Stage 2 of 8 · 7 lessons · ~6 weeks
Shopify: admin, stores and themes
Learn the Shopify admin, products and collections, development stores through the Partner Program, and the Online Store 2.0 theme model of sections and blocks.
Start: The Shopify adminLessons· one lesson for each topic, in this order
Do this
- Join the Shopify Partner Program and create a development store.
- Add 15 products with variants, images and SEO fields, and group them in manual and automated collections.
- Install a free Online Store 2.0 theme and build a landing page from sections in the theme editor.
- Compare two apps for the same feature by reviews, pricing and what they access, and write down your choice.
- Set up navigation menus, the home page and a collection filter.
- Read how collaborator access works so you can request access to a client store.
Start with
- CourseFreeShopify Academy
Shopify · Beginner
Shopify's own free courses on the admin, store setup and theme development
Practise
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Also worth your time
- Dawn: Shopify's Reference ThemeGo deeper
Read the source of Shopify's reference theme to see how sections and settings fit together
Before moving on: A development store with at least 15 products in variants and collections, a customised Online Store 2.0 theme with a landing page built only from sections in the theme editor, and a written list of apps you would install and why.
Know the admin before the code. Half the "can you build this" requests I see are a setting, a free Shopify feature or an existing section. Build in a free development store, and never ask a client for their owner password: send a collaborator request.