Discover how to customize Shopify themes for your eCommerce websites
with powerful tools and Liquid templates
Key Features:
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Get to grips with the Liquid core to build a solid foundation for
working on any Shopify theme
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Use JSON to create Shopify's famous modular sections with powerful and
complex functionalities
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Utilize the Shopify Ajax API to implement advanced functionality and
make your eCommerce stores more dynamic
Book Description:
Shopify is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce platforms, which means
developers familiar with the Liquid concept are needed now more than
ever. This book will help you to build a solid foundation by enabling
you to develop your skills from the ground up by gaining essential
theoretical knowledge of Liquid and putting that knowledge to use
through hands-on projects.
Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid begins by helping you get to
grips with basic Shopify information, its interface and theme structure,
setting up your Partner account, and creating a child theme, which is
essential when preparing for any future work on Shopify. You'll then
explore Liquid core features that will provide you with a basic
understanding of the Liquid programming logic needed to develop any
feature. As you advance to the latest and advanced features, you'll
learn about JSON settings, allowing you to create any type of static or
dynamic section - a must-have for becoming a competent Shopify
developer. Finally, the book takes you through the Shopify Ajax API to
gain the necessary skills needed to create a variety of dynamic features
and content.
By the end of this Shopify book, you'll be able to take on challenging
projects to showcase your theme customization expertise to your future
employer.
What You Will Learn:
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Discover how to use logic and data comparison operators for various
types of data within Liquid
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Use Liquid core features such as objects, tags, and filters
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Find out how to customize themes using JSON settings
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Use metafield objects to generate unique content on any page
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Understand how to output the local or external media content
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Use Shopify's famous drag-and-drop feature to rearrange sections on a
storefront
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Take Shopify's dynamic functionality to a whole new level using REST
API endpoints
Who this book is for:
This book is for beginners and experienced CMS developers who want to
learn about working with Shopify themes and customizing those themes
using Liquid. Web developers designing professional e-commerce websites
will also find this book useful. Besides familiarity with standard web
technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), this book requires no prior
knowledge of Shopify or Liquid. The book covers everything from Shopify
fundamentals and the core of the Liquid and REST APIs, all the way
through to the latest Liquid features that may be new to even proficient
developers.
