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3. Connect to your store

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Thomas Kelly edited this page May 14, 2018 · 12 revisions

Slate will need the API credentials from your Shopify store before you start developing. These credentials can be provided to Slate via your project's .env file.

Finding your SLATE_THEME_ID

⚠️ Slate will overwrite the existing code on this SLATE_THEME_ID with your local project's content. To avoid losing work, we suggest you go to /admin/themes and duplicate an existing theme to work from.

Go to your store's /admin/themes.xml, and copy the id for the theme you would like to update:

https://screenshot.click/17-04-mng8o-k9da8.png

Alternatively, you can set the SLATE_THEME_ID to "live" to update the published theme.

Generating your SLATE_PASSWORD

Navigate to your store's private apps page (/admin/apps/private).

Create a new private app and copy the password:

https://screenshot.click/17-07-u19kf-rx53b.png

Assign the private app permissions to "Read and Write" for theme templates and theme assets:

https://screenshot.click/17-09-owv1p-5lugl.png

Next: Start developing

 
 
 
 
 
 
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