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Custom Responsive Category Navigation UI for Shopify 🚀
Default Shopify themes don't always cut it. When a retail brand needed to upgrade their bulky homepage navigation to a sleek, visual grid, I built them a custom solution from the ground up.
The Build:
The Grid: Built a custom CSS Grid layout for a flawless 4-column (desktop) to 2-column (mobile) responsive shift.
The Feel: Integrated premium micro-interactions (soft hover lifts and color transitions) for a high-end, tactile user experience.
The Handoff: Engineered the section to be fully integrated with the Shopify Theme Editor, allowing the client to swap out categories and images without needing a developer on standby.
The result? A space-optimized, highly visual discovery tool that looks incredible on any device.
Option 3: Client-Centric & Benefit-Driven
Title: Giving Shopify Stores a High-End "SaaS" Feel 🎨
How do you make a growing catalog easy to navigate without cluttering the screen?
For my latest retail client, the answer was a custom, highly visual grid-based category navigation system. Their default theme was too bulky, so I coded a custom Shopify section designed specifically for elegant visual discovery.
What I Delivered:
Pixel-Perfect Scaling: A flawless 4-column to 2-column responsive shift powered by CSS Grid.
Elevated UX: Premium micro-interactions like soft hover lifts that make the e-commerce experience feel high-end and interactive.
Total Client Control: Built completely into the Shopify Theme Editor so the brand's team can update images and links on the fly.
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I explored a portfolio website for Meriot, a product designer based in the Netherlands who wanted a digital presence that felt more personal, editorial, and design-focused.
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→ A portfolio experience that feels like a personal brand
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