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Add Downpay to your theme

Create a Downpay purchase option, and enable a supported payment gateway before adding Downpay to your theme.

You will add Downpay to your theme by updating two pages:

Product Page
Cart Page

The following content blocks will be shown once Downpay is installed.





On this page:


Product Page
Quick Install
Manual install

Cart page
Install

Customization
Modify placement of product or cart embeds



Product Page



Products will show the following once Downpay is installed, if they have a purchase option :



Quick Install



Click Enable product block or Enable product embed the in-app onboarding guide.

This will open your theme settings, and automatically add Downpay.



Manual Install



If you are using a 2.0 theme:

Click Online Store from your left navigation bar in the Shopify Admin.

Click Customize on your theme.

Navigate to the Product page template you are using from the dropdown menu at the top of the editor.

In the left navigation in the "Template > Product information" section, click Add block and select Downpay App.

Drag the Downpay block higher or lower depending on where you would like it to appear.

Click Save at the top right to finish setup.


If you are using a vintage theme:

Click Online Store from your left navigation bar in Shopify Admin.

Click Customize on the theme you wish to add Downpay blocks to.

Navigate to the Product page template you are using from the dropdown menu at the top center area of the editor.

Navigate to the embed section of the editor on the left hand side. and toggle the Downpay product embed on

Shopify embed menu and Downpay product embed

7. Click Save at the top right to finish setup.

Still not showing? You may need to specify the placement of the embed.



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Cart Page



Downpay's cart embed displays the subtotals that will be paid at checkout and the remaining balance due.



Install



Contact us for help with installation if you are using a cart side drawer instead of a cart page.

Click Online Store from your left navigation bar in Shopify Admin.

Click Customize on the theme you wish to add Downpay to.

Navigate to the Cart page template you are using from the dropdown menu at the top center area of the editor.

Navigate to the embed section of the editor on the left hand side. and toggle the Downpay cart embed on.



Click Save at the top right.

The totals will display only if a deposit product is in your cart.

Still not showing? You may need to specify the placement of the embed.



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Customization



Edit the appearance, placement, and content of the Downpay content by adjusting the theme settings.

Modify placement of product or cart embeds



This is required to get Downpay embeds to appear for some custom or less popular themes.

The HTML element to insert after setting will allow you to move the cart subtotals content block around the cart page.

Modify content block placement by specifying a nearby unique element id or class. The format of element ids is #id, and the format for classes are .class





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Updated on: 22/03/2024

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