Online store and design

Where your website is managed, how the editor fits in, and the order to do things in.

Where to find itShopOnline Store

Before you start

The Online Store must be on for your shop.

Needs

Turn it on in Shop › Features (ask support if you do not see it)

Who can use this

Shop owner, Shop Marketing Manager

Your website has two places. The Online Store pages in the panel hold the address, the store status, domains and preferences. The editor, opened with Customize, is where you design the pages.

The editor always works on a draft. Customers see a change only after you publish it.

If you do not see Online Store under the Shop menu, turn it on in Shop › Features. If you do not see it there, ask support.

The usual order

Pick a theme and a ready-made layout.
Open the editor and arrange the pages.
Publish. The first publish opens the store behind a password page.
Go live when the launch items are done.
Optionally connect your own domain.

In the panel

Page	What it is for
Who can use Online Store	The four permissions, and designing without publishing
The Overview page	Address, status, launch items and what is published
Store status and going live	Go live, password page, take the site offline
Password page	Set, read and change the preview password
Choose a theme	Themes, ready-made layouts, what is kept when you switch
Connect your own domain	The steps, with the DNS records, statuses and main address
Redirects	Point old addresses at new ones
Preferences	Search engines, social links, analytics and cookies, server-side events, languages
Version history	Every publish, and restoring one

In the editor

Page	What it is for
Open the editor	Customize, the confirmation page, expired links
Editor layout	Top bar, sidebar, preview, settings panel, languages
Pages and templates	The eight pages, alternate templates, Page SEO, content and legal pages
Sections and blocks	Add, reorder, hide, duplicate, remove
Section settings	Field types, images, links and pickers, visibility
Header, footer and announcement bar	The parts shared by every page, and navigation menus
Theme settings	Colour schemes, typography and layout, product cards and cart, brand and store features
Drafts and saving	Automatic saving, undo, working with others
Publish	Also schedule a publish and version history
Try another theme	Switch theme inside the editor
Assistant	Describe a change and review it

Themes

Essence, Souq, Pronto, Halo and Bazar.

Section catalogue

Header and footer, the main section of each page, sections every theme has, then Essence, Souq, Pronto, Halo and Bazar.

Stuck? See Troubleshooting.