A user created a pet portraits page using AI in Shopify Studio, but the content unexpectedly appears as a header section on the homepage. Deleting it from the homepage also removes the page content, indicating the two are linked.
Two issues reported:
Custom page content duplicates on homepage and cannot be separated
AI page generation function produces only blank lines regardless of prompt
Root cause identified: The section is tied to index.json (homepage template) rather than the custom page template (pets.json), causing them to share the same section reference.
Status: One community member who experienced the same issue offered to provide a walkthrough for adjusting the template structure to make the page independent. Another user requested store URL access to investigate further.
Resolution: Pending - requires template-level adjustments to separate the section references between homepage and custom page.
Summarized with AI on October 24.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
Hi there, I have been trying two ways to generate and use a pet portraits page on my website.
The first one produced a well structured page to use. I created it on a template i called pets so that it would be independent of home page. However, whatever I do (with my limited experience despite googling etc) it appears as header section on my home page.
If i delete it from there it deletes the page content too. Help!
Second way was to create a page, then use the AI function on that. It thinks about creating code for 3 seconds then creates a blank line. Doesn’t matter what the prompt is.
Any help on separating the page from the header on home page (I have followed all the delete section google / shopify advice to simply delete the section on home page - but as i say that deletes teh page content. I somehow need to “unhook” the two and I can’t see how….
Hey Kate,
I actually ran into this same issue not long ago while setting up a custom “Men’s Pick your label” page for my store where the new section kept showing up on the homepage instead of staying independent.
What’s happening is that the section you’re editing is still tied to the index.json (home page template) rather than the new page template (pets.json or similar). When you remove it from one, it affects the other because they’re still sharing that same section reference.
There’s a simple way to “unhook” them so the new page keeps its own structure, it just needs a small tweak in the template structure and section assignment. Once that’s done, the page becomes fully independent and safe to edit without touching the homepage.
It’s a quick fix once you know where to look, I recently sorted it out and can walk you through what to adjust to get it stable.