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Join me on the adventure of testing available internet services like Starlink and Skymesh (Sky Muster) in an Australian rural location, all while trying to work remotely at a global technology company. Being a nerd working in a forest with no access to a wired internet connection could be a frustrating - and hopefully fun - ride.
If you've read my posts you'll know that things talked about here are a mix of crazy and silly. Let's hack around with Shopify 404 page so you make use of different versions and show different content.
ShopifyFD is breaking for some folk, and soon will break for everyone. This will cause some pain in the short term for those that rely on it, but there is a magical new version being made behind the scenes.
If you check the Shopify docs for the cart object you'll note that the token is missing. Referencing the value using {{ cart.
Aussie stores may be seeing a notification message in their Admin dashboard that looks like the image below. In case the image doesn't load it reads:GST will be applied to your next Shopify bill.
Shopify recently dropped a feature that allows discount codes to be shared in a url - aptly called Shareable Discount Links. I had a few people ping me on how they can access the actual code used one the storefront so let's talk about it.
Shopify Gift Card images are something you can customise but it's not as simple to show the actual variant image on the page the customer sees. Let's look at some code to let you show the variant image in the Gift Card template.
If you'd been paying attention to the Liquid documentation changes you would have seen something new appear to the Liquid Objects page (under articles). It highlights how to directly reference an article in Liquid - something that previously had to be handled with JavaScript.
The Shopify Product Review app is a great (and free) way to get that social proof and trust built into your products. One thing it doesn't do well is to collate the reviews onto a single page - let's explore some Liquid and JavaScript code that does just that.