Hello there,
I have just done my Shopify side project. My Bootstrap Shopify Theme built with Bootstrap, BEM, Theme Tools, Swiper, Gulp, Parcel, Liquid, SASS, PostCSS, ESNext, … and Passion.
Looking forward to hearing from your comments!
A. Experience
These are my experience when I have been working on this theme:
- Designing & Building Shopify Themes from Scratch.
- Using Bootstrap@5 to Create a Nice User Interface.
- Using BEM Methodology to Create Minimal, Reusable Source Code.
- Using Liquid, SASS, ESNext to Develop the Theme Fashionably.
- Using CSS Media Queries to Create a Mobile-First and Responsive Design.
- Using PostCSS to Make CSS Code Compatible with Old Browsers.
- Using Swiper to Create Beautiful, Touchable, Responsive Sliders.
- Using Shopify Theme Scripts to Solve Theme Problems Faster.
- Using Shopify Theme Kit to Develop and Deploy the Theme.
- Using Shopify Theme Check, ESlint to Follow Theme Best Practices.
- Using Gulp to Automate & Enhance the Development Workflow.
- Using Parcel to Bundle all SCSS, JavaScript, Font, Image, … Assets.
- Using BrowserSync to Reload the Browser Automatically When Saving the Files.
- Using Liquid & Prettier Visual Studio Code Extensions to Format the Source Code.
If you like the project, please hit the STAR button to support my work.
B. Source Code
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You can get the source code here: https://github.com/maxvien/bootstrap-shopify-theme
C. Demonstration
- Store Link: https://maxvien-bootstrap.myshopify.com
- Store Password: maxvien
D. Installation
Clone the source code into your computer.
git clone https://github.com/Maxvien/bootstrap-shopify-theme.git
Install the project’s dependencies.
yarn install
E. Configuration
To config the project, you need to copy and rename the config.yml.example file to the config.yml file. Then update the store, password, theme_id properties.
There are two sections in the config.yml file:
- The development section is for your development store.
- The production section is for your production store.
development:
store: store-name.myshopify.com
password: store-admin-api-password
theme_id: store-theme-id
production:
store: store-name.myshopify.com
password: store-admin-api-password
theme_id: store-theme-id
1. Store Property
To fill the store property, you copy your store’s hostname and paste it to the config.yml file.
2. Password Property
To fill the password property, please follow these steps:
- From your Shopify admin, click Apps.
- Near the bottom of the page, click Manage private apps.
- If private app development is disabled, then click Enable private app development. Only the store owner can enable private app development.
- Click Create new private app.
- In the App details section, fill out the app name and your email address.
- In the Admin API section, click Show inactive Admin API permissions.
- Scroll to the Themes section and select Read and write from the dropdown.
- Click Save.
- Read the private app confirmation dialog, then click Create app.
- In the Admin API section of the App, copy the password and paste it into the config.yml file.
2. Theme ID Property
To fill the theme_id property, please follow these steps:
- From your Shopify admin, click Online Store.
- At the top of the Online Store menu, click Themes.
- In the Current theme section, click Actions and select Duplicate to backup your current theme.
- Next, click the Customize button.
- There is a link like this https://store-name.myshopify.com/admin/themes/[theme_id]/editor on your browser’s address bar. Copy the theme_id and paste it into the config.yml file.
F. Development
To develop the theme, you need to follow the Configuration to config the development section in the config.yml file.
Next, run this command to run the development server.
yarn dev
Open https://localhost:8080/ with your browser to see the result.
1. Shopify Theme Check
To follow Shopify Theme best practices, you need to install Shopify Theme Check.
2. Visual Studio Code Extensions
To speed up your productivity, you can install these extensions:
G. Production
To deploy the theme, you need to follow the Configuration to config the production section in the config.yml file.
Next, run this command to deploy the theme to your production store.
yarn deploy
