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All notable changes to Palo Alto are documented in this post.
This new version of Palo Alto improves the meganav animation, updates the quick buy popup drawer, as well as a few other minor enhancements and fixes.
Added
Better color options for buttons
Changed
Updated and Improved the meganav drawer animation
Improved design and animation for the quick buy functionality
Fixes and other improvements
Fixed an issue with the text decoration circle on mobile devices
Fixed a javascript issue on the Shop the look section
Fixed an issue with video files on the product page
Image Size Recommendations in Palo Alto
The key across all image sections is to keep the focal point of the image in the center. For example, if you're adding text or graphics on top of the image they can easily be cropped out of view.
The Slideshow section allows you to specify desktop and mobile images as well as specify the slide height.
Desktop: We recommend using images 1920px in width.
Mobile: We recommend using images 1080px in width.
Remember: Mobile devices are tall. You need to use an image that has a bigger height than it does width in order to fill the vertical aspect ratio.
Palo Alto provides an option to specify various slide height sizes: Fullscreen, Auto, 750px, 650px, 550px, and 450px.
Static sizes: If you want to use a static slide height (750px, 650px, 550px, or 450px), make sure your image height is around that size.
For example, if you'd like to use a slide image height of 750px, you'll want to save your image around this same size. This will prevent image cropping both towards the top and bottom. This applies to the other slide height sizes (650px, 550px, and 450px).
Note: Because these settings keep the height static across all devices, the width will change. Your images may be cut off from the side so make sure that the focal point is in the center.
Fullscreen: This option will fit the images to the entire height of the browser window. This option is recommended for images with medium height sizes and not for images with large height sizes, as these will be cropped at the bottom of the image.
Auto: Setting this option will have the images displayed in the original height as uploaded. This option is quite useful if you want to have the full image displayed as there will be no cropping of the images.
Note: It's important to use equal-sized images in terms of height for this option to maintain consistency in the slide height as the slideshow advances.
We recommend using images at a ratio of one to one and sizes around 1024 by 1024 pixels or smaller images of about 600 by 600 pixels.
Using high-resolution images will make them sharper but slow down your load times
Palo Alto provides an option to adjust image aspect ratios for the blog page.
This is the standard setting that works well with square-shaped images. We recommend this square ratio because the images will be cropped square on the blog overview page and they'll display in their uploaded ratio on the individual blog post page.
This ratio will result in taller images or portrait images.
This ratio can be used to display wider images. We recommend it for landscape images.
This is the page with the "/collections/all" URL that lists all of the visible products in the store. By default, products on the catalog page are shown in alphabetic order.
Palo Alto provides an option to specify this image within the Image with Title section settings.
We recommend using image sizes around 1400px in width.
Palo Alto provides you with options to specify the banner height. These include Fullscreen, Auto, 750px, 650px, and 550px.
These options are similar to the Slideshow section.
We recommend using logo images at a width of around 440px.
The maximum logo height applied is 100px therefore it is ideal to have a logo with a height around this size or lower.
For our Popup section, we recommend using an image with at least 600 pixels in its lower dimension. The default aspect ratio here is 8 by 7.
In pixels that should translate to 690 by 600 pixels or 1380 by 1200 pixels if you're looking to create a retina image.
A retina image is an image twice as big as its block or recommended size. This ensures that the final image is sharp even if rendered on an unusually bigger device.
There are also triple retina images which are three times the recommended size.
Setting up a Mega Menu for your header
A Mega Menu is a stylized submenu that allows you to also add an image to your navigation. It can be used to put more links together and group them in a form of subcategories.
The Mega Menu in Palo Alto 4.4.0 works automatically based on two criteria:
1 - If there is an Image selected for the submenu, the Mega Menu is enabled.
2 - If there are third-level links, the Mega Menu is enabled.
Note: The Mega Menu is automatically disabled when the Hamburger navigation is enabled.
To add a new Mega Menu you need to click on the Header section arrow to expand it after which click on 'Add image'.
