[V6] Assign Products to a Specific Template

About The Product Assignment Feature

Shopify offers a single template applicable to all your products. Yet, using GemPages gives you the flexibility to create a unique product page template that can be universally applied or selectively assigned to different products. This functionality is facilitated through the Product Assignment feature.

This guide will walk you through the steps of associating specific products with a particular template, allowing you to showcase the GemPages design instead of the default theme template. Typically, you have two choices: make a template default for all your products or selectively assign it to one or more products.

Set A Default Template

To apply a template to all the products, please follow the steps below. 

Step 1: From the GemPages Dashboard, navigate to the Page section. Select the Product page type and locate your preferred template. 

Step 2: Click on the three-dot button next to the template name. Choose “Make default”. 

Click on “Confirm.” 

Note: If the template is already live, it will be applied to all your pages automatically. Please make sure to think it through before confirming.

How To Assign Products To A Template

There are two ways to assign products to a template: assigning products in the GemPages editor or assigning products from the product page dashboard.

Assign products in the GemPages Editor

Step 1: From the GemPages Dashboard > Pages, select your preferred page to access the Editor.

Step 2: Select the “Assigned Product” button located at the top of your page. Next, click on “Manage assigned Product”. 

A pop-up window will appear, allowing you to choose products to associate with the template. Tick the box next to the desired product, and confirm your selection when done.

To switch and preview different assigned products in the GemPages editor, click on the Change preview button or the Assigned Products button at the top of your page and then, click on the product name or the Eye icon.

Assign products from the Product Page Dashboard

Step 1: From the GemPages Dashboard, navigate to the Page section. Select the Product page type and locate your preferred template. 

Step 2: Click on the “Assign Product” button next to the template name. 

An open window will appear, allowing you to select the products. Check the box next to the products you want to assign to the template. To find products faster, you can use the search bar.

Hit “Confirm” when finished. 

Enable “Display by assigned products”

This function enables automatic synchronization of Shopify data for products assigned within the template. It’s highly recommended for your default template or templates assigning multiple products. To activate this feature, follow the steps below:

Step 1: From the GemPages Dashboard > Pages, select your preferred page to access the Editor.

Step 2: Locate the Product Module. Click on the Product Module to reveal the configuration on the left sidebar of the Editor. Under “Select Product”, choose the option Display by assigned product from the drop-down menu. 

If you opt for the “Select Manually” option at this point, the product information will remain fixed. This is useful, for instance, when you have a template with only one assigned product or when creating a product bundle to display multiple products on the same page. For a detailed guide on creating a product bundle with GemPages, refer to this article.