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What is Shopify's Liquid Code?

What is Shopify's Liquid Code? A Guide for Designers

What is Shopify Liquid? Liquid is a templating language created by Shopify and it's specifically designed to work with Shopify's e-commerce platform (although it is used in other projects today). Liquid allows store owners to...
What are Shopify metaobjects and how to use them

Shopify Metaobjects: What They Are, and How to Use Them

Shopify Editions Winter ‘23 revealed over 200 product updates on Shopify, one of which being Metaobjects. A year prior, Shopify released Metafields which was one of the most valuable updates to store merchants. What are...
What are Shopify Metafields (and how to use them)

Shopify Metafields: What They Are, and How to Use Them

What are Shopify Metafields? Metafields would be better named “Custom fields” because that’s exactly what they are. They allow us to store and display extra information about products, collections, pages, blog posts and more. While...
How to create a links page for Shopify

How to Create an SEO Optimized Links Page on Shopify

What is a Links Page? A links page is one page on your website that has simple buttons linking to the pages that are most frequently visited, or that you most want to promote. It...
Must-Have Email Automations for BFCM on Shopify

Must-Have Email Automations for BFCM on Shopify

We’re already in Q4 and you don’t have your core email automations in place? Please don't freak out, but these email automations are musts to have in place if you’re going to be getting an...
How to Create a Custom CSS File on Shopify

Custom CSS File on Shopify: How to Create and Why You Need It

How to add custom CSS to Shopify There are a few ways to add custom CSS to a Shopify theme. Theme editorIn the theme editor, you can add custom CSS to any section, that will apply...
How to Hire A Shopify Developer

Need to Hire a Shopify Developer? Follow These Tips

We know that Shopify has a learning curve and if you’re not ready to dip into the theme code yet, then it can sometimes feel limiting. If you do like to DIY and figure things...
Client Red Flags (and How to Let Them Down Nicely)

Client Red Flags (and How to Let Them Down Nicely)

Before we dive into potential red flags, I want to give you permission to say no. Whether you’re newer in your business, or have been established for a couple years - saying no to work...
15 Best Chrome Extensions for Web Designers on Shopify

Best Chrome Extensions for Shopify Designers (2024)

Website Snooping Tools 1. Wappalyzer Wappalyzer will tell you what technologies have been used to build a website. I love to check if a website is on Shopify, Wordpress, or custom built. It splits up...
The Future of Ecommerce 2022 Shopify Report

Shopify's Future of Ecommerce Report 2022: Our Highlights

E-Commerce Trends 2022 Changing Privacy Laws Changing privacy laws are limiting the ability for marketers to target potential customers the same way they used to. With privacy protections released with iOS 14.5 and Android planning...
How to Choose a Theme on Shopify

How Choose a Shopify Theme: Features and Considerations

The Importance of Choosing the Right Shopify Theme Choosing the right theme is one of the most important decisions you'll make when building a Shopify store. It is the base for your visual design, it...
Top 3 eCommerce Marketing Musts for Brands

Top 3 eCommerce Marketing Musts for Brands

As an eCommerce specialist myself, I help clients with both sides of their eCommerce journey - a Shopify website build, and an eCommerce marketing plan to ensure their site gets traffic, collects leads and of...