# Locksmith ## Locksmith - [Quick Start](https://www.locksmith.guide/readme.md): Basic guide to using the Locksmith app to restrict access to content in your Shopify Online Store - [A Locksmith Overview](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/overview.md) - [Creating locks](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/creating-locks.md): How to use Locksmith's in-app search bar to create a lock - [Creating keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/creating-keys.md): Explore the types of key conditions that Locksmith makes available to you. - [Compatibility with other apps and Shopify features](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/compatibility.md) - [Removing Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/removing-locksmith.md) - [Locksmith Glossary & Reference](https://www.locksmith.guide/basics/locksmith-glossary-and-reference.md) - [Approving customer registrations](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/approving-customer-registrations.md): How to use the Locksmith app to approve customer registrations on your Shopify Online Store - [Creating restricted wholesale products](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/locksmith-wholesale.md): How to use the Locksmith app to restrict access to wholesale products or wholesale-only content in your Shopify Online Store - [Hiding product prices and/or the add to cart button](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/hiding-prices.md): How to use the Locksmith app to hide or "lock" specific page content on your Shopify Online Store - [Selling digital content on Shopify](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/selling-digital-content-on-shopify.md): How to use the Locksmith app to sell digital content on Shopify - [More tutorials...](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more.md): Check the following or simply use the search bar in the header to quickly find the topic that you're looking for! - [Setting up multiple price tiers](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/price-tiers.md): How to use the Locksmith app set up restricted prices levels on your Shopify Online Store - [Customizing messages](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customizing-messages.md) - [Customizing the customer login page](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customizing-the-customer-login-page.md): Customizing the login form shown on a page locked by Locksmith in your Shopify Online Shop - [Customizing the registration form](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customizing-the-registration-form.md) - [Customizing the passcode form](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customizing-the-passcode-form.md): Locksmith gives you flexibility in how you can customize the passcode form! - [Customizing Locksmith’s "Access denied content" messages, and redirecting customers](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customising-locksmiths-access-denied-content-messages-and-redirecting-customers.md) - [Customizing the email list signup form](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/customizing-the-email-list-signup-form.md): An overview of the ways you can customize the the email list sign up prompt for our newsletter key conditions - [Showing multiple prompts on the same page](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/showing-multiple-prompts-on-the-same-page.md): How to set up Locksmith to show more than one input form when using more than one condition type on the same page - [Showing content only to specific Markets](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/shopify-markets.md): How to use the Locksmith app to restrict content in your different Markets on your Shopify: Online Store sales channel - [Input lists](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/input-lists.md): How to use Locksmith's Input List feature to work with large numbers of inputs - [Protecting against bots](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/protecting-against-bots.md): A strategy to protect your products from bots and unapproved resellers purchasing from your Shopify Online Store - [Earn recurring revenue on your exclusive content using ReCharge](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/recharge.md) - [Use Locksmith and PayWhirl together to grant access based on subscriptions](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/use-locksmith-and-paywhirl-together-to-grant-access-based-on-subscriptions.md) - [Use Locksmith and Seal Subscriptions to grant access based on subscriptions](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/use-locksmith-and-seal-subscriptions-to-grant-access-based-on-subscriptions.md) - [Liquid locking basics](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/liquid-locking-basics.md) - [Restricting checkout from the cart](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/restricting-checkout-from-the-cart.md): How to use the Locksmith app to add checkout restrictions on your Shopify Online Store - [Confirmation key condition](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/editing-the-confirmation-message.md): Ask for a simple confirmation before granting access to content in your Shopify Online Store sales channel. - [Restricting customers to a specific collection](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/restricting-customers-to-a-specific-collection.md) - [Passcode-specific redirects](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/passcode-specific-redirects.md) - [Grow your subscriber lists with Klaviyo](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/klaviyo.md) - [Use a Klaviyo list or segment as an access control list](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/use-a-klaviyo-list-or-segment-as-an-access-control-list.md): Locksmith allows you to use an already-existing Klaviyo list or segment to determine who gets access to your locked content. - [Use Mailchimp to collect customer