Styles

What is a Brand Style?

In the context of Shopify and the AppSections application, a brand style is a predefined set of visual and design guidelines that help maintain consistency across your online store. Brand styles encompass various elements such as colors, fonts, spacing, and other design attributes to ensure that all sections and pages of your store have a cohesive look and feel that aligns with your brand identity.

Importance of Brand Styles

1. Consistency: Ensures a uniform appearance across all pages, enhancing the professional look of your store.

2. Efficiency: Saves time by applying a consistent design to all sections, reducing the need for individual customizations.

3. Brand Identity: Strengthens your brand identity by maintaining consistent visual elements that reflect your brand's aesthetics and values.

Using Brand Styles in AppSections

AppSections provides a variety of prebuilt brand styles that you can use to ensure your store maintains a consistent and professional look. Here’s how to integrate and use them:

Steps to Apply a Brand Style

1. Access Style Library:

   • Open the AppSections application.

   • Navigate to the Style Library within the application.

2. Install the Chosen Brand Style:

   • Browse through the available brand styles.

   • Click the Install Style button on the desired style.

3. Activate the Brand Style in Shopify Theme Editor:

   • After installation, go to your Shopify theme editor.

   • The new brand style will appear at the top of the left-hand pane, above the header, in the AppSections Styles category.

   • Ensure the style is active by checking that it is not hidden.

Customizing Brand Styles

1. Open the Active Brand Style:

   • In the Shopify theme editor, navigate to the AppSections Styles category.

   • Select the active brand style to open its customization options.

2. Modify Design Elements:

   • Adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and other design attributes to match your brand’s aesthetics.

   • Preview changes in real-time to ensure they align with your brand identity.

3. Apply Changes:

   • Save the changes to apply the updated brand style across all relevant sections and pages of your store.

Important Notes

• Single Instance of Styles: Each brand style can only be added once through the AppSections application. Adding the same style more than once will overwrite any modifications made to the original style.

• Installation Restrictions: Brand styles must be installed using the AppSections application. Manual addition of styles through the theme editor is not supported and will result in non-functional styles.

Tutorials

To help you manage your brand styles more efficiently, we have prepared a series of tutorials that cover all the common actions and features. These guides will walk you through the process of customizing and applying brand styles to ensure your store looks its best.

Add Brand Style

Move Brand Style

Duplicate Brand Style

Hide Brand Style

Remove Brand Style

Maintaining and Updating Brand Styles

• Regular Updates: Regularly update your brand style to keep your store looking fresh and up-to-date with your brand’s evolving identity.

• Consistency Checks: Periodically check your store to ensure all sections and pages reflect the active brand style consistently.

By following these steps, you can effectively manage and customize brand styles within your Shopify store using the AppSections application. This approach ensures a cohesive and professional look, enhancing the overall shopping experience for your customers. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact our customer support team.