📖 Optimizing your storefront with Boost AI Search & Discovery starts with selecting the right template for your theme. This foundational step ensures that the app’s widgets align with your store’s design, enhancing both aesthetics and functionality.
⚠️ IMPORTANT
This article is only applicable for unsupported themes. Please refer to this article for a list of Boost's supported Shopify Themes.
If your theme is supported, please follow the Theme Setup for supported theme instructions.
Overview
To effectively use Boost features on your storefront, three key steps are recommended. Starting with Step 1: Select a template that serves as the base for Boost widgets, influencing their design and compatibility with your store. These templates can be tailored to fit your brand's style and requirements.
Set up templates for your theme
Select your theme
⚠️ After adding a new theme to your Shopify Online Store, be sure to click the Refresh button in the Boost-Shopify Integration menu. This step ensures that the theme data is synced before you proceed with setting up the Shopify Integration for the new theme.
Access Boost App Dashboard, navigate to Integration menu > Shopify Integration.
Select your desired theme from Theme library section; your live theme is set by default.
A table will display all the themes in your store along with their statuses:
Not Integrated: Shows an Integrate button.
Integrated (Former Version 2.0): Shows a Remove button.
Integrated (Former Version 3.0): Shows an Upgrade button.
Integrated (Version TURBO): Shows an Edit button.
Choose a template
1. Click Select Template to view available options
2. Choose one of Boost’s templates or select from your added templates
Boost templates
We currently offer these options below.
Basic → Perfect for Shopify Dawn theme
Summer → Perfect for Shopify Symmetry theme
Wave Tech → Perfect for Shopify Warehouse theme
Iconic → Perfect for Shopify Impulse theme
Default → Boost Default template
You can preview how the pre-designed layouts look by clicking the View hyperlink.
Added by you (Template Library)
Manage them by clicking the Manage template button. Learn more here.
3. Confirm your choice by clicking Confirm.
⚠️ Notes
You can apply a single template, like Copy of Basic, to various themes, including both active and unpublished ones, such as Dawn and Refresh, for instance.
Be mindful that the template library has a cap of 25 templates. Exceeding this limit triggers a Maximum limit reached alert, prompting you to delete unused templates to make room for new ones.
4. The template you've just selected is now listed in the Select template step.
Click Customize to customize its design using our Boost Visual Editor.
Click Change to switch to a different template applied to your theme.
5. Click Next to proceed to Enable Boost Core step.
💡 Each template is assigned a unique ID. When you select a template for your theme, this ID links automatically to our core application, enabling Boost widgets to be displayed seamlessly on your theme.
Manage your templates
To learn how to manage your templates, please refer to this article.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated support team at [email protected].