Setting up the Mega Menu can be done by accessing the block settings.
Here you will find the option to add it under any first-level link in your header as well as the options to add the image.
To get a list of links like the one from our demo you'll need to simply set them up from your navigation menu as standard drop-down menus.
You can learn more about this in Shopify's great articles on the topic.
Announcement Bar settings and layout
Click on the Announcement bar section to reveal the section settings.
These settings will allow you to change the background and text colors of your Announcement bar section, layout style, and autoplay speed.
You can also click on the small arrow next to this section to expand it and show its blocks. This will allow you to access each block to change its text and link.
You can also add new blocks by clicking the 'Add block' button.
Add single or multiple text announcement bars with links to promote your offers:
Use this block to encourage add-on sales and increased quantities.
Modify the message text as needed. Keep the || amount ||
custom short code to reference your set value from the Cart settings.
Build custom announcement messages and use targeting options to provide complete customization for your promotions.
Documentation for Palo Alto 4.4 and earlier. For the latest version, click here
Introducing Palo Alto, a contemporary designed theme that gives you space to tell your story. Palo Alto is built to support Shopify's Online Store 2.0 and comes complete with easy-to-use sections, plus powerful search capabilities and quick buying features for mobile and desktop customers.
Discover and learn about Palo Alto with our theme documentation and demo stores. Tell your story, and showcase your brand with our simple-to-use and creative tools.
You can try Palo Alto for free as a draft theme:
If you have questions or need additional assistance with using Palo Alto, our support staff is here to help you by email. Reach out to us from our contact form:
Change the opacity to blend the header with a background image (or video)
Palo Alto can display a transparent header on the homepage, collection pages, and any customized pages that include a full-width background image (or video) section.
When using a transparent header, you may include a second logo to provide contrast with your main homepage asset.
To enable the Transparent header you will need to first open the Header section settings. From here, simply check the 'Enable transparent header' checkbox and save the changes:
Welcome to Online Store 2.0!
Palo Alto is built to use Shopify's Online Store 2.0 (OS2) which allows you to use all of Palo Alto's 20+ sections everywhere including the Homepage, Product pages, Collections, Pages, Blogs, Cart page, Search page, and more. Endless flexibility options for your store.
Shopify's Online Store 2.0 also includes Collection filtering tools, unique content using Metafields (dynamic source), easy to create custom templates, improved storefront performance. Palo Alto uses all the features included in Shopify's new modern platform.
Shopify's platform change completely remodels how you can use your store. Start with learning the features and changes Shopify has introduced:
The header section has a small group of settings called a 'Highlight link'.
Inside the Header section settings is where you will find the options to set the target text and the color of the text:
You can upload a logo in place of your store name by opening the Header section settings and uploading a Custom logo:
A separate option is available to help provide better contrast when transparency is used. This is an optional but helpful feature.
The 'Collection list' section is here to help you add links to collections you want to highlight on your store pages. This is a quick and easy way to run promotions or let your customers know about new collections.
The 'Collection list' section allows you to add up to 12 collection blocks per section. You can use multiple sections to show more collections.
Customize your store using these Palo Alto sections
Palo Alto comes complete with 20+ professional theme sections to help you merchandise your online store. Sections can be added to any page on your store.
Discover the complete range of sections and their settings. Experiment by adding different types of sections and section blocks to the homepage and the other pages within your store.
These sections can be placed on any page including:
Home page
Product pages
Collection pages and Collection list
Blog index and Blog posts
Shopify pages
404 error page, Search page, Password page
Cart page
To find the primary settings for each section, click on the section name to view the settings panel. These settings control the elements of the section.
Wider desktop screens will display the settings panel on the right side of your screen.
Scroll towards the bottom, above Footer and Popups. Choose Add section:
Navigate to any product page or choose the default product template. Use Add section located above Footer and Popups:
When adding sections to the default product template, the sections and their content will appear on all your product pages.
To provide unique content for certain products, create a new template and assign a product to that template. All products using that template will have the same section content but will be different from the default template. Always create new templates on the live published theme in order for them to appear as options in your product setup.
