Customize your shop's design

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Not sure which theme fits the look you’re going for? You can check out details and demo stores for all of our available themes right here.

After you’ve selected a theme from the Themes section, make your store unique by personalizing it! It’s easy to add your images, adjust color and font settings, and make other customizations to your theme layout - no coding required.

Click around!

hero-customize-theme Each built-in theme has its own available set of customization options. The best way to get familiar is to play around and watch the preview window update with your changes. Try changing the number of featured products, drag and drop header or slideshow images (or upload them from your device. Try out adjusting the fonts and colors to see how each edit changes up your store’s look and feel.

Freedom to experiment

hero-exit-discard-publish If you’re making changes and don’t like how things look, click Discard. Edits you make behind the scenes won’t show in your live store until you hit Publish.

One thing to keep in mind, if you are getting an error when uploading an image, you're likely uploading an unsupported file, you've maxed out on images, or your image is too large. Check below for supported files and file sizes.
- jpg, .png. gif and bpm files allowed.
- 10mb is the maximum file size.
- Maximum dimensions are 12,000 x 12,000.

Steps

Web iOS Android

Design

  1. Head to the page in your admin.
  2. Click Design.
  3. Click into the Settings section.
  4. Click on any element in the left pane to make changes. Upload theme images, tweak colors and fonts, and adjust your layout settings.
  5. Click on the top right dropdown menus to preview how each page in your shop looks on different types of devices.
  6. When you’re ready to commit, click Publish. To undo changes, click Discard.

If you’re not quite ready to publish, click Exit and your changes will be auto saved but not published.

iOS-customize-my-theme

  1. Head to the page in your admin.
  2. Tap Design.
  3. Tap into the Settings section.
  4. Tap on any element in the settings to make changes.__ Upload theme images, change colors and fonts, and adjust your layout settings.__
  5. Tap Preview to see how each page in your shop looks on different types of devices.
  6. When you’re ready to commit, tap Publish. To undo changes, tap Discard.

If you’re not quite ready to publish, tap Exit and your changes will be auto saved but not published.

mobile-customize-my-theme

  1. Head to the page in your admin.
  2. Tap Design.
  3. Tap into the Settings section.
  4. Tap on any element in the settings to make changes. Upload theme images, change colors and fonts, and adjust your layout settings.
  5. Tap Preview to see how each page in your shop looks on different types of devices.
  6. When you’re ready to commit, tap Publish. To undo changes, tap Discard.

If you’re not quite ready to publish, tap Exit and your changes will be auto saved but not published.

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