Adding CSS @import to theme development
This guide will allow you to define your own folder structure for your stylesheets while building Shopify themes.
Stylesheets can be created and maintained in css/ from your theme's root folder.
In the example css/ folder there is a single theme.scss.liquid file that imports other stylesheets into it. Files starting with an underscore are not added to your assets/ folder.
You can use Grunt or Gulp to achieve the same effect.
Requirements
- Ruby 1.9+
- Node.js 0.10.22+ (check and upgrade Node.js here)
- Shopify Theme Gem
Basic theme structure
├── assets/
├── layout/
├── snippets/
├── templates/
│
├── // Non-theme files/folders (Theme Gem, Grunt, Gulp, etc.)
├── config.yml
├── css/
├── Gemfile
├── Gruntfile.js
├── package.json
├── gulpfile.js
└── node_modules/
Grunt.js
Navigate to your theme root in Terminal.
1. Install grunt globally
npm install -g grunt-cli
You may have to use sudo for this.
2. Move Gemfile, Gruntfile.js and package.json to your theme's root
3. Install gulp (globally) and gulp-cssimport
npm install -g gulp
npm install gulp-cssimport
You may have to use sudo for this.
4. Install required packages
npm install
5. Run bundle install
bundle install
6. Run grunt
grunt
That's it. Gruntfile.js will run both theme watch to upload new theme files to your store and grunt gulp to concatenate the stylesheets in /css at the same time.
Gulp.js
Navigate to your theme root in Terminal.
1. Install gulp globally
npm install -g gulp
You may have to use sudo for this.
2. Move gulpfile.js file in your theme's root
3. Install required packages
npm install gulp-cssimport
4. Run gulp watch
gulp watch
5. Run Shopify theme gem
Make sure config.yml file is setup properly. Docs here.
In a separate Terminal window that is still in your theme's root, run:
theme watch