Another method is to use Shopify's insert dynamic source option (metafields) to blocks and then customize content for each product in your product setup.
Navigate to any page on your site or choose any template from the top drop-down. Choose Add section, which is located above Footer and Popups on the left panel:
When adding a section to a certain template. The same content will appear on all pages that are also using that template.
You can create additional templates such as a new page template or collection template and then assign a page or collection to that new template. This will allow you to create multiple pages with different content.
Experiment with creating and customizing new templates in the Theme Editor. As a second step, remember to assign that template to a certain page or collection.
For example, create a new collection template to display a different layout and include different sections. Then in the Shopify Admin under Products -> Collections, choose your collection and assign the newly created template to that collection.
🚨 Important tip: New templates must be created on the published theme. They will not appear as a template option for assignments if created in a draft theme. This is a Shopify Platform restriction. Always make new templates on the live published theme.
Note: Newly added sections adding appear at the bottom of your section list.
Use the eye icon next to the section title to toggle the display of the entire section:
Tip - Blocks have their own eye icon, be sure to select the section eye icon to toggle display of the entire section.
Use the handle icon which is located next to the eye icon to drag a section and drop it in a new position:
Sections contain content and settings.
Experiment with different section types to add rich content on the homepage and all pages within your site.
Use the settings to adjust behavior and layout. Helpful tip, when adding new sections as they appear at the bottom of your section list.
Apart from the individual section settings, there are also Theme Settings. These are a number of global settings grouped together for ease of use.
A stylish new section to help showcase your most recent or most popular collections with small icons.
Set the layout, main heading, and sizes for the section. Choose the collection link and image for each block.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'
Display custom announcement messages to your customers only when the customer is browsing a certain page, product, collection, or blog post on your site.
Target your message based on where customers are browsing your site:
Create a different announcement bar with custom messages for various pages of your site.
Target a specific audience by using Target Referrer. Your announcement bar will only appear when the customer arrives at your site from a certain path or location.
Enable when running a promotion on another site.
Use to provide a custom message related to the source promotion
Target only certain devices or create a custom announcement bar message for mobile devices and another for desktop browsers.
Enable custom announcement messages for mobile and desktop.
The 'Featured collection' section allows you to highlight a specific collection of products on your store pages. This section generates blocks with links to each product page.
From the settings of this section, you can control which collection to display, the number of rows, as well as a handful of other settings.
One of our newest sections, Image accordions, allows you to set a unique look and showcase multiple images that reveal more information as you hover over them.
Set a style and height for the section. Set the image, text, and button settings for each block.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
A new feature in version 4.4 is the ability to Highlight words. This option can be found in a few sections and it works in a simple and easy-to-set-up way.
First, you have to set the style for the words you want to highlight to 'Italic':
Lastly, select a style from the 'Highlight type' drop-down menu and you're ready to go!
To animate highlight words try adding a link.
'Logo List' creates a carousel view that you can use to showcase your brand or partnered brand logos.
Add the logos with their respective links. Also, the background color can be changed. Set the individual images and sizes for your logo blocks.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
'Shop the look' allows you to use images and dots to highlight specific points of your products. Use this section to create a unique way of getting your customer's attention!
The individual blocks of this section are images. From their own settings, you can gain access to add different images as well as move the dots to different places.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'
This is the perfect hero section for most stores. Use the Slideshow to create a home page banner with incredible customizability.
Adjust the general settings of the section. Adjust the individual block settings of this section.
If the button text is empty, the whole slide becomes the link.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Let your customers know about your store locations. You can add more than one block if you have multiple stores.
Set the general headings and colors of the section. Set different options for different blocks such as different working hours, images, or addresses.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Include custom HTML snippets to create a unique look. Add partner badges via HTML snippets easily to any of your store pages.
The 'Icons Row' section can be used to present short bursts of information to your customers. Use them in combination with predefined icons or with your own images.