emails](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/mailchimp.md) - [Hiding out-of-stock products](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/hiding-out-of-stock-products.md) - [How to use a private browsing session](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/how-to-use-a-private-browsing-session.md) - [Granting access to variants by visitor input](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/granting-access-to-variants-by-visitor-input.md) - [Offering different variants by postal code](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/offering-different-variants-by-postal-code.md) - [Locking products by tag](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-products-by-tag.md) - [Locking multiple pages at once](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-multiple-pages-at-once.md) - [Making a product accessible exclusively from the direct product link](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/making-a-product-accessible-exclusively-from-the-direct-product-link.md) - [Creating private team areas](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/creating-private-team-areas.md) - [Importing customers in bulk](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/importing-customers-in-bulk.md) - [Disabling Locksmith for certain theme files](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/disabling-locksmith-for-certain-theme-files.md): How to tell Locksmith to completely ignore specific files in your theme - [Adding translations to your Locksmith messages](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/adding-translations-to-your-locksmith-messages.md): This guide shows you how to use the translation filter built into Liquid to simplify translating your Locksmith messages - [Redirecting using Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/redirecting-using-locksmith.md): How to use the Locksmith app's redirecting features to make sure your customers arrive on the intended page - [Locking variants](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-variants.md) - [Limiting the scope of variant locks using the product tag key condition](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-variants/limiting-the-scope-of-variant-locks-using-the-product-tag-key-condition.md) - [Handling JavaScript DOM errors caused by variant locks](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-variants/javascript-dom-errors.md) - [Locking the customer registration form](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-the-customer-registration-form.md) - [Locking the search results page in your store](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-the-search-results-page-in-your-store.md) - [How to clear cache for a single website](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/how-to-clear-cache-for-a-single-website.md) - [Manual mode](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/manual-mode.md): Restricting access to only specific parts of a page in your Shopify Online Store - [Grant access for a limited time when using passcodes or secret links](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/grant-access-for-a-limited-time-when-using-passcodes-or-secret-links.md): How to use Locksmith's 'timeout' feature to limit access time - [Testing Locksmith on unpublished themes](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/testing-locksmith-on-unpublished-themes.md) - [Locking blog posts](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-blog-posts.md) - [How to access your browser's dev tools](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/how-to-access-your-browsers-dev-tools.md) - [Restricting the cart for mixed products and combinations of products](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/restricting-the-cart-for-mixed-products-and-combinations-of-products.md) - [Locking products by vendor](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-products-by-vendor.md) - [How do I hide my Shopify store's header and footer](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/how-do-i-hide-my-shopify-stores-header-and-footer.md) - [Hiding navigation links for locked resources](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/hiding-navigation-links-for-locked-resources.md): Use the Locksmith app to hide navigation links in your Shopify Online Store channel - [Hiding products and other content from lists in your online store](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/hiding-products-and-other-content-from-lists-in-your-online-store.md): How to set up Locksmith locks to hide from collections, in-store searches, and any other lists and grids in your Shopify Online Store - [Restricting a product so that it can only be purchased by new customers](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/restricting-a-product-so-that-it-can-only-be-purchased-by-new-customers.md): In this guide, we'll show you how to set up a product so that it can only be purchased by customers who haven't yet made a purchase. This is great for samples and first time free products. - [Automatically managing the seo.hidden metafield using Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/automatically-hide-from-sitemaps-and-manage-seo-metafield.md): How to set up your Locksmith locks to automatically manage the seo.hidden metafield for any content covered by them. - [Locking the home page](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/locking-the-home-page.md): How to create a lock that covers the home page of your Online Store sales channel in Shopify - [Setting up checkout validation with Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/setting-up-checkout-validation-with-locksmith.md): Protect against bots, cart permalink exploits, and other unauthorized orders by requiring specific customer tags to purchase products with specific product tags. - [Restricting access to payment methods with Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/hiding-payment-methods-by-customer-tag.md): Control which payment methods are available