Replace “Add to cart” with a contact link

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Vintage themes aren't available in the Theme Store. These themes don't have the features included in Shopify's Online Store 2.0 themes, and Shopify free Vintage themes don't receive updates beyond security fixes.

Note

If you use a free theme from Shopify, then you might be able to contact Shopify Support for help with this tutorial. It requires 15 minutes of design time. To learn more, refer to Support for themes.

Note

This customization is for vintage Shopify themes, and doesn't apply to Online Store 2.0 themes.

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You can replace the Add to cart button with an email link or a contact form. For example, you might want to replace the Add to cart button for products that are not currently for sale, or for products that are made to order.

Sectioned and non-sectioned themes

Note

The steps for this tutorial differ depending on whether you are using a sectioned or a non-sectioned theme. A sectioned theme lets you drag and drop to arrange the layout of your home page, and a non-sectioned theme doesn't.

To figure out whether your theme supports sections, go to the theme's Edit code page. If there are files in the Sections directory, you are using a sectioned theme. Non-sectioned themes were released before October 2016, and do not have files in the Sections directory.

If you are using a sectioned theme, click the Sectioned themes button and follow the instructions. If you are using an older, non-sectioned theme, click the Non-sectioned themes button and follow the instructions.

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Sectioned themes

Select your theme

The steps for this customization vary depending on whether you are using the Narrative theme or another free theme made by Shopify. Click the button for your theme before following the instructions below:

Narrative

Create a new product template in Narrative

To replace the Add to cart button for a product, you will need to create a custom product template for that product.

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

2. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

iPhone

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

Android

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

1. In the Templates directory, click Add a new template.
2. Create the product template:
   • From the drop-down menu, select product.
   • Name your template requires-contact.
   • Click Create template.
3. Find the following code:

{% section 'product-template' %}

Replace it with:

{% section 'product-template-requires-contact' %}

This code links your new template with a new product section that you will create in the next steps.

1. Click Save.

Create a new product section

1. In the Sections directory, click Add a new section.
2. Create the section:
   1. Name your new section product-template-requires-contact.
   2. Click Create section.
3. Delete all of the default code in the section file, so that the file is empty.
4. In the Sections directory, click product-template.liquid. Copy all the content of the file to your clipboard.
5. Return to your new product-template-requires-contact.liquid section, and paste the code into the file.
6. Click Save.

Hide the Add to cart button

1. In your product-template-requires-contact.liquid section file, find the HTML code for the Product form of your product page. You can find it by searching for the word form in the file.

2. When you find the code, wrap it in Liquid {% comment %} and {% endcomment %} tags. This will stop the code from being shown on your store, but will let you easily put it back if you want to change your new template later.

For Narrative, the modified code would look like this:

{% comment %}
{% include 'product-form' %}
{% endcomment %}

1. Click Save.

Add an email link or contact form

Now that you have hidden the Add to cart button, you can add the content you want to show instead.

Email link

You can add an email link that will open the customer's default email program and enter your store's customer-facing email address as the recipient. To add an email link:

1. On a new line below the Liquid {% endcomment %} tag that you added in the last step, add the HTML code for an email link:

 <p>Please <a href="mailto:{{ shop.email }}">contact us</a> if you are interested in this product.</p>

1. Click Save.

Contact form

You can add a contact form to your new product template by copying the code from your theme's contact page template. To add a contact form:

1. In the Templates directory, click page.contact.liquid.
2. Find the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag in the file.
3. Copy all of the code from the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag down to the Liquid {% endform %} tag. Include the Liquid form tags in the code that you copy.
4. Return to your new product.requires-contact.liquid file in the Templates directory.

On a new line below the Liquid {% endcomment %} tag that you added, paste the code for the contact form.

1. The next step is to wrap the code that you just pasted in HTML div tags. The class attribute included in the div tag code will ensure that your contact form renders correctly on the page.

On a new line above {% form 'contact' %}, paste the following code:

<div class="form-vertical">

On a new line below {% endform %}, paste the following code:

  </div>

1. Click Save.

Assign your new template to a product

Now that the template is finished, you can assign it to all of the products for which you want to hide the Add to cart button.

