Setup, made simple

Because in Shopify, creating a page and adding it to your menu are two separate jobs. Your pages exist — they just aren’t in the menu yet. The header shows whatever’s in your Main menu, which starts as Home / Catalog / Contact.

1. Go to Content → Menus in your Shopify admin (this lives in the admin, not the theme editor).
2. Click Main menu.
3. Use Add menu item to add each of your pages — see the next guide for exactly what to add.
4. Save, then refresh your theme. Your real links now show.

Creating a page never adds it to your nav automatically — the menu is always built by hand under Content → Menus.

Once your pages exist (see the guide below), build the menu:

1. Content → Menus → Main menu in your Shopify admin.
2. Add menu item → name it Music (or “Listen”) → in the link box, search and pick your Music page.
3. Add Tour → your Tour page.
4. Add Merch → choose Collections → All products (your merch is a collection, not a page).
5. Add Contact → your Contact page. You can rename or delete the default “Catalog” item.
6. Save. Your Header is already set to this Main menu, so the nav updates.

Drag items to reorder them — that’s the order they appear in your nav.

Templates control how a page looks — your theme ships ready-made layouts for Music, Tour and Contact. You attach one when you create the page:

1. Online Store → Pages → Add page.
2. Give it a title, e.g. “Music”.
3. On the right, open the Theme template dropdown and choose the matching template: music (latest release + discography), tour, or contact.
4. Save. Repeat for each page.

Pick the template BEFORE you save. A page left on the “default” template will look blank — the layout comes from choosing music / tour / contact.

Two ways to run your site:

1. Multi-page (recommended, and the default): a traditional site — Music, Tour, Merch and Contact are separate pages and your nav links to them.
2. One-page: everything stacked on the homepage; the nav scrolls down to each section.
3. To switch: theme editor → Theme settings (the gear icon, bottom-left) → Layout → Site layout mode.

If your menu links don’t show in the nav, you’re probably still on One-page — switch to Multi-page and your menu takes over.

1. Download your theme’s .zip file from Riffride.
2. In your Shopify admin, click Online Store (under Sales channels) — the Themes screen opens.
3. Next to Draft themes, click Import → Upload zip file and choose the .zip.
4. Click Customize to edit it, or Publish to make it your live theme.

Every Riffride theme shows a “Get your merch on Spotify” checklist on your homepage while your store is empty.

1. It’s only visible to you — your fans never see it.
2. It disappears on its own the moment you add your first product.
3. So there’s nothing to delete — just work through it and it vanishes.

The theme is the design. Your products, images and text live in your store and aren’t bundled in the download — so you start with a clean slate.

1. Add products under Products → Add product, or set up print-on-demand (see “Selling & music”).
2. Add your photos and text in the theme editor (hero image, bio, links).
3. Follow the on-homepage setup checklist — it walks you through the lot.

Use print-on-demand: products are printed and shipped only when a fan buys, so there’s no upfront cost and no inventory.

1. Install a print-on-demand app — we recommend Printful (Printify and Gelato work too).
2. Design your products in the app and push them to your Shopify store.
3. Our setup guide has the links and the order to do it in.

1. Log in at artists.spotify.com → Merch & Events.
2. Click Connect store and enter your your-store.myshopify.com URL.
3. In Shopify, add Spotify as a sales channel, accept the terms, and pick your artist.
4. Publish up to 250 items, and pin up to 5 to the top of your profile.

1. In the theme editor, add the Spotify embed section to any page.
2. Open your album or track in Spotify → Share → Copy link.
3. Paste it into the section — it turns into a player automatically.

Email is the one audience you actually own. We use Kit (formerly ConvertKit) — free to start.

1. Create a Kit account and a sign-up form.
2. Connect it to your theme’s newsletter section.
3. The setup guide has the link.

1. In Shopify: Settings → Domains.
2. Click Buy new domain, or Connect existing if you already own one.
3. Follow Shopify’s prompts to point it — usually done in minutes.

1. Click Online Store — the Themes screen opens. On your Riffride theme, click Publish.
2. Remove the storefront password: Online Store → Preferences → Store access → toggle off Password protection.
3. Share your link — you’re live. 🎸