooks:

• displayHome – renders the carousel on the homepage

• displayHeader – loads required CSS and JavaScript assets

Frontend technologies used:

• Owl Carousel – carousel functionality

• GLightbox – image lightbox

• Smarty templates – rendering frontend content

The module uses database tables for slides and multilingual content, and configuration values stored in PrestaShop Configuration.

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Use Cases

DC Carousel can be used for many homepage presentations, such as:

• featured products

• promotions

• seasonal collections

• brand storytelling

• inspirational content

• product categories

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Why Use DC Carousel?

• lightweight

• easy to configure

• multilingual support

• responsive design

• customizable appearance

• free and open source