Getting Started with Habitat
Habitat is a warm, lifestyle-focused Shopify theme designed for homewares, fashion, and natural product brands. It balances elegant serif typography with flexible content sections, making it a strong fit for stores that want to tell a story alongside selling products.
Step 1 — Choose your preset
Habitat ships with five style presets. Pick one before you start customising — switching presets later will reset your colour and font choices.
To choose a preset, go to Online Store → Themes → Customize, then open the Theme settings panel and select Presets at the top.
| Preset | Best for |
|---|---|
| Habitat | Minimal with classic serif headings — versatile, clean starting point |
| Merino | Warm beige backgrounds with dark forest and tan accents — sophisticated, nature-inspired brands |
| Veloce | Light beige with bold red accents and condensed fonts — modern, sporty brands |
| Pebl | Soft beige with navy and coral — professional and approachable stores |
| Strukt | Dark monochromatic theme with black tones — bold, industrial brands |
Step 2 — Install and publish
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes.
- Find Habitat in your theme library and click Customize to preview it, or click Actions → Publish to make it your live theme.
- If you’re switching from another theme, Shopify will ask you to confirm — your products, collections, and pages are not affected.
Step 3 — First-time setup checklist
Work through these settings before building out your pages. They apply globally across your entire store.
Go to Online Store → Themes → Customize → Theme settings (bottom-left panel) to find each one.
- Favicon — Upload your brand icon (recommended size: 32 × 32 px). This appears in browser tabs.
- Typography — Choose your heading and body fonts.
- Colors — Set your primary, secondary, and background colours. These feed into buttons, links, and section backgrounds throughout the theme.
- Buttons — Control the shape and style of your Add to Cart and other call-to-action buttons.
- Animations — Habitat includes scroll-triggered animations. You can adjust or disable them here if you prefer a static layout.
- Currency format — Choose how prices display (e.g. with or without decimals).
- Social media — Add your social profile URLs. These appear in the footer and share buttons.
Getting help
If something isn’t working as expected, open a support ticket at fuelthemes.net/contact. For refund and licensing information, see Refunds.