Solving the Shopify Sale Collection Conundrum

There we were, cozied up on a rainy afternoon, eyebrows furrowed, the warm glow of laptops illuminating our pondering faces. Over a cup of lukewarm coffee - that always seems to happen when you're puzzling over something important - my friend Alex lamented about their Shopify store's design hiccups. You see, Alex runs a bustling online shop teeming with sweet deals and sleek fashion. But, much like a sauceless pizza, something simply felt off.

Particularly, Alex wanted the customers to joyously see how much they saved on products from a special "Sale" collection without tinkering with displays everywhere else. Ah, challenges, our constant companions in the land of e-commerce.

The Tale of Sale Percentages

Fumbling around Shopify's theme customization, Alex discovered a quirk within the Impulse theme. Changing the precious percentage savings had decided to become an omnipresent feature across all collections, rather than gracing just the "Sale" section alone. Frustrating, yes, but herein lays a way through the thicket of tweaks and those mysterious lines of code.

Now, I'll let you in on how we carved a path through the digital jungle to solve this—step by step, line by line.

Step 1: Dawn of the Code

First things first, dare to venture into the 'Edit Code' section of your Shopify theme. Begin by going to your Shopify admin, click on 'Online Store', and under that, hit 'Themes'. Find your active theme—Impulse, in this case—and open 'Actions', then click 'Edit Code'. Now, don't let the lines frighten you; this is where the magic, albeit arcane, happens.

Step 2: Crafting the "Sale" Badge

Lucky for us, Shopify allows for snippets—those little nuggets of reusable code. Seek out the product-card or similar snippet, something akin to sections/product-grid-item.liquid or a similarly named file. Here, we’ll weave a tailor-made badge for our "Sale" collection. We can achieve this by embedding a conditional statement. Locate where the percentage discount badge is created, and ensure it bears the hallmark of sale exclusivity.

Insert a conditional that checks for the product tag or collection. Something like:

{% if collection.handle == 'sale' %}
  <!-- Sale Percentage Code Here -->
  {% assign saved_price = product.compare_at_price | minus: product.price %}
  {% assign discount_percentage = saved_price | divided_by: product.compare_at_price | times: 100 | round %}
  <span class="sale-discount">{{ discount_percentage }}% OFF</span>
{% endif %}

Step 3: Coloring the Menu Drawers

Alex then cornered the conversation by voicing a concern about how changing the menu to a drawer lost the vibrant red of the "Sale" menu item. An easy fix, my friends, we just dance our way through CSS to bring back that scarlet hue.

While still in the 'Edit Code', navigate to the Assets folder, and open your theme.css.liquid or similar stylesheet file—watch out for those elusive braces! Head towards your drawer menu styles, and craftily insert:

/* Add color to Sale item */
.drawer-menu-item[data-menu-id='your_sale_item_id'] {
  color: #ff0000; /* Vibrant Red */
}

Just remember to replace 'your_sale_item_id' with the actual identifier for your specific menu item. You might need to inspect your menu or refer back to theme settings for exact identification—detective hats on!

Celebrating the Fix

With a shared high-five across our table, Alex and I did a little victory jig in our chairs. There we sat, proud and slightly smug from yet another battle won against the quirks of Shopify and the internet's never-ending quirks. Our coffees, long having reached chilled oblivion, still felt worth that triumphant first sip.

Anytime you're faced with design dilemmas, remember: there's a community brimming with others who've likely danced this dance, so fear less. Shopify hues in drawer menus and precise percentage displays are, indeed, conquerable quests.

This journey, friends, is about embracing the creative chaos, solving puzzles one step at a time, and sipping coffee now and then. That collection that once seemed a mountain is now happily decorated, percentage discounts visible and clear, like a proclamation of victory.

In our world of sales and sporadic snags, nothing beats the sweet song of success that sings across our pixelated store shelves—except maybe a fresh cup of joe.