A stripped down version of Dawn, Shopify's first source-available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.
Dawn represents an HTML-first, JavaScript-only-as-needed approach to theme development. It's Shopify's first source-available theme with performance, flexibility, and Online Store 2.0 features built-in and acts as a reference for building Shopify themes.
- Web-native in its purest form: Themes run on the evergreen web. We leverage the latest web browsers to their fullest, while maintaining support for the older ones through progressive enhancement—not polyfills.
- Lean, fast, and reliable: Functionality and design defaults to “no” until it meets this requirement. Code ships on quality. Themes must be built with purpose. They shouldn’t support each and every feature in Shopify.
- Server-rendered: HTML must be rendered by Shopify servers using Liquid. Business logic and platform primitives such as translations and money formatting don’t belong on the client. Async and on-demand rendering of parts of the page is OK, but we do it sparingly as a progressive enhancement.
- Functional, not pixel-perfect: The Web doesn’t require each page to be rendered pixel-perfect by each browser engine. Using semantic markup, progressive enhancement, and clever design, we ensure that themes remain functional regardless of the browser.
You can find more details through the Dawn respository.
- Remove fluff from starter template json files
- Delete any nonessential sections
- Condense remaining sections
- Make all schema readable (for now)
- Add additional social media platforms
- Condense asset svgs with snippets
- Delete any nonessential asset files
- Condense remaining asset files
- Strip all nonessential styling