I'm editing BigCommerce's cornerstone theme template with stencil and want to view and make changes to the admin interface. Much like what's happening in this video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdhSLKpTOBY&list=PLwTYtMwfzbe7EZiIWPAmPtuwRHkY7BG-0&index=9
But I'm not sure how to access the theme editor locally. I saw that the --theme-editor commands were removed from the stencil cli. It says that we should look at this documentation instead https://developer.bigcommerce.com/stencil-docs/configure-store-design-ui/store-design-overview but that doesn't show how the theme editor could be accessed from a local environment. Is this possible?
Is the only option to upload the theme and edit it from there? Has the ability to use a theme editor locally been removed?
As far as natively supported features, the Stencil CLI deprecated support for live theme editing due to it no longer matching the experience found on the platform. You can find these details on a related GitHub issue reported here: https://github.com/bigcommerce/stencil-cli/issues/601
Until this feature is reintroduced, you'll need to bundle the theme and apply it to a store to review the theme editor.
I don't think you can access the Theme Editor from a local environment directly.
If you want to add configurable options, you would be editing schema.json and adding new sections there. In that way, you can add entirely new Text Inputs, Checkboxes, Dropdowns, that would allow store administrators to edit those entries.
The values that are being changed are located in config.json -- those are all the theme_settings that you can access inside of Handlebars, and they can also be injected into JavaScript via context.
So essentially you want to create new entries in config.json, and create new mappings in schema.json to allow those entries to be edited in the Theme Previewer. You should be able to put together how to make new sections by trying to parse the existing fields in the schema file, and I think BC has additional docs here:
General Overview:
https://developer.bigcommerce.com/stencil-docs/configure-store-design-ui/defining-ui-options
Adding a new "Text Input" option in schema.json - API reference - you can navigate around that opened section in the sidebar to see all available schema types:
https://developer.bigcommerce.com/stencil-docs/page-builder/schema-settings/input
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Well, Our company has bought shopify theme and was happily using it. now we like make changes to this theme, mostly cosmetic changes, like changing card colors add some background images, then some layout change.
My question is/are:
1) Can we use bootstrap with existing theme?
2) Does making change to css of existing theme get replace if there is theme update, like WordPress?
3) How can we set it up so we can develop new design locally but our store stays live with old design until we're done developing new one?
Can we use bootstrap with existing theme?
ANS: Yes you can use bootstrap in your theme. You just need to include the bootstrap in your new templates and you are ready to go.
Does making change to css of existing theme get replace if there is theme update, like WordPress?
ANS: Suppose you'd added some CSS or custom code in your theme then new update will not replace your code. What will happen is you need to add the updates code manually in your theme. For reference you can read this article Updating themes.
How can we set it up so we can develop new design locally but our store stays live with old design until we're done developing new one?
ANS: You can use theme kit for local development. To stay live with old theme, you just need to make copy of the theme and used its ID in your theme kit.
When you start learning theme Kit then you will know what is theme ID.
Hope this information will help you.
Best of luck.
I've created an app using Shoutem Builder, but the builder isn't able to do everything I need it to. I've created a local copy with shoutem clone so I can edit the screens myself; however, I'm unable to locate exactly where I would find the file(s) to add the code to the dozen or so blank 'About' screens I have in my app.
I've thoroughly searched the documentation, and while it's got information on editing a screen created using the CLI, I'm unable to find any thing related to how to locate and edit individual screens created in the builder. Would these screens need to be deleted using the builder and created one-by-one using the CLI in order to be edited locally?
AppName/extensions/shoutem.about/app/screens/AboutScreen.js, as seen here.
Each screen you add re-uses the same code from the About extension. It'd be rather wasteful to create a dozen of the same files.
If you need each of the different screens to have a different layout, you can consider making custom layouts for the About extension and then use each of those for each of the separate screens on the Builder. You can find out how to make custom layouts here.
I create new project react native, then i installed #shoutem/ui , #shoutem/theme, #shoutem/animation to my project via nom install...!
But i have problem when try to find some way better to modify global theme shoutem.
I found theme.js inside folder node_module/shoutem/ui like picture below here!
