Issue 160 - How to Edit Shopify Code So It’s Easy to Update Your Theme Later
This issue explores practical Shopify tips and updates, starting with advice on editing Shopify code to simplify future theme updates.
Learn about new Storefront API capabilities for removing Gift Cards, performance considerations for Liquid syntax, and upcoming CAPTCHA changes for storefront forms.
Highlights include Kurt Elster’s insights on preparing merchants for Black Friday and a developer preview for editing header menu links in customer accounts. Additional topics cover webhook subscription management differences and a tool to summarize YouTube videos with AI, saving time on long-form content.
How to Edit Shopify Code So It’s Easy to Update Your Theme Later
Published on: November 26, 2024
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By eightify
Storefront API Cart now supports removing Gift Cards
As of version 2025-01 of the GraphQL Storefront API, Cart now supports removing Gift Cards by Id. After a cart has been created and a Gift Card applied - perform the cartGiftCardCodesRemove mutation to remove one or more gift cards.
By ShopifyDev
Breaking Changes to CAPTCHA protection on Storefront forms
From the week commencing 28th October 2024, the following changes to CAPTCHA protection will occur: Classic Customer Accounts: Removal of the /challenge page for Login, Create Account and Reset Password flows If hCaptcha is enabled in Admin for these forms, they will now require a valid hCaptcha token as part of the form submission, otherwise a 400 error response will be returned.
By ShopifyDev
Performance implications to using the "render .. with .. Liquid syntax
There are possibly performance implications to using the "render .. with .." syntax instead of passing named parameters.
By Jake Casto
How to Edit Shopify Code So It’s Easy to Update Your Theme Later
Professional developers have tools like Git that can track code changes, and make it easier to move customizations to an updated theme. However, these tools are difficult to use and usually not worth learning for the casual coder - store owners or designers who just want to modify their theme. Instead, you can try to keep your code changes separate from the theme code.
By Ed Codes
How Shopify Partners prepare merchants for Black Friday: Q&A with EtherCycle’s Kurt Elster
Kurt’s agency Ethercycle is a seven-person team, helping Shopify merchants optimize conversion and grow revenue. Ethercycle’s work has led to some clients’ best Black Friday outcomes yet. As merchants around the world prepare for the biggest sales event of the year, we sat down with Kurt to get his advice on making the most of the holiday season.
By Shopify
Edit the header menu links in new customer accounts
NOW in dev preview Wdit the header menu links in new customer accounts directly from the checkout & accounts editor. Shipping to dev preview first so shopify apps/partners can take for a spin before merchants get access.
By Patrick Millegan
About managing webhook subscriptions
If you use the Shopify CLI to build your app, then there are important differences to be aware of when configuring app-specific subscriptions using your app configuration file versus configuring shop-specific subscriptions using the Admin API.
By Shopify