Adjust the icon's width and color of this section. Individually adjust the icon style and text for each block.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Display a small-sized newsletter signup message.
Out of the box, there aren't any blocks for this section. It solely relies on blocks from third-party mailing apps to create a link between the newsletter subscribers and the mailing lists.
Use mailing applications to integrate blocks and more advanced email marketing lists.
Palo Alto includes a 'Tabs' section to help you provide frequently asked questions. A place to promote your services, and brand strengths and also include product reviews.
The blocks in this section help to create the individual tabs. Here you can add the heading and text for each question and answer. Add Text and Page.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Highlight your latest and greatest blog posts. Use this section to generate traction and bring exposure to your blogs on any store page.
Set the heading and background color for the section. Set the individual block settings for each article added.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Add quotes from business partners and client testimonials to your store pages.
Add a heading and set the colors, alignment, and navigation style of this section. Add individual testimonial blocks to the section.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
A new addition to our section set to help promote your brand or current discounts:
Set an image with text overlay and highlight select text to give it a pop. This new section in Palo Alto gives you the ability to let customers know about your discounts and current promotion on any store page.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'
Inspired by the blog posts section, 'Text collums' allows you to create your own highlights from the theme editor without having the need to create blog posts.
Adjust the heading, colors, and general settings of the section. Adjust the individual blocks' text, buttons, links, images, video popups, and more.
Add blocks by clicking on the small arrow next to the section then clicking 'Add block'.
Set three or four main colors that will represent your brand.
Try to use colors that are high in contrast. It will make your text easier to read. Here is a great contrast checker:
Note: Some sections have color settings. Section settings will overwrite Theme Setting.
Set two main fonts.
Font stacks in the Theme Settings are predetermined. You can not remove or add fonts to this list. To use Custom fonts, checkout our documentation post on the topic below:
Other options include:
Selecting a font for your navigation menu
Selecting a font for your buttons
Selecting a font for your subheadings
Setting different sizes
Setting different letter spacing
Letter capitalization (ALL CAPS)
Global theme settings that can affect all pages
The 'Theme Settings' tab is set off to the left side in the Theme Editor. This tab contains a bundle of all global settings in Palo Alto.
Please note that global settings can affect multiple sections and multiple pages.
Product Form
Social media
Currency
Favicon
This tab holds miscellaneous settings that can affect small details in your store.
Under Layout, you can enable spacer lines, rounded corners, and text shadow.
In the Mobile menu, you can select to have drop-down items open the menu or to be their own link.
You can toggle Pagination and Animations.
Under Buttons, you can change the style, toggle on-hover animations, and toggle the 'Scroll to top' button.
Theme Styles on their own do not make your store have fewer or more sections. They do not have any significant impact on performance or functionality. Mostly, these are predetermined colors and font settings.
Theme styles can NOT overwrite your manually set options so you might not even notice the change if you've already set up your sections.
The main Product grid settings can be used to make the best fit for your images.
Under Badges, you can toggle the Sale, Custom, Sold out, and Savings badges. There is also the option to show savings in cash or as a percentage.
Under Swatches, you can toggle color swatches and enable them to be shown on hover (on Desktop only).
Learn more about using Custom Color Swatches in Palo Alto here:
Upsell products in the cart and product pages using a custom metafield definition. You can set different combinations for different products.
Create a new metafield definition. Use the namespace and key: theme.upsell
From your Shopify Admin -> Settings and choose Metafields. Next, click on Products (click images to zoom):
Click the Add definition button and set a name, we'll use 'Upsell
'. Next, we will use a custom namespace.
This step is required. Change the default namespace (usually called 'my_fields') to theme
Add a description (this is optional) then click on Select content type. Here, choose the Product type and Save your new definitions.
The final step is to edit any of your products in the Shopify Admin -> Products and update the new upsell
metafield.
All you need to do is scroll to the bottom of the product setup page and fill them in:
Don't forget to Save your product and preview it on the cart drawer (or cart page).
Create a new metafield definition. This time, use the namespace and key: theme.upsell_list
Choose the Product type then set it to a 'List of products'.
