Web Development

Using Shopify Inside of Wordpress

This is the first post in what I’m hoping will be a three part series discussing Shopify development. In this post, I discuss our initial experience with the platform using the API and JS Buy SDK. In the next post I’ll be discussing Liquid theme development. If you have…

Bootstrapped Ecommerce: Shopify vs Squarespace vs Ruby on Rails for non-Devs

How to Customise the img element in Shopify Themes

This week we are going to have a look at the humble HTML img element.

When creating a Shopify Theme, you can add any number of images, in any format, and at any size to the assets folder within your theme directory…

How to Use all_products in a Shopify Theme

In this Liquid Shopify tutorial, we’ll be looking at a way to access product information without having to “loop” over a collection, or be on a product detail page.

Ways to Use Snippets in Shopify Themes

If you have worked with server-side languages you will already be familiar with the concept of partials or includes. In Shopify, includes/partials are known as snippets. To help you understand how Shopify uses them, here’s a brief overview:

How URLs Map to Shopify Templates

One of the (many) features I love about working with Shopify themes is the simple folder structure. Each store can be powered by a single layout file and a handful of templates meaning you can achieve a lot with a little — true power in simplicity.