Going Live

Publish your DRIFT Starter theme and remove the password page.

Once your DRIFT Starter theme looks right in the editor, here's how to make it the live theme.

Publish the theme

1. Go to Online Store → Themes

2. Find DRIFT Starter in the Theme library section

3. Click Actions → Publish

4. Confirm

Your live storefront now uses DRIFT Starter. The previous theme moves to the library (you can republish it anytime if you need to roll back).

Remove the password page

If your store is in development mode, customers see a password page when they visit. To go fully public:

1. Online Store → Preferences

2. Scroll to Restrict access to visitors with the password

3. Uncheck Enable password

4. Save

The store is now public.

Final checks before announcing

Walk through the storefront like a customer would:

• Homepage looks right at desktop and mobile

• Navigation works on mobile (drawer opens, links work)

• Click into a product — PDP loads, images look right, ATC works

• Add to cart — cart drawer opens, item shows correctly

• Test checkout with a real product (you can refund yourself after)

• Search for a product — predictive search opens

• Check the footer links — all go where they should

• Visit on a phone — make sure mobile is sharp

Set up Markets (optional)

If you sell internationally, Settings → Markets to configure:

• Which countries you sell to

• Which currency they pay in

• Language(s) for each market

• Shipping zones

DRIFT respects Markets natively — prices, currency formatting, and language all switch based on the customer's market.

Announce it

Now go tell people. Email list, social, ads, whatever your distribution looks like. The theme is built for conversions — the rest is on you.