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Working with the Fast Tags Shopify App

Activating the Flexport Fast Tags App Embed Block on your Shopify Theme

For Flexport's fast tags to work with your theme, you need to have our Shopify app embed block activated on your published theme:

 

  1. Login to your store in the Shopify admin
  2. Visit the "Themes" section
  3. Click on the "Customize" button for the current theme
  4. In the Sidebar, click "Theme settings"
  5. Within the Theme settings section, click "App embeds"
  6. Identify the "Fast Tags" app embed and verify that the slider is turned on. If not, turn the app on and Save.



Deactivating the Fast Tags App Embed Block on your Shopify Theme

If you choose that you no longer want to have Fast Tags be loaded on your pages, this is done by deactivating our Shopify app embed block on your published theme:

 

  1. Login to your store in the Shopify admin
  2. Visit the "Themes" section
  3. Click on the "Customize" button for the current theme
  4. In the Sidebar, click "Theme settings"
  5. Within the Theme settings section, click "App embeds"
  6. Identify the "Fast Tags" app embed. If the app embed slider is on, click the slider to turn it off, then Save the theme changes.

 

Custom Placing a Fast Tag with Shopify App Blocks

Sometimes Flexport's auto placement system doesn't work as expected with the theme you're using, in this case you may need to custom place the Fast Tag. After configuring the custom placement strategy for that store in your Flexport Portal:

 

If your theme supports Shopify Online Store 2.0:

  1. Within your Shopify storefront admin, visit the "Themes" section
  2. Click one the "Customize" button for the current theme
  3. Choose the page and template you wish to add the fast tag to within the page selection dropdown
  4. In the page customization sidebar, find the section you wish to add the fast tag under and click "Add block"
  5. Provided that section supports addition of our fast tag, the option "Fast Tag" should be visible under the "APPS" subsection
  6. Add and reorder within the section as desired
 

If your theme doesn't support Shopify Online Store 2.0:

 

Configuring your Fast Tag App Block

The Flexport fast tag can be configured in a number of ways within your Shopify theme editor:
 

Fast Tag Type

This determines what type of fast tag will be shown to visitors. There are currently two types:
  1. Basic - This shows the fast tag for the service level determined by Flexport for that product
  2. With zip code - Includes a zip code finder to allow a visitor to manually enter their zip code

 

Product

This identifies the product and variant represented by this fast tag. 

 

Service Level Preview

Allows you to preview specific service levels for improved visualization.

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