Content and special objects
Previously, we learned how to use global objects to output the data from our admin on our templates and section files. Now, it is time to learn how to use content objects to output the content of template and sections files, as well as any other assets that are necessary for the Shopify store to operate. We can divide the content objects into three separate groups: content_for_header
, content_for_index
, and content_for_layout
.
All three types of content objects have descriptive names that tell us what they do. However, to ensure that we fully understand their importance, we will provide a small explanation for each.
The content_for_header object
content_for_header
is a mandatory object located inside the theme.liquid
layout file – more specifically, inside the HTML <head>
tag:
{{ content_for_header }}
The whole purpose of this object is to load all the scripts that Shopify requires into the document's header dynamically....