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Archive
Setup guide
Everything installs in about 10 minutes, without code. Bought the theme? Your zip contains this same guide offline.
1. Install the theme
- In your Shopify admin: Online Store → Themes.
- Add theme → Import a zip file.
- Pick
archive-theme.zip(as is — do not unzip it). - The theme appears in your library as ARCHIVE: Customize to open it, Publish when you're ready.
2. First settings (10 minutes)
- Theme settings → Logo & brand — your brand name (text) or a logo image. Left empty, the theme shows your shop's name.
- Theme settings → Colors — the archive palette (greige paper, cream cards, near-black ink) is ready out of the box; every token is adjustable.
- Theme settings → Typography — IBM Plex Mono self-hosted by default (the "archive" look), or any pairing from the Shopify font library.
- Home page — the home is a full-screen typographic index; each entry is a block (label, destination, meta note). Add optional sections (ticker, featured collection, timeline, press, stats, newsletter…) from Add section — they all ship with ready presets.
4. Included page templates
Create your pages in Online Store → Pages and assign the matching template ("Template" dropdown on the right):
| Page to create | Template to assign |
|---|---|
| Brand / About | marque |
| Lookbook | lookbook |
| FAQ | faq |
| Contact | contact |
| Terms / legal | politique |
Each page's content is then filled in the theme editor (sections and blocks).
5. The archive system — metafields (optional)
Five product metafields (Settings → Custom data → Products) power the numbered-edition look. All optional — the theme falls back gracefully:
custom.archive_position(integer) — the piece's index number, shown as(05)on cards and product page.custom.edition_size(integer) — edition size, shown asEDITION OF 200.custom.season(single-line text) — season code, e.g.FF24.custom.care(multi-line text) — care instructions for the product page "Care" accordion.custom.size_chart(multi-line text) — size table in CSV format (first line = headers, then one line per size).
One collection metafield (Settings → Custom data → Collections): custom.archive_no (single-line text) — the collection's archive number, shown in the collection header counter.
6. Lookbook — metaobjects (optional)
- Settings → Custom data → Metaobjects → Add definition.
- Name:
Look— make sure the type handle islook. - Two fields:
image(File → Image, one) andproduits(Product → List). - In Metaobject options, keep Storefronts access ON — the theme reads the entries in Liquid; without it the lookbook shows its empty state.
- Create your Look entries (status Active), then in the theme editor open the Lookbook section and pick them in Looks (metaobjects).
No metaobjects? The section also works with plain Look blocks (image + up to 4 products each) added directly in the editor.
7. Checkout
Express payment buttons. The product page shows Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay and any other accelerated method your store accepts, so a buyer can pay in one tap without creating an account. Turn them off with Show express payment buttons on the product section.
These buttons come from Shopify, not from the theme: they only appear once accelerated checkouts are switched on in Settings → Payments → Shopify Payments → Manage → Wallets, and each visitor only sees the methods their own device supports. Nothing shows while the store is still password-protected.
Checkout in your colours (optional). Settings → Checkout → Customize: palette #1A1916 (ink) / #DCDAD4 (paper) / #F7F5EF (cards), IBM Plex Mono font (Shopify library).
8. Bonus: order-confirmation email
The bonus/order-confirmation.html file styles the "Order confirmation" email: Settings → Notifications → Order confirmation → Edit code, replace the HTML body with the file's content.