The final step is to edit any of your products in the Shopify Admin -> Products and update the upsell_list
metafield.
All you need to do is scroll to the bottom of the product setup page and fill them in.
Don't forget to Save the changes and test them out in the cart:
In Palo Alto, you have the option to show up to three upsell buttons when the cart is empty.
To set this up you need to first create a new navigation menu. Start by heading over to your Online Store > Navigation and clicking on 'Add menu':
You can give it any name you want, we will call ours 'Cart menu'.
Note: You can only show up to three buttons so you should only add up to three links in your menu.
Lastly, you need to open up the Theme Editor and click on Theme Settings > Cart.
Dynamic message to encourage increased items per transaction.
Add a free shipping message in the cart drawer to help your customers know how close they are to free shipping. The value fills up and changes as items are added to the cart.
Use to encourage add-on sales and increased quantities
Enable the 'Free shipping message' from the Theme Settings -> Cart tab and set the value from the 'Minimum spend for free shipping' field.
Modify the message text as needed. Keep the || amount ||
custom short-code to reference your set value from the Cart settings.
Once the required amount is reached a message will show up too:
Use a Custom Cart Message to broadcast important information to your customers.
To set up a new Custom Cart Message you can open the Theme Editor and click on Theme Settings > Cart. The options for this are under the 'Message' headline:
Note: The Message itself does not generate a promo code. If you plan on using this message in a similar way be sure to set up a promo code first. Click here to learn more about Shopify Promo Codes and Discounts.
The Custom Cart Message is shown in the cart drawer (like in the example above) and in the cart page.
The cart terms and conditions allow you to add a checkbox to stop users from checking out before accepting the terms and conditions of your store.
To enable this option you can go into your Theme Editor and click on Theme Settings > Cart.
The Quick shop feature in Palo Alto allows customers to add products to their cart without leaving the page they are on.
When One-click is enabled, the customer purchases the product (or the first available variant) immediately.
If the product contains variants, we recommend using Quick view instead. This will take the customer through the process of choosing variants.
A custom loading icon helps you to keep brand consistency and display an animation as a loading indicator for your visitors.
The settings for the custom loading icon can be found inside the Theme Editor under Theme Settings > Loading Icon:
From the available settings, you can make the image bigger. You can also set it to appear on the very first load only or to also appear between page loads.
A very important note to make is that these settings are purely visual and aesthetic. Palo Alto does not have any options to change the functionality of your Checkout page.
The Checkout page is generated entirely from the Shopify core code so for any issues, at Checkout we highly recommend reaching out to Shopify Support.
The options here are predetermined and similar to most other themes.
Add, arrange and customize Product page theme blocks
The Palo Alto 'Product pages' section blocks help you customize the primary or core content for your product pages and product templates. Adding sections further enhances your merchandising.
Palo Alto includes the following theme blocks for product pages/templates:
Pickup availability
Custom liquid
Settings and layout options for Product pages
The new Product page sections in our Palo Alto theme are built from the ground up with the new features introduced in Online Store 2.0 in mind. The use of JSON templates allows for dynamic sections to be used to truly customize your product pages to your style.
Accessing the Product pages can be done by opening your Theme Editor and clicking on Products. This will show all of the available product pages in the specific theme copy you are editing.
A big part of the settings can be accessed from the section blocks. They can also be moved around if you're looking to customize the look. You can move blocks the same way you move sections.
Each block has six small dots that you can click and hold to drag and drop them between one another.
Learn more about the individual 'Product pages' section blocks:
Replace the 'Add to Cart' button with a 'Pre-Order' button
Palo Alto uses product tags for creating Pre-order products. When you define a Pre-order tag, you can easily convert the 'Add to Cart' button to a 'Pre-Order' button.
Setting up a Pre-order tag is very simple and can be done right in your Shopify Admin.
To remove the Buy it now button, you can create a Pre-order product template and uncheck 'Show dynamic checkout buttons' under the Form block.
