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Content types

A content type is your own kind of content, with the fields you choose. A size guide has a title and size rows. An FAQ has a question and an answer. A store location has an address and opening hours.

Each item you fill in is an entry. “Size guide” is the content type; “Women’s tops” and “Kids’ shoes” are two of its entries.

You find them in Content → Content types.

What this is for

• Write a size chart, an FAQ or your shop’s address once and show it on many pages.
• Change it in one place, and every page that shows it changes too.
• Keep things tidy: every entry has the same fields, so nothing is forgotten.

Make a content type

1. Go to Content → Content types and select Add content type.

2. What do you want to make? Pick a card:

   Card	Comes with
   Size guide	Title, Measured in (cm or inches), Sizes (one row per size: Size, Chest, Waist, Length), How to measure, Picture
   FAQ	Question, Answer, Topic
   Team member	Name, Role, Photo, About them, Instagram link
   Store location	Store name, Address, City, Phone number, Opening hours, Google Maps link, Photo
   Testimonial	Customer name, What they said, Stars, Photo, Product they bought
   Lookbook	Title, Cover picture, Photos, Products in the look, Story
   Start from blank	Nothing yet. You add every field yourself.

3. What should we call it? Keep the name or type your own, for example “Kurta sizes”.

4. Select Create. The form for your first entry opens straight away.

You can change the fields later with Edit fields on the content type’s page.

Walkthrough: a size guide

1. Content → Content types → Add content type, pick Size guide, select Create.
2. Fill in the first entry:
   • Title: Women’s kurtas
   • Measured in: inches
   • Sizes: select Add row and fill in one size per row, for example Size S, Chest 36, Waist 30, Length 40. Use the arrows to change the order, the bin to remove a row.
   • How to measure: “Measure around the fullest part of your chest.”
   • Picture: pick a measuring diagram from your files (upload it first under Content → Files).
3. Select Save. Make one entry for each chart you need, like Men’s shirts or Kids’ wear.
4. To show it on your store, go to Online Store → Themes and select Customize. Open the product template, select a section, and next to a text setting select the small database button, Connect dynamic source. Pick Size guide → Women’s kurtas and the field you want, for example How to measure. See Online store for more on connecting settings.

Kinds of fields

When you add a field yourself, you choose What goes in it:

Turn on Allow several values to keep a list, like several products or several colours. Turn on Must fill if an entry cannot be saved without it.

Extra fields

Extra fields add your own fields to a kind of record, like a care guide on products or a “preferred delivery time” on customers. Set them up in Settings → Custom data: there is a tab for each kind of record. Then fill them in on the record’s own page.

A few things to know:

• The Variant extra fields card only appears once you have added a variant extra field, and only for variants that are saved.
• Each card saves on its own Save extra fields button; it does not touch the rest of the page.
• Who can fill them in follows the record: anyone who can edit orders can fill in an order’s extra fields, anyone who can edit customers a customer’s, and so on. The store’s own values need Settings: Manage.
• Who can add, change or delete extra fields and content types is a separate permission, Content: Manage types (Settings › Staff › roles). Administrators have it, and so does every role that could manage content types or extra fields before.
• When a customer is deleted or erased, their extra fields are deleted with them.

Draft or Active

Each entry has a Status. Draft entries stay hidden from your store; Active entries can be shown. Use Draft while you are still writing.

Common problems and fixes

FAQ