How do I restore different pages on my website?

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Topic summary

A Shopify store owner encountered an issue where all website pages (contact, about, press, etc.) were displaying the same “galleries” page content, effectively losing their original distinct pages.

Root Cause:
The problem stems from using a single page template across multiple pages. When sections are added to one page using this shared template, those changes automatically apply to all pages using the same template.

Solution Provided:

Creating separate templates:

  • Navigate to Online Store > Themes > Customize
  • Use the page selector to create new metaobject templates
  • Customize page title, meta description, and URL handle for each template
  • Save the new templates

Applying templates to pages:

  • Go to Online Store > Pages in Shopify admin
  • Select each page and assign its unique template via dropdown menu
  • Note: The theme must be published temporarily to see available templates

Additional Capability:
Templates can be customized with dynamic sources to connect metaobject entries, useful for pages with varying content like images or ambassador profiles.

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every single page in my website is the same “galleries” page. it lost my contact page, my about page, my press page. how do I fix this to have all my pages restored??

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Hi @davidsirota

It’s about your page template. You are using the same template for those page so when adding section for a page, it will appear be applied to all pages using the same template.

You must create separate templates for each page so by following this instruction to solve the issue.

Please check this instruction to learn more

https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/theme-structure/templates

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Hi @davidsirota

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You need to create a page template if you want to apply a different sections or design to your other pages. Please follow the instructions below

Creating the template:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
  2. Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click Customize
  3. Open the page selector at the top of the page.
  4. Click Create metaobject template. In the dialog, click the metaobject that you want to use for your template. You can edit what metaobject field is used for the Page title and the Meta description, and you can edit the URL handle in the Search engine listing section. The template is automatically named with the same name as your metaobject definition.
  5. Click Create template.
  6. After you create the template, you can add sections, add blocks, and edit settings to customize the template. You can use dynamic sources to connect your metaobject definition fields. For example, if you’re creating pages for your ambassador with images, then you might want to add in an image with text and then connect the metaobject entries by clicking the dynamic source icon.
  7. Click Save.

Applying the said template:

NOTE: Make sure to publish the theme for a sec, before yo do this. So you can see the said template. Unpublish the theme once this is set.

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Pages.
  2. Click the title of the store page.
  3. In the Online store section, use the drop-down menu to select a new theme template to apply to the selected page.
  4. Click Save.

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