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

2. Click the name of a product that you want to hide the Add to cart button on.

3. On the product page of your Shopify admin, under Online store, choose your new requires-contact template from the Theme template drop-down menu.

4. Click Save.

Repeat these steps for each product to which you want to add your new template.

Other

Create a new product template

To replace the Add to cart button for a product, you will need to create a custom product template for that product.

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

2. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

iPhone

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

Android

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

1. In the Templates directory, click Add a new template.
2. Create the product template:
   • From the drop-down menu, select product.
   • Name your template requires-contact.
   • Click Create template.
3. Find the following code:

{% section 'product-template' %}

Replace it with:

{% section 'product-template-requires-contact' %}

This code links your new template with a new product section that you will create in the next steps.

1. Click Save.

Create a new product section

1. In the Sections directory, click Add a new section.
2. Create the section:
   1. Name your new section product-template-requires-contact.
   2. Click Create section.

3. Delete all of the default code in the section file, so that the file is empty.
4. In the Sections directory, click product-template.liquid. Copy all the content of the file to your clipboard.
5. Return to your new product-template-requires-contact.liquid section, and paste the code into the file.
6. Click Save.

Hide the Add to cart button

1. In your new product-template-requires-contact.liquid section file, find the HTML code for the Add to cart button of your product page. You can find it by searching for the word cart in the file.

The code for the Add to cart button varies from theme to theme. Look for an <input> or <button> tag with text like Add to cart, AddToCart, or add-to-cart.

For Debut, the Add to cart button code looks like this:

<button type="submit" name="add" id="AddToCart-{{ section.id }}" {% unless current_variant.available %}disabled="disabled"{% endunless %} class="btn product-form_cart-submit{% if product.options.size == 1 and product.variants[0].title == 'Default Title' %} product-formcart-submit--small{% endif %}">
  <span id="AddToCartText-{{ section.id }}">
    {% unless current_variant.available %}
      {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }}
    {% else %}
      {{ 'products.product.add_to_cart' | t }}
    {% endunless %}
  </span>
</button>

1. When you find the code, wrap it in Liquid {% comment %} and {% endcomment %} tags. This will stop the code from being shown on your store, but will let you easily put it back if you want to change your new template later.

For Debut, the modified code would look like this:

{% comment %}
<button type="submit" name="add" id="AddToCart-{{ section.id }}" {% unless current_variant.available %}disabled="disabled"{% endunless %} class="btn product-formcart-submit{% if product.options.size == 1 and product.variants[0].title == 'Default Title' %} product-form_cart-submit--small{% endif %}">
  <span id="AddToCartText-{{ section.id }}">
    {% unless current_variant.available %}
      {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }}
    {% else %}
      {{ 'products.product.add_to_cart' | t }}
    {% endunless %}
  </span>
</button>
{% endcomment %}

Caution

Make sure that you don't comment out the <form> tags for your product page. Your comment tags should not surround any <form> or </form> tags, otherwise customers might experience errors when viewing your product page.

1. Click Save.

Add an email link or contact form

Now that you have hidden the Add to cart button, you can add the content you want to show instead.

Email link

You can add an email link that will open the customer's default email program and enter your store's customer-facing email address as the recipient. To add an email link:

1. On a new line below the Liquid {% endcomment %} tag that you added in the last step, add the HTML code for an email link:

<p>Please <a href="mailto:{{ shop.email }}">contact us</a> if you are interested in this product.</p>

1. Click Save.

Contact form

You can add a contact form to your new product template by copying the code from your theme's contact page template. To add a contact form:

1. In the Templates directory, click page.contact.liquid.
2. Find the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag in the file.
3. Copy all of the code from the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag down to the Liquid {% endform %} tag. Include the Liquid form tags in the code that you copy.
4. Return to your new product-template-requires-contact.liquid file in the Sections directory.
5. Find the closing </form> tag in the file. On a new line below the closing </form> tag, paste the code for the contact form.
6. The next step is to wrap the code that you just pasted in HTML div tags. The class attribute included in the div tag code will ensure that your contact form renders correctly on the page.

On a new line above {% form 'contact' %}, paste the following code:

<div class="form-vertical"></div>

On a new line below {% endform %}, paste the following code:

</div>

1. Click Save.

Assign your new template to a product

Now that the template is finished, you can assign it to all of the products for which you want to hide the Add to cart button.