Displays all buying-related elements including product variants and swatches, quantity selector, the add to cart button, and the buy it now button.
An optional size chart link is placed above the variant options.
Size chart - Dynamic source supported
Show variant labels
Show quantity selector
Show dynamic checkout buttons
Subscription selectors (with supported app)
Icon with text
Displays a share icon for sharing the current product page on social media platforms.
Displays product price, title, and star rating when using the Shopify Ratings app. Includes an option to display Navigation breadcrumb above the title (including vendor option, see settings).
If the product price is 0, Palo Alto will show 'Free' text. You can change this text from the Edit Languages menu:
Navigation options
None
Breadcrumb
Collection
Vendor
Display an upsell product on your page and in the cart.
When selecting a product for the 'Buy it with' promotion, we recommend you choose products with one variant.
Select the upsell product. It will only be displayed in the product page.
You can also use a metafield Namespace and key 'theme.upsell' to allow product upsells to follow users into the cart.
Learn more about our cart Upsell feature here.
Show the product description text on the product pages.
Add more details about your products.
Display a notification about the current inventory quantity. If there are less than 10 products available this block will show how many are left.
Show multiple icons inside your product details section.
A simple line with top and bottom spacing settings.
Display options for Product Reviews app within Palo Alto
Palo Alto has built-in support for Shopify's Product Reviews app. Star ratings can be shown throughout the theme. Here are some examples:
Product Detail page
Star and average rating value next to product name:
Individual reviews and forms to add a new review can be shown with Palo Alto's accordions or separate below the product description:
Collection page and Product Grid sections
Stars can be shown below the product name and price:
The option to enable this can be found in the Collection pages section under the Theme Settings Tab.
Palo Alto includes quick and easy settings in the Theme Editor to display ratings. The main requirement is that you have the Shopify Reviews app installed:
If you don't have the app installed, use this link to download it.
For the Product Detail page, you can easily add the rating value, star, and the number of ratings from the Title and price block under the Product pages section:
There are checkboxes for the following:
Show star rating - Adds a star icon next to the rating number.
Show rating count - Displays the number of reviews for the current product.
Add bits of information with icons to your product description pages.
Create a slide-out block with extra text. Perfect to showcase policies or a chart with extra information.
Palo Alto will display swatches for color variants in collection filtering and the product form on product pages.
Palo Alto will detect if your variant label is Color or Colour and automatically display swatches
To customize the trigger words which activate swatches, use the Language Editor (Edit languages) and add or modify the values:
You can add more trigger words that will help use swatches for other options.
The result is the same and you can use different custom swatches as well.
Palo Alto can easily detect simple color names and convert them to swatches. There are a total of 140 color names Palo Alto can detect, all other more complex names will be represented by a default grey color swatch.
You can upload your own custom color names and graphics as described below. Here is a full list of color names that will automatically be converted to swatches: Color names list
If your products have color names other than the listed colors in the Color names list, you can add your own color names and values or upload images to the Assets folder:
Use the swatches.json
file located in the Assets folder to add your own custom names and HEX color values:
To find additional HEX color codes, visit: https://colorhunt.co
With Palo Alto, you can upload your own custom swatch images and display them on product and collection pages.
How to:
Create a small square image (60x60 or 100x100 for best results)
Upload to the Assets folder
Modify swatches.json
to include your color name and image
Swatches can be toggled on and off in the Theme settings under Product Grid:
Filtering menus for your collection pages
Palo Alto has three filtering methods to choose from. They can be found under the Collection products section settings.
The default method is a new feature introduced with Online Store 2.0. This feature is automatically generated based on your product information such as variant price, availability, product type, brand, and vendor.
Filtering by tag simply takes all of the unique tags applied to each product of the collection and lists them inside the filters menu.
This is the most simple method of all and as such, the fastest. If your priority is speed, we definitely recommend giving this method a try.
The filter by group method has been a staple in our theme for years and we are happy to include this in this version too. While this method is similar to the filter by tag method, as they both use product tags, it is a lot more advanced.
