Getting started

Install & setup

From a fresh install to a storefront that looks like the demo — in about fifteen minutes.

1. Add the theme to your store#

You can install Maison Glacé from the Shopify Theme Store, or upload the theme package directly if you received a .zip.

1
Upload the theme
In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes. Under Add theme, choose Upload zip file and select the Maison Glacé package. It appears in your theme library.
2
Preview before publishing
Use Actions → Preview to explore the theme against your own products before going live. Nothing is public until you publish.
3
Publish
When you are happy, Actions → Publish. Your storefront now runs Maison Glacé.

Work on a copy

Prefer to build safely? Duplicate the theme first (Actions → Duplicate) and edit the copy. Publish it when it is ready — your live storefront is never interrupted.

2. Connect your catalog#

The theme is entirely data-driven — every section reads live products and collections, so there is nothing hard-coded to unpick. To match the demo layout:

Create a signature collection (e.g. La Collection) with your hero products.
Give products a square, high-resolution primary image (a 4:5 or 1:1 crop looks best in the grid and box builder).
Optional: add a custom.subtitle metafield (single-line text) — product cards render it under the title.

3. Build the homepage#

Open Online Store → Customize. The homepage template ships with a curated set of sections you can reorder, edit or remove:

Hero — full-height opener with a featured product arch.
Marquee — a scrolling brand ribbon.
Featured collection — your signature grid.
La Coupe — the 3D bonbon cross-section.
Le Coffret — the build-your-own-box experience.
Editorial, spec strip and newsletter to close.

Each is documented in the Section library.

4. Configure the essentials#

Three settings groups are worth visiting on day one:

Colours

Set your brand palette. Tints and shades derive automatically.

Brand

Logo, wordmark and favicon.

Cart

Drawer vs. page, auto-open, and the piece tray.

See Theme settings for the full reference.

Developing locally (optional)#

If you edit the theme code, use the Shopify CLI. Preview against your store with hot reload, and push only the files you changed:

terminal

# live preview with hot reload
shopify theme dev --store your-store.myshopify.com

# validate before shipping
shopify theme check

# push specific files to a theme
shopify theme push --only sections/coffret-builder.liquid

Never overwrite settings_data.json

config/settings_data.json holds the merchant’s own configuration. When pushing code, exclude it (--ignore config/settings_data.json) so you don’t wipe a store’s settings.