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The theme editor

You customize Fine Print in Shopify’s theme editor. To open it, go to Online Store in your Shopify admin and click Edit theme next to Fine Print. Shopify’s theme editor docs cover the editor itself.

Templates

Section titled “Templates”

A template decides which sections a type of page starts with. Pick one from the template menu at the top of the editor. Fine Print has these:

Template Used for Main section
index Your home page None. Add any sections you like.
product Product pages Product, followed by Product specs, Product recommendations and Recently viewed products
collection Collection pages Collection products, under a Collection banner
list-collections The page listing all collections Collections page
search Search results Search
cart The cart page Cart
blog Blog pages Blog
article Blog posts Blog post
page Standard pages Page
page.contact A contact page Page and Contact form
page.finder A page for the product finder Finder
404 The page for a broken link Not found
password The page shown while your store is password protected Password
gift_card The gift card a customer receives None. It has no sections. Gift cards describes it.

page.contact and page.finder are alternate templates. A page uses the standard template until you assign another one: open it in your Shopify admin and choose the template under Theme template. You can also create your own alternate templates for products, collections, pages, blogs and blog posts. Shopify’s Templates page explains both.

Section groups

Section titled “Section groups”

Section groups hold the sections that repeat on every page. Fine Print has three. They show on every template except the password page and the gift card.

You can also add Apps, Custom liquid and Custom section to any group. A change to a section group shows on every page at once.

Sections

Section titled “Sections”

To add a section, click Add section in the sidebar, then pick one from the list or use the search field at its top. Fine Print sorts the sections you add to a page into categories:

Most sections have a Layout setting that changes how they are arranged, such as Split, Stacked or Full bleed for the Hero. Every section has a Color scheme setting. Every section except the four in the Overlays group has its own top and bottom spacing, with separate values on mobile.

Many sections show a short label above their heading, such as “Reviews”, set with Label above the heading or a setting like it. Fine Print numbers these labels for you in page order, as “01 / Reviews”, “02 / Questions” and on. Type only the word: when you add, move or hide a section, the numbers follow, and a section that shows nothing on your store takes no number. The Hero and the Promo popup labels have no number.

In most sections, the heading style settings, such as Heading tag and Heading size, show only once the section has a heading.

Shopify allows up to 25 sections per template. Shopify’s Sections and blocks page covers moving, hiding and removing them.

Blocks

Section titled “Blocks”

Blocks are the pieces inside a section, such as a question, a column or a button. To add one, hover over the section, click Add block, then pick a block from the list. Fine Print has two kinds.

Some blocks belong to one section. A question only exists in the Finder, and a tier only in Build a set. Each section’s reference page lists its blocks and their settings.

Theme blocks work in any section that accepts them. The Product section always holds Product title, Price and Purchase options, which you can change but not remove. Purchase options holds the Variant picker, Subscription plans, Buy buttons and the rest of what a shopper chooses before buying. Content blocks such as Text, Button and Group work in sections like Custom section. Each block’s reference page lists the sections that accept it.

App blocks and app embeds

Section titled “App blocks and app embeds”

Apps add to Fine Print in two ways.

App blocks go inside a section. You can add them to the Apps section, which works on any template and in any section group, and directly inside the Product and Featured product sections and the Purchase options block. An app’s blocks show up in the block list once the app is installed.

App embeds float over the page or run without anything visible, such as a chat button or a tracking script. Turn them on under App embeds in the editor sidebar. Shopify’s Extend your theme with apps page covers both.

Theme settings

Section titled “Theme settings”

Theme settings in the editor sidebar holds the settings that apply across the whole store. Fine Print groups them into Typography, Layout, Favicon, Colors, Social media, Cart and Product cards. Theme style inside Theme settings switches between presets, as Presets explains.