Create Slate Theme
The create-slate-theme package allows you to create a new Slate project with a single command. We recommend using either yarn create or npx to create a new Slate project.
Usage
yarn create slate-theme my-new-theme
or
npx create-slate-theme my-new-theme
Note: If you prefer to use NPM, you will need to install
create-slate-themeglobally before creating a new project:npm install -g create-slate-theme create-slate-theme my-new-theme
Options
| Options | Description |
|---|---|
--skipInstall | Skips installing theme dependencies which greatly speeds up overall setup time. |
--ssh | Uses SSH, instead of HTTPS, when cloning a theme to your local directory. |
Custom starting point
The default Slate theme is generated from Shopify/starter-theme; Shopify's opinionated starting point for developing Shopify themes. However, you're not forced to create a new project with Shopify's Starter Theme!
Instead, you can reference your own Github repository or local directory starting point.
Repository
To create a new theme from a GitHub repository simply pass the {username}/{repository}:
yarn create slate-theme my-new-theme shopify/skeleton-theme
Local directory
If you want to create a theme based on a local directory, reference the path:
yarn create slate-theme my-new-theme my-own-starter-theme/
Contributing your own starter theme
You can share your starting point with the community by publishing your own starter theme to Github.
For example, Thomas thinks his starter theme is way more clever than Shopify's Starter Theme. So he creates his own, pushes it to a GitHub repository and calls the following command for any of his future Slate projects:
yarn create slate-theme my-new-theme thomas/way-more-clever-starter-theme
See custom starter themes for more information on how you can generate a new project from other sources and even contribute your very own to the Slate community!