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

2. Click the name of a product that you want to hide the Add to cart button on.

3. On the product page of your Shopify admin, under Online store, choose your new requires-contact template from the Theme template drop-down.

4. Click Save.

Repeat these steps for each product to which you want to add your new template.

Non-sectioned themes

Create a new product template

To replace the Add to cart button for a product, you will need to create a custom product template for that product.

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

2. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

iPhone

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

Android

1. From the Shopify app, tap Store.

2. In the Sales channels section, tap Online Store.

3. Tap Manage themes.

4. Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.

1. In the Templates directory, click Add a new template.
2. Create the product template:
   • From the drop-down menu, select product.
   • Name your template requires-contact.
   • Click Create template.

Hide the Add to cart button

1. In your new product.requires-contact.liquid file, find the HTML code for the Add to cart button. You can search for the word cart.

The code for the Add to cart button varies from theme to theme. Look for an <input> or <button> tag with text like Add to cart, AddToCart, or add-to-cart.

For Debut, the Add to cart button code looks like this:

<button type="submit" name="add" id="AddToCart-{{ section.id }}" {% unless current_variant.available %}disabled="disabled"{% endunless %} class="btn product-form__cart-submit{% if product.options.size == 1 and product.variants[0].title == 'Default Title' %} product-form__cart-submit--small{% endif %}">
  <span id="AddToCartText-{{ section.id }}">
    {% unless current_variant.available %}
      {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }}
    {% else %}
      {{ 'products.product.add_to_cart' | t }}
    {% endunless %}
  </span>
</button>

1. When you find the code, wrap it in Liquid {% comment %} and {% endcomment %} tags. This will stop the code from being shown on your store, but will let you easily put it back if you want to change your new template later.

For Debut, the modified code would look like this:

{% comment %}
<button type="submit" name="add" id="AddToCart-{{ section.id }}" {% unless current_variant.available %}disabled="disabled"{% endunless %} class="btn product-form__cart-submit{% if product.options.size == 1 and product.variants[0].title == 'Default Title' %} product-form__cart-submit--small{% endif %}">
  <span id="AddToCartText-{{ section.id }}">
    {% unless current_variant.available %}
      {{ 'products.product.sold_out' | t }}
    {% else %}
      {{ 'products.product.add_to_cart' | t }}
    {% endunless %}
  </span>
</button>
{% endcomment %}

Caution

Make sure that you don't comment out the <form> tags for your product page. Your comment tags should not surround any <form> or </form> tags, otherwise customers might experience errors when viewing your product page.

1. Click Save.

Add an email link or contact form

Now that you have hidden the Add to cart button, you can add the content you want to show instead.

Email link

1. On a new line below the Liquid {% endcomment %} tag that you added in the last step, add the HTML code for an email link:

Please <a href="mailto:{{ shop.email }}">contact us</a> if you are
interested in this product.

1. Click Save.

Contact form

You can add a contact form to your new product template by copying the code from your theme's contact page template. To add a contact form:

1. In the Templates directory, click page.contact.liquid.
2. Find the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag in the file.
3. Copy all of the code from the Liquid {% form 'contact' %} tag down to the Liquid {% endform %} tag. Include the Liquid form tags in the code that you copy.
4. Return to your new product.requires-contact.liquid file in the Templates directory.
5. Find the closing </form> tag in the file. On a new line below the closing </form> tag, paste the code for the contact form.
6. The next step is to wrap the code that you just pasted in HTML div tags. The class attribute included in the div tag code will ensure that your contact form renders correctly on the page.

On a new line above {% form 'contact' %}, paste the following code:

<div class="form-vertical"></div>

On a new line below {% endform %}, paste the following code:

</div>

1. Click Save.

Assign your new template to a product

Now that the template is finished, you can assign it to all of the products for which you want to hide the Add to cart button.

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.
2. Click the name of a product that you want to hide the Add to cart button on.
3. On the product page of your Shopify admin, under Online Store, choose your new requires-contact template from the Theme template drop-down.
4. Click Save.

Repeat these steps for each product to which you want to add your new template.