Shopify themes, liquid, logos, and UX
Hello fellow merchants!
I would like to create a collection of merchant experiences about the process of customizing a theme as I believe that the merchant community can benefit from it. I am currently setting up my store and very excited about this whole experience but at the same time I find it very difficult to achieve the look and feel I imagine my store to have. I tried out many themes from the store and while I must say that the customization of the general layout is almost endless and fantastic, I feel like the customization of details like hover animations, button sizes, shadows and more are fairly limited if you look at the possibilities provided by the theme settings. I understand that you can customize these things yourself using CSS but this is quiet a time-intensive process for me as I am not really a techie.
Did you guys also use CSS for your own store? Did you hire a Shopify Expert? Any cool apps to recommend? What theme are you using?...
So please be invited to share your experiences and tricks you have figured out when customizing your theme 🙂
Thanks,
Nathan
Hey!
I have created two stores for my friends in the past. I know you asked for experiences of merchants but given that I went through this process twice already, I can perhaps share my perspective too. I must say that you are right about the limited customization options for detailed stuff. When I created the stores I wanted to make sure that the websites really stand out which is why I really value attention to details. For example, I customized the checkout button to have a bright gradient as a background with an animated shimmering effect on top to ensure that customers can easily find this button. I did all my customizations with CSS and a theme from the theme store. I was looking into Page Builder Apps but I was not really satisfied as I they did not have too many additional customization options. So in my opinion, if you want to have a store that stands out, you need to familiarize yourself with CSS.
Thanks a lot for the quick response! Which page building apps have you tried - I am curious? I must say that I have not really looked into that. Perhaps others have different opinions about the customization options of these apps?
Hey man, I use dawn theme and I never needed to hire an expert yet. I did need to add css, liquid and more, but all that code was provided by the community. My store to see: www.faithandyou.in
Hey! Really cool store, looks very modern and really fits your brand identity. I bet it was a lot of work to achieve this? I believe I should also try asking a question about some code if something comes up. But this process still sounds like it is taking a lot of time, doesn't it?
not really one you get used to it. it might take a few weeks but thats fine
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