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Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid

By : Ivan Djordjevic
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Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid

By: Ivan Djordjevic

Overview of this book

Shopify is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce platforms, which means developers familiar with the Liquid concept are needed now more than ever. This book will help you to build a solid foundation by enabling you to develop your skills from the ground up by gaining essential theoretical knowledge of Liquid and putting that knowledge to use through hands-on projects. Shopify Theme Customization with Liquid begins by helping you get to grips with basic Shopify information, its interface and theme structure, setting up your Partner account, and creating a child theme, which is essential when preparing for any future work on Shopify. You'll then explore Liquid core features that will provide you with a basic understanding of the Liquid programming logic needed to develop any feature. As you advance to the latest and advanced features, you'll learn about JSON settings, allowing you to create any type of static or dynamic section - a must-have for becoming a competent Shopify developer. Finally, the book takes you through the Shopify Ajax API to gain the necessary skills needed to create a variety of dynamic features and content. By the end of this Shopify book, you'll be able to take on challenging projects to showcase your theme customization expertise to your future employer.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Shopify Explained
4
Section 2: Exploring Liquid Core
8
Section 3: Behind the Scenes
Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 3, Diving into Liquid Core with Tags

Question 1

What parameters should we use inside a for loop if we want to show a maximum of seven iterations while also skipping the first three iterations?

Answer

If we are looking to create a loop that will skip the first three iterations and output a maximum of seven iterations, we should use a combination of the offset and limit parameters. The offset tag will allow us to skip any number of iterations, depending on the value we assign to it. The limit parameter will allow us to limit the number of iterations the tag should perform. We can remind ourselves of this by revisiting the for parameters subsection of the Iterations tags section.

Question 2

What types of data can we assign to a variable created using the capture tag?

Answer

We can assign any type of data to a variable created using the capture tag. However, a variable created using the capture tag will always return string data as a result. We can remind ourselves...