Create metaobjects

NOTE: Easy Content Builder provides a one-click option that enables you to create a metaobject definition automatically. No need to manually specify the metaobjects’ name, type, and fields like the native Shopify workflow.

Steps to create metaobjects

• Open Apps > Easy Content Builder > Metaobjects
• On the Manage Metaobjects screen > click the Create button next to the metaobject content types that Easy Content Builder provides to create metaobjects.

Please note that metaobjects will serve as a dynamic source for various blocks/sections. You will need to create one or all of the metaobject content types, depending on which one you intend to use.

Scroll down to view the available metaobjects in Easy Content Builder.

Types of metaobjects available in Easy Content Builder

At present, Easy Content Builder allows you to create six types of metaobjects:

Metaobject Definition	Description
ECB Media	stores videos, images, and icons. This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's metaobject templates.
ECB Rich Text	stores headings, subheadings, descriptions, etc. This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's metaobject templates.
ECB Author Bio	stores the writer and author's profile details (name, position, avatar, etc). This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's metaobject templates.
ECB Tabs	store tab content. This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's Tabs block.
ECB Accordion	stores accordion content. This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's Accordion block.
ECB Icons With Text	stores Icons With Text's content (Heading, Icons, Description, Links). This is used as the dynamic source for Easy Content Builder's Icons With Text block.

• ECB Media and ECB Rich Text metaobjects: you can use both of these metaobjects for creating long-form pages (cooking recipes, ingredient lists, product pages with complex specifications, bookstore pages, etc.) with rich content such as videos, images, icons, and rich text.

• • ECB Media: where you store rich media data such as videos, images, icons.
  • ECB Rich Text: where you store rich text data such as headings, subheadings, descriptions, etc.

• Metaobjects for specific blocks:

• • ECB Author Bio: allows you to store the writer, artist, author profile etc (such as name, position, avatar, and relevant information).
  • ECB Tabs: allows you to store tab content in metaobjects and display this dynamic content on a tab section on your theme using your Shopify theme editor. Read setup guide.
  • ECB Accordions: allows you to store accordion content in metaobjects and display this dynamic content on an accordion section on your theme using your Shopify theme editor. Read setup guide
  • ECB Icons With Text: allows you to store Icons With Text content (including Heading, Icons, Description, and Links) in metaobject and display this dynamic content on an Icons With Text section on your theme using your Shopify theme editor. Read setup guide.

NOTE: If you need to add specific metaobjects - tabs, accordions, or Icons With Text  - to part of your Shopify pages, we highly recommend you use ECB Tabs, ECB Accordions, or ECB Icons With Text metaobjects depending on which content type you need. New to metaobjects? Learn when to use metaobjects here.

For demo purposes, this guide walks you through the steps to create a product page using metaobjects, which include ECB Media and ECB Rich Text Metaobjects. You can apply this workflow to create and display other metaobjects in parts or an entire page/blog post/product.