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URL: https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/themes

⇱ Themes

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Build Shopify themes

Build fast, flexible themes at scale using Liquid, Shopify's theme templating language, along with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON.

Build a new theme

Create a new theme based on Shopify's Skeleton theme

#### Build a new theme

Create a new theme based on Shopify's Skeleton theme

Customize a theme

Update the look and feel of an existing theme to tailor it to a merchant's unique needs

#### Customize a theme

Update the look and feel of an existing theme to tailor it to a merchant's unique needs

Key Concepts

Shopify themes are a package of template files, building blocks, and supporting assets. Use these building blocks to create modular, customizable themes.

Liquid

The Liquid templating language is the backbone of Shopify themes, and is used to load dynamic content on storefronts. Extend Liquid objects to store and present custom data using metafields.

Best Practices

To optimize your theme development experience, Shopify has established a set of best practices that you can refer to when developing your theme and setting up your toolchains and processes.

Ajax API for themes

Learn about the endpoints that Shopify provides to interact with your theme.

#### Ajax API for themes

Learn about the endpoints that Shopify provides to interact with your theme.

Section rendering API

Review our AJAX API that lets you update page content without reloading an entire page.

#### Section rendering API

Review our AJAX API that lets you update page content without reloading an entire page.

Liquid cheat sheet

Consult this interactive reference guide to the Liquid template language.

#### Liquid cheat sheet

Consult this interactive reference guide to the Liquid template language.

Liquid code examples

Build Shopify themes faster with this library of ready-to-use Liquid components.

#### Liquid code examples

Build Shopify themes faster with this library of ready-to-use Liquid components.

Migrate your theme to Online Store 2.0

Make your theme more flexible and easier to maintain by migrating it to the new architecture. Using Online Store 2.0, you can add and remove sections from any template, and prepare your theme for app blocks.

Build fast with Shopify tools

Shopify provides a range of tools to help you to collaborate and build themes faster.

Shopify CLI

Initialize, preview, test and share themes in your local development environment.

Shopify GitHub integrations

Integrate GitHub into your Shopify admin to manage your theme code.

👁 Theme Check
👁 Theme Check

Theme Check

Detect errors and enforce best practices as you code, or as part of your CI pipeline.

Shopify Theme Store

Design beautiful, purpose-built themes for different markets, and sell them to millions of merchants on the Shopify Theme Store.