---
title: "Changing Shopify Template using url"
url: https://byaman.com/changing-shopify-template-using-url/
description: "How to switch between alternate Shopify templates with the view URL parameter, with a link to Shopify's guide on alternate templates."
author: "Amandeep"
published: 2016-12-13
last_modified: 2016-12-13
categories: ["Shopify"]
---

# Changing Shopify Template using url

Shopify lets you create alternate templates for products, collections and pages, and switch between them with the `view` URL parameter (for example `?view=alternate`). Shopify's guide explains how it works:

[How to use alternate templates in Shopify theme development](https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/82610694-how-to-use-alternate-templates-in-shopify-theme-development)