Product descriptions duplicating throughout store

[Keaghanmunro]

Hi everyone.

I have set up a store for a friend and her makeup brand.

I created this drop down table for her products to display various information:

However every time I enter anything into the drop down bodies, the content gets put onto all my products and not only this specific product.

I would like to have unique products descriptions, instead of one throughout the whole site.

I know I need to add some code but can not find anything anywhere. I am editing the products in the theme customizer setting as I find it easier gives me a better idea to how it looks on page.

Any suggestions welcome, thanks in advance!

[Erin_1]

Hi there @Keaghanmunro . I can definitely help you out with this problem.

Which theme are you currently using? Also, how have you created those dropdown areas for your product information? Are you using the sections and blocks that exist within the theme editor?

For context, when you make changes in your theme editor you are editing a specific template which is then applied to the pages, products, etc. that you create within your Shopify Admin. When you make a change to your product page in your theme editor, you are actually editing your Default product template. This template is automatically applied to all of your product pages (unless you manually change the template that’s being used). This means that when you add text into the “Description” section in your theme editor, you are adding that text to every page using that product page template (which is all of your products, by default). You can read more about templates on this page here.

Instead of editing your product information in your theme editor, you will want to edit this information on the product page in your Shopify Admin. You can get there by going to Products and selecting the product you want to edit. For example, if you are adding a product’s description, you will want to go to that product’s specific product information page and enter the description into the Description section (example shown below). This will allow you to have unique product descriptions specific to each individual product. You can always view how these products will look on your storefront by using the theme editor template preview, which is explained further on this page here.

All that being said, for the “ingredients” and “shipping” dropdown areas, there isn’t a space built into your Shopify Admin where you can enter that information. This is where using metafields comes in. You can use metafields to help you save and display information that isn’t usually captured in the Shopify Admin. This page here explains more about setting up and using metafields.

To use metafields there are ultimately three steps:

1. Create the metafield definition following these steps here.
2. Add the metafield value to the correct part of your store following these steps here.
3. Connect metafields to your theme to display specialized information on your online store following these steps here.

I’ve included an example of what these steps may look like below:

Step 1: Create metafield definition

Step 2: Add metafield value to the correct part of your store (the product page in this example)

Step 3: Connect metafield to your theme

Don’t hesitate to reply back if you have any questions about this.

[Emilljoy]

Thank for your indepth guide. I was nearly posting the same question. But found this question so I readed your answer. Which Helped me in fixing the same issue on my golf grips store. Thanks you again.