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{{Note|This tutorial will guide you through 4-easy-steps to build a custom template for a single page (Product, Blog Post, or Store Page).|inline}}
{{Note|Related Guides: 
*[[Create Template For Multiple Pages|How to create a custom template for multiple product/blog post/pages]].
*[[Template for Standard Pages|How to customize Homepage, Collection pages]]
*[[Create_MetaObjects|How to create a Metaobject template]]|reminder}}

===Getting Started ===

===== Overview =====
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===== Tutorial Video =====
Watch this overview video to learn how to build a new template and assign it to an individual page using Easy Content Builder.

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===Adding your first template===

===== Step 1: Select an item (Product/Blog Post/Page)=====
In your Shopify admin, select your Product/Blog Post/Page (depending on which page you want to create a custom template)

=====Step 2: Create a template =====
On the Product/Blog Post/Page, click on '''More actions''' > '''Create a template''' 
::Depending on your specific page type, click on the action label ''Create Template for this product'', ''Create Template for this page'', or ''Create Template for this article''.
::[[File:Create product template.jpg|1000x1000px|border]]

=====Step 3: Choose a pre-made template =====
{{Note|Templates are a collection of sections that are pre-built by Easy Content Builder. Once you add a template to your theme, you can add your images and copy to fit your brand. You can easily edit, reorder, or remove any section within that template to create your ideal page.|inline}}
Select a prebuilt template suggested by the app (then you will be automatically redirected to the Theme Editor). Easy Content Builder offers you three options to create a new template:  
:* Select a prebuilt product template provided by the Easy Content Builder app.
:*Select from available templates of the main theme (if created before): This option is only visible if you did build templates using the Easy Content Builder app before. It allows you to speed up the workflow by reusing those templates. Please note this option is available when you upgrade to the Pro version.
:* Or create your own template from scratch.
::{{Note|'''<u>TIP</u>''': Create [[Clean Template|a clean template]] first to avoid a known issue - "Must have a maximum of 25 sections" and hide default sections of default template when creating page from prebuilt template.|info}} 
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:: {{Note| We suggest you install the '''Theme Section Kit''' to customize your Shopify theme faster. This template contains prebuilt sections (Free and Pro versions) that you can edit, reorder, or hide through your Theme Editor. Preview the '''Theme Section Kit''' [https://easy-content-builder-demo.myshopify.com/pages/ecb-prebuilt-theme-sections here]. |reminder}}
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=====Step 4''':''' Start customizing the template=====
Start adding and editing the app sections and blocks through your Shopify theme editor as follows: 

======Define your section column layouts======
:: With Easy Content Builder, you define the layout on an individual section level. This is done by adding/editing the Sections Setting block. Learn how to [[Section Settings|add a Sections Setting]] block.

::You can add many sections per page, each section with its column layout.
::{{Note|'''<u>Useful link</u>''': 
::* See [https://easy-content-builder-demo.myshopify.com/pages/section-variations multi-column layouts examples]
::* Learn how to [[Section Settings|create multi-column layouts]]}}   
::[[File:Ecb section column config.jpg|frameless|1024x1024px]]

======Add new blocks to that section as you wish ====== 
::{{Note|
::*See [https://easy-content-builder-demo.myshopify.com/pages/multi-column-layouts pre-built sections examples]
::*Learn how to [[Add Blocks|add app blocks]].}}

======Adjust the padding/margin of each section======  
::The Easy Content Builder lets you adjust the space (padding and margin) between elements at two levels:
::*Section Settings level: refers to the global padding configurations for a section.
::*Block level: refers to the padding/margin of a specific block within a section (One section might come with multiple blocks in it.)
::[[File:Ecb sections padding margin.jpg|frameless|1917x1917px]]

======Adjust the font size, border radius, background color======
*If you want to change your font size, button, background, border radius, etc., you can do so using the ECB's Custom CSS: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN20FiUvVZc 5-min video tutorial].

:{{Note|For Pro plan: In addition to the standard Custom CSS feature, you have an '''Automatically Generate CSS''' option - a handy way to customize your theme '''without coding'''. [[Custom CSS|Learn more]]. |reminder}} 
:[[File:Ecb-custom-css.jpg|border|frameless|1024x1024px]]

===Preview your custom template===
Steps to preview your products, blog posts or pages with the new custom template:  
# From your Shopify admin, click '''Online Store''' > '''Themes'''.
#Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click '''Customize'''.
#Open the dropdown menu at the top of the page.
# Use the dropdown menu to select a template.
#In the sidebar, click '''Change'''.
#Select the product or page you want to preview with the selected template.

===Next steps===

====== Manage and edit your templates ======
*Manage your templates: [[Manage Templates|follow these steps]].
*Edit your template: [[Edit Template|follow these steps]].

====== Set up multi-column layouts ======
*Learn how to set up multi-column layouts:
::*[[Section Settings|1-col boxed layout]]
::*[[Section Settings|1-col with Background Image]]
::*[[Section Settings|2-col with Flexible Col Width]] 
::*[[Section Settings|2-col with Blank Sections]] 
::*Hierarchical Grids ([https://posstack.com/blog/easy-content-builder-new-hierarchical-grids 6 layout options]) 
:::{{note|We suggest you install the '''Theme Section Kit''' to customize your Shopify theme faster. This template contains prebuilt sections (Free and Pro versions) that you can edit, reorder, or hide through your Theme Editor. Preview the '''Theme Section Kit''' [https://easy-content-builder-demo.myshopify.com/pages/ecb-prebuilt-theme-sections here].|info}}

====== Customize with Custom CSS ======
*Learn how to customize your Shopify themes with Custom CSS using Easy Content Builder: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN20FiUvVZc 5-min video tutorial].
*Do you want to change the primary, secondary, background color, font size, or border-radius? Refer to [[Custom CSS]] for more details on how to make those customizations.