Shopify is a widely regarded ecommerce solution. It does have a learning curve however. The question is what do you have to know to use it. To know this we must know how it is created and how it works. Shopify has several hundred different themes to choose from. A theme is just a webpage layout or template. There are free themes and themes you pay for. You will modify the theme in your Shopify account by providing information in a series of links and menus. This process is described in the following link https://sumo.com/stories/shopify-tutorial-for-beginners .
The theme is a framework with variables that you provide values for in your Shopify account. The values are your products, descriptions, and prices. The framework consists of Html, CSS, JavaScript and Liquid code. The Liquid code is a markup language like Html that allows you to use variables. These variables contain the values your provided in your Shopify account. The Liquid code connects the theme to your input in the Shopify account. Liquid coding is described in the following link https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/topics/learning-liquid .
Creating a store does not require knowing Html, CSS, or Liquid. If for some reason you need to modify the code, you can hire a shopify freelancer to do so.
Shopify has has thousands of helpful links. If you have a question or problem, google it.
Before entering account information or making changes to the theme, you should duplicate your theme. This way you are not changing the original while testing your changes.
From your Shopify admin page, click on Online Store, then Themes. In the Current Theme section click Actions in dropdown list and click Duplicate.
You will find the duplicated theme in your Theme library section just below the Current theme. Click the Actions button and then click the Edit Code button.
You will see a code section with folders and theme files. Open the folder you are interested in and edit the code. After editing the code, the Save button at the top of the page will become active. Click on it to save your changes.
Preview your changes with the preview button at top of page. Note that not all pages are visible until published.
If you want to revert any changes to a file after you click Save, then open the file (if not already open) and click Older versions. A dropdown menu shows the date and time for each save that you hae made. Select the version that you want to revert to, and then click Save.
You are ready to Publish your theme. When you publish a duplicate it becomes the main copy. The previously published theme will be in the background.
If you are installing an app, duplicate the theme first, install the app on the current theme and quickly publish your duplicate if it goes wrong.
There are many addon apps for shopify. One of them is agechecker.net. If your website require age verification (as for vaping products), it will be performed before checkout. It integrates well with shopify.
