# Animation

## Adding your animation

You can enable a site preloader, which is a subtle animation that loads on every page before a user can view your site. This can be turned on by navigating the following steps from your Shopify dashboard:

1. `Online Store` → `Themes` → `Customise`
2. `Theme settings` → `Animation`

{% hint style="warning" %}
This animation effect will not show when you are customising your theme in the [Shopify Theme Editor](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/customizing-themes/edit#theme-editor). We want you to be able to change and update your site without having to wait for the preloader to finish loading.
{% endhint %}

When this setting is checked, customers browsing your live site however, will see the loading screen when browsing your store.