Unlocking Mobile Magic: Adjusting Your Shopify "Image with Text" Section

A long time ago, or rather, not so long ago, I found myself knee-deep in the wild rivers of website tweaking. It was a Tuesday—I remember because my dog, a fluffy Siberian Husky named Charlie, had decided Tuesdays were the perfect day to prance around like he owned the living room. Anyway, back to our tale of pixels and the quest for mobile mastery.

The Challenge of Tinkering

I was sipping my third cup of coffee (or was it my fourth?), staring at my Shopify store. The "Image with Text" section stood out like a peculiar statue in a town square. Perfect on desktop, but on mobile? Oh, it had ideas of its own. The images were too grand, the text squished closer together than Charlie on the couch when he's eying my sandwich.

Step 1: Crafting Our Code

Our goal, dear reader, was to transform that mobile experience without laying a finger on the desktop version. A whisper of CSS can achieve wonders here.

Pop open the theme.css or theme.scss.liquid in your Shopify theme editor. We’ll attempt a little magic with a media query. So, you'll want to locate something that resembles this:

@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
  /* Mobile adjustments for Image with Text */
  .your-section-class .your-image-class {
    width: 307px !important; /* Forge the image into 307x307px */
    height: 307px !important;
  }
  .your-section-class .your-text-class {
    font-size: 33px !important; /* Give your text bold aspirations */
  }
}

Replace .your-section-class, .your-image-class, and .your-text-class with the specific classes of your "Image with Text" section. Don't fret if you're unsure about these class names—you can use your browser’s inspect tool to identify them.

Step 2: The Great Inspection

Ah, the mystery of classes. Once upon an evening, I mistook “container-large” for “container-giant,” which led to hilariously unexpected results until I learned the art of right-clicking and “Inspect-ing.” By right-clicking the section in question on your live site and selecting “Inspect” or “Inspect Element,” you can discover the class name nestled warmly within the HTML.

Step 3: Uploading the DSM (David’s Stylesheet Moment)

They really ought to name a day after the moment you successfully save your changes and refresh your mobile browser. The sweet taste of victory hangs in the air—as if you'd bested a video game boss or convinced Charlie that the mailman really wasn't a toy-throwing adversary.

Our Final Thoughts: Adjusting Your Workflow

We often talk about tech in terms of optimizing and maximizing, but today, we celebrate personalization. Once you're done, take a moment to appreciate the small changes that matter—a legerdemain of pixels and text sizes. It's quite remarkable how such tweaks can make a world of difference to someone scrolling lazily on their phone.

Remember to clear your cache if you’re not seeing your changes straight away. Browsers can be stubborn, not unlike my dog deciding whether or not 6 a.m. is time for a walk in January’s frosty embrace.

And there we have it! Like artisans of yore—but with fewer chisels and more keyboards—we’ve finessed our way to mobile friendliness, thanks to a snippet of CSS and a dash of determination. Now, let Charlie gallop around and let’s bask in the satisfaction of a job done right, friends.