The theme editor, in five minutes

If you have never used Shopify: the theme editor is where you change how your store looks, without code. Open it from Online Store › Themes › Customize.

The three parts of the screen

• Left: the page you are editing, as a list of sections (bands of the page, top to bottom) and the blocks inside them (a slide, a card, a question). The paintbrush icon opens Theme settings, which apply to the whole store.
• Middle: a live preview. Click anything to select its section.
• Top: the page picker (Home page, Products, Collections …) and Save.

Add, move and hide

• Add section at the bottom of the list. Each section page in these docs says what it is for.
• Drag a section or block to move it. The eye icon hides it without deleting it.
• Select a section to see its settings on the right.

How this theme's settings behave

• Density first. Most sections start with Density (space, columns and image shape) and Text size. Leave them on "Follow theme" and "Default" to match the rest of the store; the store-wide Density is in Theme settings › Layout.
• Settings appear when they matter. A button's link appears once the button has a label; the carousel's timing appears once there is a carousel. If you are looking for a setting, check that the one above it is filled in or switched on. Each section's page has a diagram of which settings reveal which.
• "Learn more" links open the page here that explains the Shopify admin side.

Shopify help: The theme editor · Sections and blocks · Theme settings