WordPress and Shopify: Shopify

Sefism.WordPress and Shopify: Shopify

Tauseef Fayyaz

A to Z

Glossary

Every concept in this sheet, plus the smaller terms it uses. Select a concept to open its card.

B

Browser DevTools: The browser panel that shows the HTML, the CSS rules applied to any element, network requests and console errors, with live editing.

C

Choosing apps: Apps add features such as reviews, subscriptions or bundles.
CSS for tweaks: Selectors pick elements, properties style them, and the cascade and specificity decide which rule wins.

D

DNS records: Entries that tell the internet where a name points: A to an IP address, CNAME to another name, MX to mail servers, TXT for verification and email security such as SPF.
Domain and registrar: A domain is the name people type, such as example.com.

H

Hosting models: Self-hosted software such as WordPress runs on a server you rent (shared, VPS or managed).
HTML structure: Elements that give a page meaning: one h1, headings in order, nav, main, footer, real a links and button elements, alt text on images.
HTTPS and SSL certificates: HTTPS encrypts traffic between browser and server using a TLS certificate for the domain.

O

Online Store 2.0: The theme architecture where templates are JSON files listing sections, so merchants can add, remove and reorder sections on any page in the theme editor.

P

Partners and development stores: The Shopify Partner Program gives developers free development stores to build and test in, and collaborator access to request entry to client stores.
Products, variants and collections: A product has up to many variants (size, colour) each with its own price, SKU and stock.

R

Reference themes: Dawn, Horizon and Skeleton: Themes Shopify publishes as source code.

S

Sections and blocks: Sections are reusable modules of a page with their own settings.
Shopify admin: Where a merchant manages products, orders, customers, discounts, payments, shipping, taxes, staff and the online store theme.

W

What a CMS does: A CMS stores content (pages, posts, products) in a database separately from the design (a theme or template), and lets non-developers edit content through an admin.