Creating a new blog template allows a merchant to customize the layout of the posts existing on their blog. This will help to create a unique style for your blog and attract more visitor to visit your blog and then, to your online store. Creating a customized blog template is not as easy as you imagine, it requires your understanding of coding.
However, because of the fact that you can take lots of advantages of a customized blog template, learning how to create a new blog template is necessary. Hence, today, you will be shown how to create a new blog template with just some simple steps.
How to create a new blog template
- Step 1: Go to Online Store then choose Themes
- Step 2: Click Action and then Edit code
- Step 3: Click Add a new template
- Step 4: Select an article option and your template’s name
- Step 5: Click Create template
- Step 6: Make your changes to the template
- Step 7: Click Save
Step 1: Go to Online Store
then choose Themes
First and foremost, you go to your Shopify admin, from there, go to Online Store
. In Online Store
section and then Themes
.
Step 2: Click Action
and then Edit code
Next, in Themes
you will see a list of themes existing in your online store. Find the theme that you want to edit. Then you click on
Actions
and choose Edit code
for the next step.
Step 3: Click Add a new template
On Edit code
interface, you find the folder called Template
then click Add a new template
right under that folder.
Step 4: Select an article option and your template’s name
After clicking on Add a new template
, a dialog will appear to ask you to select the article
option in the drop-down menu as well as
the name of your template.
Step 5: Click Create template
To continue, you click Create template
button
Step 6: Make your changes to the template
Now, it’s up to the style of the blog post you want to customize that you can adjust the template in the online code editor.
Step 7: Click Save
Finally, click Save
when you finish editing code.
To create a new blog template on iPhone
Step 1: Tap Store
To get started, open the Shopify app on your phone, then go to Store
Step 2: Select Online Store
in Sales channels
Next, from the Sales channels
section, you select Online Store
Step 3: Tap Manage themes
From Online Store
, you go to Manage themes
to start edit code
Step 4: Tap Action
then Edit code
There will be a list of themes existing in your online store. Choose the theme that you want to make changes, then tap Action
and
Edit code
.
Step 5: Tap Add a new template
On Edit code
screen, you find the folder called Template
then click Add a new template
right under that folder.
Step 6: Select article
option and name your template
After tapping on Add a new template
, a dialog will appear to ask you to select the article
option in the drop-down menu as well as
the name of your template.
Step 7: Tap Create template
To continue, you tap Create template
button
Step 8: Make your changes to the template
Now, it’s up to the style of the blog post you want to customize that you can adjust the template in the online code editor.
Step 9: Select Save
Finally, click Save
button when you finish editing code.
To create a new blog template on Android
Step 1: Tap Store
To get started, open the Shopify app on your phone, then go to Store
Step 2: Select Online Store
in Sales channels
Next, from the Sales channels
section, you select Online Store
Step 3: Tap Manage themes
From Online Store
, you go to Manage themes
to start edit code
Step 4: Tap Action
then Edit code
There will be a list of themes existing in your online store. Choose the theme that you want to make changes, then tap Action
and
Edit code
.
Step 5: Tap Add a new template
On Edit code
screen, you find the folder called Template
then click Add a new template
right under that folder.
Step 6: Select article
option and name your template
After tapping on Add a new template
, a dialog will appear to ask you to select the article
option in the drop-down menu as well as
the name of your template.
Step 7: Tap Create template
To continue, you tap Create template
button
Step 8: Make your changes to the template
Now, it’s up to the style of the blog post you want to customize that you can adjust the template in the online code editor.
Step 7: Select Save
Finally, click Save
button when you finish editing code.
Conclusion
Briefly, by following simple steps mentioned above, a merchant can create a new blog template without any difficulties. We hope that this instruction will be useful to give you a hand in increasing the number of visitors to your online store as well as converting them into your online store’s customers.