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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

Math and money filters

In the previous chapter, we had a chance to see money filters in action while working on the Custom collections project. Money filters are simple types of filters whose only task is to format the number value based on the currency formatting options, but what exactly does this mean?

To better understand, let's navigate to our admin page and click on the Settings button in the bottom-left corner. Consequently, click on the General option to open where we will be able to update the store's basic information. Once inside, scroll down until you have reached the section named Store currency. This is where we can change the store's default currency, which our customers will use to make their purchases. Instead of changing the store currency, let's click on the Change formatting button.

Figure 5.7 – Location of the store currency formatting

By clicking the Change formatting button, we will reveal additional currency...