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Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid

You're reading from   Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid Design state-of-the-art, dynamic Shopify eCommerce websites using Liquid's powerful features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813969
Length 338 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ivan Djordjevic Ivan Djordjevic
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Shopify Explained
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Shopify FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Basic Flow of Liquid 4. Section 2: Exploring Liquid Core
5. Chapter 3: Diving into Liquid Core with Tags 6. Chapter 4: Diving into Liquid Core with Objects 7. Chapter 5: Diving into Liquid Core with Filters 8. Section 3: Behind the Scenes
9. Chapter 6: Configuring the Theme Settings 10. Chapter 7: Working with Static and Dynamic Sections 11. Chapter 8: Exploring the Shopify Ajax API 12. Assessments 13. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions

Building with blocks

The blocks attribute is one of the most potent tools in Shopify. By using them, we can create modules that we can reuse any number of times and reorder the section content from within the theme editor. At this point, this might be confusing as it sounds similar to what we just learned about regarding dynamic sections. However, the key difference is that blocks sections allow us to reorder the content within the section, not the sections themselves, which allows us to create more complex features.

Additionally, we can combine the blocks attributes with static sections to create a dynamic section functionality that's similar to what we currently have on the home page, and then include it on any page. However, instead of rearranging sections, we will be rearranging the blocks.

The blocks attribute allows us to create different types of blocks using the object format, under which each object type will act as a unique module. Here, we can include a different...

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