Setting this method up requires the use of product tags with a specific pattern. For each of your products, you need to specify tags that consist of a combination between the group name and the option name.
The group and option need to be separated with an underscore but they can contain spaces if they need to.
Promote related collections on any collection page
Cross-promote other collections with sub-collections. Display a carousel or grid of links to related or similar collections on any collection page.
Palo Alto uses Shopify's Navigation menu system to bring custom menu items into any collection page and displays them as sub-collections with a graphical image, collection name, description, and link.
Sub-collections are already included with the default collection template, listed as a section called subcollection.
Use the link in the settings to create a navigation list, the rest is done right in your Shopify Admin under Navigation. Choose Add menu to create a new menu:
Create a new menu with the same name as your collection:
For our example, we will be adding sub-collections to our 'Espradrille' collection, our menu will be called Espradrille ,and the handle in lowercase: espradrille
Next, we'll add menu items, these will be the sub-collection links that are displayed in the sub-collection carousel or grid:
Create a new menu item for each collection that be listed as a sub-collection.
Save your menu and your sub-collections are ready to use.
Collection and Product grid settings and configuration options
A new feature for Palo Alto is the ability to add a Cutline (or a Tagline) to showcase a single important point of information about your product:
To set up a Cutline, you need to create a new, custom, metafield definition that Palo Alto can recognize.
The most important part is to use this namespace and key: theme.cutline
To start, navigate to your Shopify Admin -> Settings and choose Metafields from the left panel. Next, click on Products (click images to zoom):
Click the Add definition button to begin. Choose a name, we'll use 'cutline
'. Next, we will use a custom namespace. This is required.
A crucial step here is to change the default namespace (usually called 'my_fields') to theme
Add a description (this is optional) then choose Select content type. Next, choose Text and use Single line text (it's the default option):
Don't forget to Save your changes.
Now that our custom metafield has been defined, the final step is to edit any of your products in the Shopify Admin -> Products and update the new cutline
metafield.
All you need to do is scroll to the bottom of the product setup page and fill them in:
Don't forget to Save your product and preview it on any product grid view, for example, a like Collection page:
Add badges or 'stickers' to your individual products
Custom product badges in Palo Alto allow you to create any type of badge for each of your products.
When using Shopify's dynamic source feature (also known as metafields), you can create individual product badges for any of your products.
Once a badge metafield is defined, any of your products can display a custom badge.
All your products will be able to display a custom badge or use the built-in badges for sales and out-of-stock inventory.
Custom badges are easy to create and all done in your Shopify admin. The first step is to define a custom metafield that Palo Alto can recognize.
Start in your Shopify Admin -> Settings and choose Metafields from the left panel and then click on Products (click on the images to zoom):
Click the Add definition button to begin. Choose a name, we'll use 'badge'. Next, we will use a custom namespace. This is required for custom badges.
A crucial step here is to change the default namespace (usually called 'my_fields') to theme
Add a description and choose Select content type. Choose Text, then select Single line text (it's the default choice):
Don't forget to Save your new product metafield.
The next and final step is to edit any of your products in the Shopify Admin -> Products and update the new badge metafield.
Scroll to the bottom of the product setup page:
Save your product and preview it on your Collection pages:
Palo Alto also includes automated 'Sale' and 'Sold Out' badges. Some badges can be mixed together with the custom badge.
The settings to enable or disable certain badges can be found under Theme Settings > Product Grid:
Some badges can disable or overwrite others. For example, if a product is sold out, it can't be shown as on sale.
Custom badges have the highest priority. They will appear alongside other badges to give more information to your customers.
The Preorder badge will not appear if the product is Sold Out. Make sure that you have quantity for your preorder products.
If a product is on sale and has a savings badge, the Sale badge won't be shown.
Use the Palo Alto Theme Settings to modify the background colors for Saving badges and Custom product badges.
In Palo Alto, you can add a promo block to your Collection pages section.
To start, you need to open up the Theme Editor and open any Collection page.
