Creating new blog templates allows you to customize the layout of your existing blog posts. Templates allow you to create a significant consistency across your store’s blog, giving customers a familiar place to read content. It can also be used to segregate different types of content. You can templates for how-tos, reviews and more.

Creating a customized blog template is not easy. In fact, it is one of the hardest things you can do on Shopify. You will need to know at least some basic level of coding. Or you will need to have access to a website developer who can help you. Or you can use this app to help you with blog management.

However, if you have the skills and the time to build your own blog templates, there are lots of benefits that you can realize.

So, here are the instructions for you.

Key Takeaways
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Log in to Shopify, navigate to ‘Online Store’, then ‘Themes’ to start template creation.
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Select ‘Edit Code’ under ‘Actions’ in ‘Themes’, then click ‘Add a New Template’.
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Customize and save your new blog template using the online code editor.

Step 1 - Login

Login to your Shopify store using your Shopify login credentials.

Step 2 - Online Store and the Themes

Then you need to go to the ‘Online Store’ from the main Shopify admin page. From there, you can go to the ‘Themes’ section on your store.

Step 3 - Action and then Edit Code

Within the ‘Themes’ section, you will have a list of all the themes that you’ve installed and bought on your Shopify store. You need to find the theme that your store is currently using. Then you should select the ‘Actions’ option and then choose the ‘Edit Code’ option.

Step 4 - Click Add a New Templates

On the next screen, you need to find the ‘Template’ folder, and you then need to find the ‘Add a new template’ option. Click on this option to start creating your new template.

Step 5 - Select an Article Option and the Template’s Name

Once you’ve clicked on the ‘Add A New Template’ option, a dialogue box will appear. You will need to select the article option in the menu and then enter a name for your template. Ensure that it is something that’s memorable.

To continue on to the next step, you should click on the ‘Create Template’ button.

Step 6 - Make the Necessary Changes to the Template

Now it is time for you to style the blog post design as you would like to. There is an online code editor here that you will need to use. If you don’t know any code, then you need to speak to a website developer.

When you’ve made all the changes and the design look exactly how you want it to look, then you can click on the ‘Save’ option. Be sure that the design looks good. A good design can take a couple of hours to complete.

You can look at some great examples within certain niches, like the toy industry, to find a good example.