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Multipurpose Fashion Theme

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Overview

The Article template (article.json) displays individual blog articles. It includes the main article section with the article title, optional metadata (author, publication date), an optional featured image, and the article content. Use it for blog post layout.


Template File

  • File: templates/article.json
  • Format: JSON
  • Applies to: Blog articles (default)

Default Sections

Section Type Purpose
Main main-article Article title, metadata (author, date), featured image, content

Main Article Section Settings

The main-article section supports schema settings for customizing the layout and visibility of elements.

  • Show featured image - Toggle visibility of the article's featured image (default: on).
  • Image ratio - Choose how the image is displayed: Adapt to image, Landscape (4:3), Landscape (16:9), or Square (1:1).

Metadata

  • Show author - Toggle visibility of the article author (default: on).
  • Show publication date - Toggle visibility of the publication date (default: on).

When both author and date are shown, they appear together with a separator (for example: "January 15, 2025 - Author Name").


How to Customize

  1. Customize > Navigate to a blog article.
  2. Add sections (for example: Related articles, Newsletter).
  3. Configure the main article section: toggle featured image, author, and date; adjust image ratio.
  4. Save.

Article Template - FAQs

The Article Template (article.json) is a Shopify template designed to display individual blog articles. It provides a structure for showing the article title, publication date, author, and content.

The Article Template includes a Main section (main-article) that displays the article content and metadata.

  1. Go to Online Store > Themes > Customize.
  2. Navigate to the article page you want to edit.
  3. Add extra sections such as Related Articles or Newsletter.
  4. Configure section settings and save.

You can also edit main-article.liquid directly for advanced customizations.

Yes. You can enable featured image display in section settings or add image output directly in main-article.liquid.

Yes. You can toggle those values in settings (if available) or update main-article.liquid conditionals.

The template file is templates/article.json.

Open the Theme Editor on an article page, add sections, and configure their content and layout.

The schema defines configurable settings for the section. You can extend it to expose options such as showing or hiding metadata.

Yes. Adjust section settings, styles, and markup in main-article.liquid to change layout and design.

Yes. It works with Shopify language features and translation apps.

Yes. Add sharing buttons in main-article.liquid or use an app that manages social sharing.

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