How to change 'Add to cart' buttons to 'View more' buttons on specific products?

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner needs to modify two specific basketball hoop products so their buttons say “View more” and link to the product page, instead of the standard “Add to cart” functionality.

Key Requirements:

  • Only affects two products: DC72 and CV72 models
  • All other products should retain normal “Add to cart” buttons
  • The modified buttons should redirect to the product detail page
  • Store is using custom card-product.liquid template

Current Status:

  • Initial response suggested replacing all “Add to cart” buttons globally
  • Store owner clarified they need a targeted solution for just these 2 products
  • Discussion remains open with no working solution provided yet

Technical Context:
The store shared their card-product.liquid code, which handles product card rendering on collection pages. A product-specific conditional logic solution is needed rather than a blanket replacement.

Summarized with AI on November 20. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hello,

We hope that someone can help us change “Add to cart” buttons to “View more” buttons for two products: "https://swish.eu/products/dc72" and “https://swish.eu/products/cv72”. So after clicking the buttons of these products, opens the product page.

Link: https://swish.eu/collections/basketball-hoops

We will certainly mark your answers as solutions.

Thank you!

Our card-product.liquid is below:

{% comment %}
Renders a product card

Accepts:

  • card_product: {Object} Product Liquid object (optional)
  • media_aspect_ratio: {String} Size of the product image card. Values are “square” and “portrait”. Default is “square” (optional)
  • show_secondary_image: {Boolean} Show the secondary image on hover. Default: false (optional)
  • show_vendor: {Boolean} Show the product vendor. Default: false
  • show_rating: {Boolean} Show the product rating. Default: false
  • extend_height: {Boolean} Card height extends to available container space. Default: true (optional)
  • lazy_load: {Boolean} Image should be lazy loaded. Default: true (optional)
  • show_quick_add: {Boolean} Show the quick add button.
  • section_id: {String} The ID of the section that contains this card.
  • horizontal_class: {Boolean} Add a card–horizontal class if set to true. Default: false (optional)
  • horizontal_quick_add: {Boolean} Changes the quick add button styles when set to true. Default: false (optional)

Usage:
{% render ‘card-product’, show_vendor: section.settings.show_vendor %}
{% endcomment %}

{{ ‘component-rating.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{%- if card_product and card_product != empty -%}
{%- liquid
assign ratio = 1
if card_product.featured_media and media_aspect_ratio == ‘portrait’
assign ratio = 0.8
elsif card_product.featured_media and media_aspect_ratio == ‘adapt’
assign ratio = card_product.featured_media.aspect_ratio
endif
if ratio == 0 or ratio == null
assign ratio = 1
endif
-%}

{%- if card_product.featured_media -%}
{% comment %}theme-check-disable ImgLazyLoading{% endcomment %} {{ card_product.featured_media.alt | escape }} {% comment %}theme-check-enable ImgLazyLoading{% endcomment %}

{%- if card_product.media[1] != null and show_secondary_image -%}
<img
srcset="
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 165 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 165 }} 165w,{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 360 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 360 }} 360w,{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 533 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 533 }} 533w,{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 720 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 720 }} 720w,{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 940 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 940 }} 940w,{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.media[1].width >= 1066 -%}{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 1066 }} 1066w,{%- endif -%}
{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url }} {{ card_product.media[1].width }}w
"
src=“{{ card_product.media[1] | image_url: width: 533 }}”
sizes=“(min-width: {{ settings.page_width }}px) {{ settings.page_width | minus: 130 | divided_by: 4 }}px, (min-width: 990px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 4), (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 120px) / 3), calc((100vw - 35px) / 2)”
alt=“”
class=“motion-reduce”
loading=“lazy”
width=“{{ card_product.media[1].width }}”
height=“{{ card_product.media[1].height }}”

{%- endif -%}

{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.available == false -%} {{- 'products.product.sold_out' | t -}} {%- elsif card_product.compare_at_price > card_product.price and card_product.available -%} {{- 'products.product.on_sale' | t -}} {%- endif -%}

{{ card_product.title | escape }}

{%- if show_vendor -%} {{ 'accessibility.vendor' | t }}
{{ card_product.vendor }}
{%- endif -%}

{{ block.settings.description | escape }}

{%- if show_rating and card_product.metafields.reviews.rating.value != blank -%}
{% liquid
assign rating_decimal = 0
assign decimal = card_product.metafields.reviews.rating.value.rating | modulo: 1
if decimal >= 0.3 and decimal <= 0.7
assign rating_decimal = 0.5
elsif decimal > 0.7
assign rating_decimal = 1
endif
%}

{{- card_product.metafields.reviews.rating.value }} / {{ card_product.metafields.reviews.rating.value.scale_max -}}

({{ card_product.metafields.reviews.rating_count }}) {{- card_product.metafields.reviews.rating_count }} {{ 'accessibility.total_reviews' | t -}}

{%- endif -%}

{%- if card_product.metafields.custom.description != blank -%}

{{ card_product.metafields.custom.description }}
{%- endif -%}

{%- if card_product.metafields.custom.bulletpoints != blank -%}

{{ card_product.metafields.custom.bulletpoints }}
{%- endif -%}

{% render ‘price’, product: card_product, price_class: ‘’ %}

{%- if show_quick_add -%}
{%- liquid assign product_form_id = 'quick-add-' | append: section_id | append: card_product.id assign qty_rules = false if card_product.selected_or_first_available_variant.quantity_rule.min > 1 or card_product.selected_or_first_available_variant.quantity_rule.max != null or card_product.selected_or_first_available_variant.quantity_rule.increment > 1 assign qty_rules = true endif -%} {%- if card_product.variants.size > 1 or qty_rules -%} {{ 'products.product.choose_options' | t }} {%- if horizontal_quick_add -%} {% render 'icon-arrow' %} {%- endif -%}
{% render 'icon-close' %}
{%- else -%} {%- form 'product', card_product, id: product_form_id, class: 'form', novalidate: 'novalidate', data-type: 'add-to-cart-form' -%} {%- if card_product.selected_or_first_available_variant.available -%} {{ 'products.product.add_to_cart' | t }} {%- else -%} {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }} {%- endif -%} {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }} {%- if horizontal_quick_add -%} {% render 'icon-plus' %} {%- endif -%}
{%- endform -%} {%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if card_product.available == false -%} {{- 'products.product.sold_out' | t -}} {%- elsif card_product.compare_at_price > card_product.price and card_product.available -%} {{- 'products.product.on_sale' | t -}} {%- endif -%}
{%- else -%}

{{ 'onboarding.product_title' | t }}

{%- if show_vendor -%} {{ 'accessibility.vendor' | t }}
{{ 'products.product.vendor' | t }}
{%- endif -%} {% render 'price' %}
{%- endif -%}
  1. In the code editor, locate the file named “product-template.liquid” or “product-card.liquid.” If you can’t find these exact files, look for a file related to the product display or product card in your theme’s template folder.
  2. Open the file and search for the code that generates the “Add to cart” button. It will typically look like {% form 'product', product %} or <button type="submit">Add to cart</button>.
  3. Replace the code with the following:
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Hello, someone please?

Hello @NomtechSolution ! Thank you, but we want to have these “View more” buttons only for 2 products so the rest have the classic “Add to cart”.