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How to assign a template to a page Shopify[1][edit]
If there was the best time to open an online store, it is now. Not only is the e-commerce industry booming and getting bigger every year, but opening an online store has also become a breeze thanks to platforms like Shopify. Shopify is easy to use and affordable. It offers good security and scalability making it the preferred choice of many sellers for building an online store. Another main reason why the preference for Shopify is becoming more prevalent than ever is due to its availability of a wide range of easy-to-use and customizable themes. Using these themes, you can create a user-friendly and unique store in an instant.
What is the Shopify theme?[2][edit]
Your Shopify store needs to look unique and also give out a distinct look and feel when customers visit it and this is done by Shopify themes which are templates that come in different styles, layouts, and modules. Each theme has its features and user interface and offers a different user experience.
Why is assigning templates to your Shopify store important?[edit]
Assigning templates to your Shopify store is important for the following reasons.
1. Create Brand Personality[edit]
Branding is imperative no matter what kind of business or online store you own. Your brand personality reflects a lot about your store and you must ensure that the impression it gives to users is positive. When it comes to your Shopify store, it is the theme and template you assign to your store that is responsible for setting this brand personality and attracting customers to your store.
2. User Interface of the Store[edit]
Branding is imperative no matter what kind of business or online store you own. Your brand personality reflects a lot about your store and you must ensure that the impression it gives to users is positive. When it comes to your Shopify store, it is the theme and template you assign to your store that is responsible for setting this brand personality and attracting customers to your store.
3. Determines your Store’s Appearance[edit]
The visual appeal is one of the most important things that enable potential customers to decide whether they should visit your store or not. If your store appears to be complex and congested, customers won’t feel like browsing your store for long and will eventually leave. If your store has a clean, simple, and user-friendly design and appearance, they will want to revisit. The appearance of your store, again, depends on the theme and template you have assigned.
Picking The Right Shopify Template[edit]
Long gone are the days when you needed to possess good coding skills and knowledge to build a website and had to undergo numerous tests to ensure the site was functioning properly. Thanks to Shopify for introducing easy-to-use templates that cut down the work for you and enable you to design a responsive and attractive instantly. However, to ensure that your store can accomplish this feat, you need to select a template that is apt for your store.
1. Determine your needs[edit]
To find the right template for your store, you need to determine your needs such as the main functions and features you want for your store. Do you want your store to have a video player or slide-out cart drawer? What kind of landing page do you want for your store? These are some considerations you have to take into account so that you can pick the right template for your store. To see if the template you have chosen is apt for your store, you can preview it and determine your decision as well.
2. Pick your budget[edit]
Shopify offers free templates, as well as premium templates, and the kind of template you want for your store also depends on your budget. Certain factors such as the experience of the Shopify Plus developer, the theme’s customization features and flexibility, and its level of functionality determine the price of the theme you are selecting. Shopify’s free templates work well too but if you want more advanced features and want to do more with your theme, opting for the premium ones is recommended.
3. Consider your niche[edit]
All Shopify themes are designed for a particular niche and hence, if you are picking a template, you must pick one that is designed for your store’s niche. For instance, if you are selling fashion items, you need to pick a template designed for the niche rather than a template designed for electronic items or kitchenware. This is because the functionality and kind of categories included in your template also depend on the niche.
Steps to Assign a Template to your Store[edit]
Here are the steps you need to follow to assign a template to a Shopify page.
- Go to the Shopify admin panel and select Online Store > Themes.
- You will find the dots button, click it, and select Edit HTML/CSS.
- Following this, create a new template for the page you want to create.
- Click on the “create template” option and save the new page.
- After the new template is created, it will be displayed in the “Templates” folder.
- Once your template is created, you can go ahead and edit it as well.
- Once you have confirmed that your template is ready, you can go to the Online Store > Pages section and open the page to which you want to assign the new template.
- Go to the “Template” section and select the new template from the drop-down section and assign the new template to the concerned page.
- Once everything is done, you can save the changes.
Final Thoughts[edit]
The theme’s design is crucial to the success of your online store because depending on it, the store attracts potential customers, engages them, and converts them into customers. Therefore, you must put a lot of thought and consideration into the theme you are choosing for your store. To make your store reassuring, you must always select or design a theme that fits the niche of your store or it can also be misleading for the users visiting your store.
