The theme editor
To open the theme editor, go to Online Store in your Shopify admin and click Edit theme next to Tambour. Shopify’s theme editor docs explain the editor itself. This page is about what Tambour puts in it.
Pick the page you’re editing
Section titled “Pick the page you’re editing”The menu at the top of the editor switches between templates. Each starts with these sections:
| Template | Page | Starts with |
|---|---|---|
| Home page | Your home page | Whatever your preset placed. Add, remove and reorder freely. |
| Products | Product pages | Product, then Pairs well and Recently viewed |
| Collections | Collection pages | Collection |
| Collections list | All collections | All collections |
| Search | Search results | Search |
| Cart | The cart page | The cart, which has no settings of its own. Theme settings > Cart controls it. |
| Blogs | Blog pages | Blog |
| Blog posts | Articles | Article |
| Pages | Standard pages | Page |
| Pages (contact) | The contact page | Contact |
| 404 page | A broken link | Page not found |
| Password | The page shown while your store has a password | Password |
The gift card a customer receives has one section, Gift card, which you open from the template menu under Others > Gift card. Gift cards covers it.
Header and footer
Section titled “Header and footer”Two section groups appear on every page. Header holds the Announcement bar and the Header. Footer holds the Footer. Change them on any page and the change shows everywhere.
Add a section
Section titled “Add a section”Click Add section in a template or group. Tambour’s sections sit under Media, Products, Story, Text, Apps and Advanced. The sidebar of these docs lists every section with its settings.
Blocks
Section titled “Blocks”Most sections take their own blocks, such as a Slideshow’s slides or a Lookbook’s looks. Each section’s page lists them.
The Product section holds the product’s photos, title, price, options and buttons as blocks. Photos is fixed: you can’t remove or move it. The others you can reorder, remove and add back. Product pages covers each one.
Three theme blocks, Text, Group and Custom Liquid, go inside a Custom section, where you build a layout from scratch. Custom Liquid also goes in the Product section.
App blocks and app embeds
Section titled “App blocks and app embeds”An app that adds content to your storefront does it with an app block or an app embed. App blocks go in the Apps section, which you can add to any page, or inside the Product, Featured product, Image banner and Image with text sections. App embeds, such as a chat button, are switched on under App embeds in the editor’s sidebar.
Theme settings
Section titled “Theme settings”Theme settings holds what applies to the whole store: fonts, page width, logo, color schemes, louver motion, spine colors, cart, search and social links. The Theme settings reference lists every one with its default.