Shopify introduced Canvas on 1 October, giving merchants a store-wide workspace where they can change their storefront directly or ask Sidekick to make edits. The company is rolling it out over the coming days.
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A view of the whole storefront
Canvas places store pages together on a workspace that merchants can pan and zoom. The previews use the actual theme, including its interactions and animations, rather than static design mock-ups. Merchants can inspect products, collections and different screen sizes as they work.
Sidekick works on the theme files, checks changes using code and screenshots, and remembers design preferences. Merchants can review the result in the workspace instead of translating a separate design into their store.
Shopify’s director of product walks through Canvas and its design workflow.
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Shopify product director Ben Sehl demonstrated the workspace in his launch post. He also stressed its limits: “We’re early here and Canvas is not replacing the existing editor yet.” Shopify has not supplied a separate European rollout schedule.
For marketers
The useful change is the distance between a campaign idea and a working storefront: teams can review a landing page in its real theme while the edits are being made.
Sources
- Introducing Canvas
Shopify · Announcement ·
- Ben Sehl demonstrates Canvas
Ben Sehl / Shopify · Announcement ·
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