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Admin: /* Use case 1 */

2024-06-06T03:07:13Z

Use case 1

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	For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.		For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.

	Or you can use one metaobject template for all products in the same category (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications presented in many sections with customizable structure.

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Admin: /* Use case 1 */

2024-06-06T01:45:30Z

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	For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.		For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.

	Or you can use one metaobject template for ~~multiple~~ products in the same category (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications presented in many sections with customizable structure.		Or you can use one metaobject template for all products in the same category (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications presented in many sections with customizable structure.

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Admin: /* Use case 1 */

2024-06-06T01:44:43Z

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	For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.		For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.

	Or you can use one template for multiple ~~technical~~ products (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications.		Or you can use one metaobject template for multiple products in the same category (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications presented in many sections with customizable structure.

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Admin: /* Use case 1 */

2024-06-06T01:41:18Z

Use case 1

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	For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.		For example, you can display pre-designed banners within product pages, and each banner will be unique for each product.

			Or you can use one template for multiple technical products (drill, blender, speaker, ...), and each product has different technical specifications.

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Admin: /* When to use Metaobjects? */

2024-06-06T01:33:17Z

When to use Metaobjects?

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	You can access and modify the data stored in metaobjects from the Shopify admin, then display those Shopify metaobjects within your theme.		You can access and modify the data stored in metaobjects from the Shopify admin, then display those Shopify metaobjects within your theme.

	==What is ~~metaobject~~ template?==		==What is Metaobject template?==
	Metaobject templates are a set of metaobject sections designed to provide your online store with a uniform appearance.		Metaobject templates are a set of metaobject sections designed to provide your online store with a uniform appearance.

	For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily create a metaobject definition using Easy Content Builder's one-click option. Once the metaobject definition is set up and entries are created, you can use dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.		For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily create a metaobject definition using Easy Content Builder's one-click option. Once the metaobject definition is set up and entries are created, you can use dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.

	==When to use Metaobjects?==		==When to use Metaobjects template?==

	{{Note\|You can't use a regular template for the following use cases because with a large number of products/pages, you can't display custom-structured information '''using only one template'''. By default, only the "Main product information such as media, price, color swatch" and content section (on pages/blog posts) will be dynamic per product/page. Other sections added to the template will display the same content on all products/pages. This is where metaobjects come in handy.\|reminder}}		{{Note\|You can't use a regular template for the following use cases because with a large number of products/pages, you can't display custom-structured information '''using only one template'''. By default, only the "Main product information such as media, price, color swatch" and content section (on pages/blog posts) will be dynamic per product/page. Other sections added to the template will display the same content on all products/pages. This is where metaobjects come in handy.\|reminder}}

An: /* Create metaobjects */

2024-06-04T02:14:12Z

Create metaobjects

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	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	====Create metaobjects====		====Create metaobjects====
	Learn how to create metaobjects using '''a one-click option''' ~~[[Create_metaobjects\|here]]~~.		Learn [[Create_metaobjects\|how to create metaobjects]] (using '''a one-click option''').

An: /* Create metaobjects */

2024-06-04T02:12:12Z

Create metaobjects

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	== Next Steps ==		== Next Steps ==
	====Create metaobjects====		====Create metaobjects====
			Learn how to create metaobjects using '''a one-click option''' [[Create_metaobjects\|here]].

An: /* What is metaobject template? */

2024-06-03T10:16:30Z

What is metaobject template?

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	Metaobject templates are a set of metaobject sections designed to provide your online store with a uniform appearance.		Metaobject templates are a set of metaobject sections designed to provide your online store with a uniform appearance.

	~~When you use Easy Content Builder to create a metaobject template, you can incorporate any available sections from our app.~~		For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily create a metaobject definition using Easy Content Builder's one-click option. Once the metaobject definition is set up and entries are created, you can use dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.

	For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily ~~generate~~ a metaobject definition ~~with a simple~~ one-click option. Once ~~you've established a~~ metaobject definition and created ~~metaobject entries~~, you can ~~utilize~~ dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.

	==When to use Metaobjects?==		==When to use Metaobjects?==

An: /* What is Shopify metaobject? */

2024-06-03T10:11:10Z

What is Shopify metaobject?

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	==What is Shopify metaobject?==		==What is Shopify metaobject?==
	Metaobjects enable you to create and manage custom data not natively available in your default Shopify data structure, such as recipes, size charts, FAQs~~, ingredient lists~~, book metadata, ~~and~~ technical product specifications.		Metaobjects enable you to create and manage custom data not natively available in your default Shopify data structure, such as recipes, size charts, FAQs, book metadata, technical product specifications, etc.

	You can access and modify the data stored in metaobjects from the Shopify admin, then display those Shopify metaobjects within your theme.		You can access and modify the data stored in metaobjects from the Shopify admin, then display those Shopify metaobjects within your theme.

An: /* When to use Metaobject? */

2024-06-03T08:50:25Z

When to use Metaobject?

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	For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily generate a metaobject definition with a simple one-click option. Once you've established a metaobject definition and created metaobject entries, you can utilize dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.		For the sections you want to link to your metaobjects, you can easily generate a metaobject definition with a simple one-click option. Once you've established a metaobject definition and created metaobject entries, you can utilize dynamic sources to link the fields of your metaobject definition.

	==When to use ~~Metaobject~~?==		==When to use Metaobjects?==

	{{Note\|You can't use a regular template for the following use cases because with a large number of products/pages, you can't display custom-structured information '''using only one template'''. By default, only the "Main product information such as media, price, color swatch" and content section (on pages/blog posts) will be dynamic per product/page. Other sections added to the template will display the same content on all products/pages. This is where metaobjects come in handy.\|reminder}}		{{Note\|You can't use a regular template for the following use cases because with a large number of products/pages, you can't display custom-structured information '''using only one template'''. By default, only the "Main product information such as media, price, color swatch" and content section (on pages/blog posts) will be dynamic per product/page. Other sections added to the template will display the same content on all products/pages. This is where metaobjects come in handy.\|reminder}}