Template for Standard Pages

This guide explains how to customize your Shopify standard pages like Homepage, Collection, etc.

Related Guides:

• How to create a custom template for multiple pages (product/blog post/pages).
  
• How to create a custom template for a single page (product, blog post, etc.).
• How to create a Metaobjects template

Steps to customize your Homepage:

How it works:

• From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
• Find the theme you want to edit, then click Customize.

• From the dropdown menu in the Theme Editor, click Homepage and start adding the prebuilt sections that Easy Content provides.

Common customizations

Below are common customizations you might want to start with:

Add Section Settings

You should always add a Section Settings first.

• Learn how to add the Section Settings.
• How to define multiple-column layouts.

Good to know: Why you need Section Settings:

• To determine your ideal layouts (1-column, 2-column, 3-column, 4-column, or hierarchical layouts)
• And to control your global configurations (full-width layout, mask color, mask image, background video, parallax animation, etc.)

Add new content blocks within a section

After adding a Section Settings, you can add many content blocks to the section you've created. These content blocks will be displayed in different positions within the section, depending on the Desktop/Mobile Layouts you configure.

Each template can have multiple sections, and each section has a specific variety of blocks you can add. View all sections available here.

Set the Text color

The Text color setting is located in the Section Settings. Enter the HEX color value or choose from your currently used color (if any). Then, the new text's color will be applied to all content blocks within this section.

Ensure you also update the Background Color or Container Background Color (under the same Section Settings panel) to pair with your new text's color.

Set the Background Color

Step 1: You can set the background color using CSS or Gradient.

If you add a HEX color value using the CSS option and want to change to the Gradient color, just remove the HEX color and switch to the Gradient mode.

The background color will be applied full-width to the whole section.

Ensure you adjust the Text Color (under the same Section Settings panel) to keep the text visible and highly contrasting.

Step 2 (Optional): Set the Padding Top/Padding Bottom (under the same Section Settings panel) to add desired horizontal space to the section.

Set the Container Background color

Use the Container Background Color setting to set the background color for the content area instead of the full-width background. You can define the background color using CSS or Gradient.

Ensure you set the Container Padding Top/Padding Bottom (under the same Section Settings panel) to add the desired horizontal space to the container.

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.)

How to change to existing fonts on Shopify

• From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
• Next to the theme that you want to edit, click Customize.
• Use the Template drop-down menu to select a template.
• Click on Theme Settings (the gear icon) > Typography

• In your Typography settings, click the Change button to update your headings and body text fonts.

 

Handy tips: Check the checklist to pick a font combination (Plus 10 free font pairings to enhance your Shopify store): view details.

 

Adjust the font size, rounded corners, background color

• If you want to change your font size, button, global background, border radius (rounded corners), etc., you can do so using the ECB's Custom CSS.

For Pro plan: In addition to the standard Custom CSS feature, you have an CSS Code Generator option - a handy option to generate CSS code automatically. Learn more.

Step to customize your Collection pages:

How it works

• From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
• Find the theme you want to edit, then click Customize.

• From the dropdown menu in the Theme Editor, click the Collections, then click on Default Collection (if you want to customize your default Collection page), or scroll down and click Create Template (to create your new Collection template).

• Next, fill in the Name and Based on fields.

• Then, start customizing your template in your Shopify theme editor.

Common customization

You can start adding sections to your Collection pages following exact steps like customizing the Homepage. Scroll up this page for a step-by-step guide.

Next steps

Set up multi-column layouts

• Learn how to set up multi-column layouts:

• 1-col boxed layout
• 1-col with Background Image
• 2-col with Flexible Col Width
• 2-col with Blank Sections
• Hierarchical Grids (6 layout options)

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 here.

Customize with Custom CSS

• Learn how to customize your Shopify themes with Custom CSS using Easy Content Builder: 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.