Time for action – creating a new template

It’s really easy to create a new template. The trick to achieving something unique here is to experiment. Try some really big sizes and perhaps consider decreasing the number of products per page at the same time, especially if you have a small niche range or sell products with interesting or detailed images. Here’s how:

1. Open an FTP window on your web host.

2. Click on the themes directory in the main prestashop folder. Drag a copy of the folder you want to copy onto your desktop. If you’re working with the default theme, the folder is called prestashop.

3. Now right-click on the folder on your desktop and select Rename. Rename the folder to whatever you want your new theme to be called (no spaces and all lower case is the best convention).

4. Drag the new folder onto your web server. You now have a new theme. You can use FileZilla to connect to your host; it is an open source software like PrestaShop.

5. In your PrestaShop control panel, click on the Preferences...