Become a partner New Blog Post Shopify's Web Design and Development Blog in Review: The Top 10 Articles of 2017 We've covered a lot of ground on the Web Design and Development Blog in 2017, producing over 200 blog posts that touched on everything from atom packages and web design trends, to app onboarding and the world of affiliates. If you didn't have time to read all 200, we don't blame you. With this in mind, we've selected the best content from the Web Design and Development Blog in 2017. These posts cover a variety of topics, and were our most read articles of the year. Enjoy and see you in 2018 🚀 More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere Competition closes December 31   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Become a partner New Blog Post 10 Creative Shopify Stores to Get You Excited for 2018 Now that the year's coming to an end, it's time to reflect on all the wonderful web design and development work you've done in 2017. In this article, we've collected some of the most interesting ecommerce designs we've seen this year into one list. We hope these stores will inspire you to do your best work and make commerce better for everyone. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere Competition closes December 31   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Become a partner New Blog Post A Beginner's Git Guide with Shopify - Part 3: Branching, Pull Requests, Merge Conflicts, and Workflow It's important to think about how to keep track of all the changes we make in our code, especially as projects become more complicated, when we collaborate with other developers, or when we just want to know what's been worked on or fixed in a project. This article is the third and final part in a series of articles about Git and Shopify. In this article you will learn: What Git branches are and how they work. How to create feature branches and sync them with GitHub. How to create a pull request on GitHub. How to resolve merge conflicts, and why they happen. Git workflows at Shopify, and for developers working with themes. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere Competition closes December 31   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Happy Holidays Partner!

A love letter from our team to yours.

2017 was a year of massive growth for Shopify and our entire Shopify Partner Ecosystem. Everything we’ve achieved is a shared win — we will never forget that you, our community, are a massive driving force in our success. United, we are stronger. Here’s to continuing to grow together in 2018. - Happy Holidays from the Shopify Partners Team We’d love to learn more about you and your team, and connect you with other partners around the world. If you haven’t already, join our private Shopify Partners Facebook group — use the password “community” when requesting access.   Join us on Facebook

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Become a partner New Blog Post Announcing Shopify's New Sketch Plugin: Polaris Telescope Shopify's design system, Polaris, helps us and everyone building for Shopify create apps that look and feel like they were designed by the same team. Today, we're very excited to take Polaris one step further by introducing Polaris Telescope, Shopify's first Sketch plugin. Polaris Telescope lets you search and view Polaris guidelines and code right within Sketch. In this article, we'll cover: Why Polaris Telescope empowers you to create a great experience for merchants. Where to download and how to use this Sketch plugin. Why it will speed up your workflow, as well as your team's. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Become a partner New Blog Post 7 Beautifully Designed Apps to Inspire You Over the Holidays While the holiday season is thought to be a time of festivities and rest, for many app developers, it's hard to completely unplug. To help you enjoy the season, while also gathering some inspiration on app interface improvements, we've created a list of seven lifestyle apps that not only have noteworthy design and UX, but will also get you into the holiday spirit. In this article, we'll cover: Seven beautifully designed apps to inspire you over the holiday season. Why each app has great UI. Seven demos, one for each app. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Become a partner New Blog Post How to Generate Leads for Your Business Using Content Time is money for small business owners, freelancers, and agencies. These entrepreneurs are predominantly focused on sales and scaling their business — therefore content built around generating leads is the most impactful form of marketing they can invest in. With this in mind, we've compiled a list of tips on how to create content that will generate leads to keep your business growing.. In this article we'll cover: How to develop and distribute valuable, targeted content. Why maintaining a strong content strategy across all channels is essential to lead generation. The importance of using clear calls-to-action in all content. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4

Become a partner New Blog Post Everything You Need to Know About Development Stores As a Shopify Partner, you need to be familiar with development stores. They're used in the first steps of signing up a client for Shopify, as well as for demos, and even for portfolio purposes. In this article, we condensed everything you need to know about development stores into a step-by-step guide. We'll walk through: Understanding development stores. Creating development stores. Enhancing development store functionality. Transferring store ownership. Requesting access to existing stores. More   More   Commerce Awards 2017 Celebrating Shopify Partners and developers everywhere   Apply now   Unsubscribe © Shopify Partners 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON, K2P 1L4