The promo block allows you to change the background, heading, text, button text, button URL, and much more.
Note: You can choose a collection here but this will only show the promo block for that one collection. Leave the setting empty if you want the promo block to be shown on all collection pages.
Only one (full) or two (half) blocks per row can be shown. To show two blocks next to each other you have to set them to be shown on the same line.
Next, make sure that all of your blocks are set to 'Half' width.
The Footer in Palo Alto has customizable elements in the form of section blocks. You can add in blocks by clicking the small arrow icon next to the Footer section then clicking the 'Add block' buttons:
While there are a good number of different blocks, you can only use four blocks here. Be sure to use the ones you need the most.
Other than the individual blocks, the Footer section also has a number of settings itself. You can set the background and text color, disable the footer wave style or set a different color for it.
There is also the option to show payment icons, currency, and language selectors, as well as a short menu in the Bottom bar.
Note: There is no option to remove the 'Powered by Shopify' text in the section settings.
To remove it, please check out our next post.
The popup section in Palo Alto can be used as a newsletter popup or as a sales promotion tool to display custom messages and promo codes based on where the customer arrives from, is viewing, and how they are interacting with your site.
There are four different section blocks:
A lightweight text and link popup with powerful behavior and targeting options:
The "Cookie consent" popup is the perfect way to add a cookies popup notification to your storefront. It contains the options to include a header, message, link to your privacy page and an accept button.
Please note: Presidio Creative cannot guarantee compliance with GDPR, or compliance with any other regulations related to cookies.
Footer Block Settings
A text block does as a text block sounds. You can add a short message with a heading to give information about your brand or current promotions.
Use 'Delay appearance' to delay the popup from showing on the page. There are four different delay options:
Displays the popup as soon as the page is loaded.
Displays the popup ten seconds after the page is loaded.
Displays the popup after the user scrolls to the bottom of the page.
Displays the popup after the user has been idle for one minute.
There are four behavior options that you can control from the block settings.
Display a custom popup to your customers only when the customer is browsing a certain page, product, collection, or blog post on your site. Target your message based on where customers are browsing on your site:
Create different popups and messages for various pages of your site.
Target a specific audience by using Target Referrer. Your popup will only appear when the customer arrives at your site from a certain path or location.
Enable when running a promotion on another site. Customize message based on the source.
Use to provide a custom discount code to your customers when they arrive from a social media or other paid promotion.
Create a custom popup for mobile devices and another popup for desktop browsers with Target Device. Each popup can be customized with different assets and messaging.
Enable custom popups for mobile and desktop.
Footer Block Settings
The logo block allows you to add an image (logo) and set its size. The image can be linked through a dynamic source to be shown differently on some pages (product pages, collection pages)
There is also the option to show or hide the store name under the logo image.
Footer Block Settings
A Newsletter block comes with an automatic newsletter subscription box. There are also settings to add a heading and text.
Note: The newsletter blocks in Palo Alto can only create a new Customer in your Shopify admin with the qualities of a Subscriber (agreed to receive marketing emails).
If you want to create more custom and more detailed mailing lists we highly recommend using third-party apps to manage them.
Footer Block Settings
The link list block allows you to add a navigation menu. You have the option to show or hide the title of the menu as a heading.
Note: The navigation menu here is different from the Header. It can not show dropdown items.
Only first-level links will be displayed.
Footer Block Settings
Using a Blog link, Palo Alto introduces a navigation menu to its three latest posts.
The 'Layout' setting here allows you to switch between showing blogs or showing tags. The tags will lead to pre-filtered pages that display all blog posts matching the tag (from the selected blog).
Remove Powered by Shopify credit in Footer
Click on the ellipses (three dots) icon at the top of the Theme Editor to view the theme actions and choose Edit code:
Open the 'footer-copyright.liquid'
file from the Snippets folder.
Place an opening ({% comment %}
) comment tag before the powered_by_link
span.
Place a closing ({% endcomment %}
) comment tag after the powered_by_link
span.
Save the changes.