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New Stencil Theme Engine for the next generation of
Bigcommerce Stores

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Do you offer Bigcommerce development services Are you a
Bigcommerce store owner? Either way, there’s some news for you
to take notice of. Bigcommerce recently announced its latest
update – a templating engine that is supposed to power those
stores that are built on the Bigcommerce platform.
Introduction

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What do we know ?
Generally speaking, the process of website designing on any SaaS
platform can be extremely inflexible and limiting. Store-owners have
absolutely no flexibility to make alterations to their storefronts. This
means that store-owners need to spend more money to get an agency
to perform all the required changes.
This is where Stencil will bring about a metamorphosis in Bigcommerce
web design. It will append more flexibility to making alterations. This
will be helpful as a store’s design can have a direct impact on its
revenue, and having a modern templating engine is imperative for
that.

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What is Stencil ?

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Stencil, as we mentioned earlier, is a new approach for the
development of store-fronts and themes on Bigcommerce Platform.
It is basically a theming engine that powers the backend of your
Bigcommerce store. In other words, this is that engine that extracts
your data & settings to bring them to life in the form of a fully
functional Ecommerce website. Stencil is unique because it builds
upon Handlebars.JS system of templating, which is known to be
extremely flexible. What does this mean to you? It infers that you
can make styling changes more promptly.
What is Stencil ?

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What is Stencil ?
Stencil also allows store-owners to have multiple variations of
each theme. This means that they can add more appeal to their
storefront. Moreover, customizing the storefront’s look and feel is
now possible without any knowledge of codes.
Here are some of the top features of Stencil:
Conditional Templating
Higher Flexibility
Options for customization
Faster page speed

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Our Thoughts on Key Components

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Some of the prominent elements of Stencil make it attractive for the
Bigcommerce web developers and store-owners. Here’s a look into
those key components:
Local Theme Design Iteration (Good for Developers)
Bigcommerce web designers and developers now get the toolkit that
helps them design as well as iterate themes locally. They shall have
complete access to all assets of the storefront. What’s exciting is
that all this can happen at the backend, without having a trace of
impact on the live storefront.
Our Thoughts on Key Components

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Our Thoughts on Key Components
Theme Marketplace (Good for Developers)
Bigcommerce design services providers will now be able to distribute
themes to store-owners through third-party marketplaces. Hence, if
you have created something unique; you might as well distribute it to
all the interested store-owners.
Theme Editor (Good for Store-Owners)
Store-owners can promptly customize their themes as well as the
storefront’s function. No coding’s required for the same, and thus they
don’t need to rely on an agency to make changes for them.
Improved Brand Resonance (Good for Store-Owners)
Stencil powers great looking storefronts. That augurs well for the
store-owner’s brand resonance.

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Why Stencil ?

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Here are some reasons why developers need to adopt Stencil:
Dynamic Storefronts
Stencil presents a range of extremely powerful design functions. On
offer are logic based design templates that make use of lightweight
handlebars templating language. Other key elements include page
specific resource definition, options for development of a classy
front-end, rapid local redesign & development, testing & preview
across different devices, and more.
Smooth Launch
Getting started with Stencil is extremely simple.
Why Stencil ?

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Strong Documentation
There’s a strong documentation that helps developers to get
started with Stencil. Developers can gain knowledge about the
various features available.
Video Demonstration
There are video demonstrations available for Stencil installation &
launch, theme editing, key components, etc. These videos are done
by Stencil’s senior developer, Mick Ryan.
All in all, Stencil is a great new addition to BigCommerce and shall
be a boon for developers & store-owners alike.
Why Stencil ?

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Why Stencil ?
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