So best way to modify all them of app is modify this theme.js file?
when i try to modify 1 content like View, Image follow tutorial at here:
https://github.com/shoutem/theme
my navigation bar got error like this picture:
So can u guys help me, suggest me best way to modify global theme default of shoutem?
Do modify theme.js or using something else?
And one more thing! When i try to builder app via https://builder.shoutem.com/ then pull-app using terminal!
I got project! But don't see anything code inside, only extension and so much info! Do not know what is true code when builder complete!
here is picture project when pull-app done!
And here is index file:
So how can i learn form that if only sort info inside index.js file :(
The file you should edit is in:
extensions/ExtensionName/app/theme/ThemeName.js
Where "ExtensionName" refers to the extension that has Screens which you are using in your app.
You should go through the Shoutem documentation on how to write a Theme.
It will show you:
how to create that file (ThemeName.js, your custom Theme)
how you can customize it
how you can use the Builder to manage details about it in Styles>Themes>Customize Theme
how you can add more details for the Builder to manage
When you initially create a Theme as the aforementioned documentation explains, it'll be a copy of the default Shoutem theme, so you'll have a fully functioning Theme right out the box, which you can edit to suit your wants and needs.
You can also check out the Shoutem documentation about the UI Toolkit to find out more info about Shoutem Components (including NavigationBar), Themes and Animations.
The reason I'm linking all this documentation is because the documentation covers all of the issues displayed here in a way that's much more detailed than I could provide in an answer here and the misconceptions and misunderstandings of the questioner can be resolved by self-education.
Edit as response to comment:
You have to use:
$ npm install --save #shoutem/theme
Inside your project directory.
You can follow read this documentation about Themes to better understand how to apply Theme styles to your own components.
If you want to edit specific components globally, you have to edit that component in:
node_modules/#shoutem/ui/components
Editing a file there will edit every iteration of the component throughout the app.
I've enabled stencil themes for my store, and am trying to use "Cornerstone" as my theme. However, the whole reason for opting in and trying out new stencil themes is their built in support for multiple languages. I need my store to at least be available in Swedish, and if possible, English as well.
I've followed the documentation adding a "sv.json" file to the langs folder, and uploaded the modified theme to my store and applied it. No changes. I've ensured my browser is setting the "Accept-Language" header to "sv".
https://stencil.bigcommerce.com/docs/the-schema
I've also tried modifying the default en.json file, but I still can't see any changes in my store...and that seems a bit strange to me?
What am I missing, is this feature not really implemented yet, or am I screwing something up with the "upload zipped theme to store admin and apply"?
https://support.bigcommerce.com/articles/Public/Custom-Theme-Upload
Any pointers are very appreciated!
I am looking for a particular div in the Shopify Liquid files of a large-ish site I am new to and that I did not build. However, I have to check the files one by one to find if the div is there, which is unefficient. The PHPStorm editor has the ctrl+shift+F option to search the file arborescence for a specific string in any file. Does Shopify have an equivalent, and what is it?
Not to be confused with:
Adding a search bar on a Shopify site
Searching Shopify store admin (I need to look at the Liquid code, not the store)
Tried already:
Googled 'shopify equivalent of phpstorm ctrl+shift+F'
Googled 'shopify keyboard shortcuts'
Googled 'shopify find in path'
Googled 'shopify search code'
Found no relevant result.
I'm afraid I have never seen such feature on the Shopify Editor. What I usually do, however, if you're not working with the theme locally already is:
Export the theme via Download Theme File
Download the .zip and extract it.
Open it with your favourite Editor (I personally use Sublime)
Use Find in Folder or your text-editor equivalent to search for the string on the whole theme.
Sadly, there's no better workflow as of now. You should consider however, setting up your theme locally so you can take advantage of version control and a more organized workflow that could help maintenance and new updates on that site.
2 options:
1) download locally (many devs work locally now using theme kit or another tool)
unzip theme and do a search either with text editor or with file manager
2) you can also use screaming frog to scan sites in detail - may be more useful though in cases where the div is not actually technically in theme but say in a metafield or added by an app.