at checkout based on customer tags, using Shopify's native payment customization functions. - [How to hide theme sections, blocks, and snippets](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/how-to-hide-theme-sections-blocks-and-snippets.md): Create a theme hiding profile to lock specific parts of your Shopify themes according to your Locksmith lock conditions - [Creating weekly schedules](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/creating-weekly-schedules.md): You can use Locksmith to make sure content in your Online Store channel is only available on specific days and hours. - [Using date and time key conditions](https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/using-date-and-time-key-conditions.md): Learn how to use Locksmith's "before" and "after" date and time key conditions, including when to combine them within a single key versus adding them as separate keys. - [About key conditions](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/about-key-conditions.md) - [Customer account keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/customer-account-keys.md) - [Passcode keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/passcode-keys.md) - [Secret link keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/secret-link-keys.md) - [Visitor location keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/visitor-location-keys.md): How to restrict access to the content in your Shopify Online Store based on the location of the IP visitor's IP address - [More about keys...](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more.md): Check the following or simply use the search bar in the header to quickly find the topic that you're looking for! - [Inverting conditions in Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/inverting-conditions-in-locksmith.md) - [Combining key conditions](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/combining-key-conditions.md) - ["Has purchased..." key](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/has-purchased.md): Granting access to content in your store only after the appropriate purchase has been made - [Using the "Force open other locks" setting](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/using-the-force-open-other-locks-setting.md): How to deal with multiple overlapping locks preventing customers from accessing the content inside them - [Custom Liquid key-condition basics](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/custom-liquid-key-condition-basics.md): How to create customer liquid key conditions in Locksmith - [Manual mode](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/manual-mode.md) - [Excluding content from locks](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/excluding-content-from-locks.md): How to use Locksmith's "always permit" key condition to make sure your some of your content doesn't become locked - [IP address keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/ip-address-keys.md) - [Newsletter keys](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/newsletter-keys.md): Use Locksmith to only grant access to customers that subscribe to your newsletter - [Limiting the scope of variant locks using the product tag key condition](https://www.locksmith.guide/keys/more/limiting-the-scope-of-variant-locks-using-the-product-tag-key-condition.md) - [Why aren't my locks working?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/why-arent-my-locks-working.md) - [FAQ: I see blank spaces in my collections and/or searches when locking](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/faq-i-see-blank-spaces-in-my-collections-and-or-searches-when-locking.md): Some strategies to improve the appearance of your collections and searches when Locksmith is filtering out products - [Can Locksmith hide content from my in-store search?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/can-locksmith-hide-content-from-my-in-store-search.md): How to adjust your lock settings to prevent your content from being found via your in-store search - [Locksmith is not working with my page builder app](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/locksmith-is-not-working-with-my-page-builder-app.md) - [What should I do if my site is loading slowly?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/what-should-i-do-if-my-site-is-loading-slowly.md) - [I'm the administrator of my site and I cannot access pages because of Locksmith locks.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/im-the-administrator-of-my-site-and-cannot-access.md) - [More FAQs...](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more.md): Check the following or simply use the search bar in the header to quickly find the topic that you're looking for! - [I'm having trouble using Locksmith with a site speed optimization app.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/site-speed-apps.md) - [The app isn't loading. What do I do?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/app-not-loading.md) - [Can Locksmith protect shipping methods, billing methods, or discount codes?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/can-locksmith-protect-shipping-methods-billing-methods-or-coupon-codes.md) - [I switched themes, and Locksmith isn't working](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/i-switched-themes-and-locksmith-isnt-working.md) - [Why isn't my passcode, secret link, newsletter, or location key working?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/why-isnt-my-remote-key-condition-working.md) - [Can Locksmith lock Shopify's public JSON API for my online store?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/can-locksmith-lock-shopifys-public-json-api-for-my-online-store.md) - [Why are my customers seeing a reCAPTCHA when logging in?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/why-are-my-customers-seeing-a-recaptcha-when-logging-in.md) - [My passcode or newsletter prompt is not updating on my store when I change it.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/passcode-prompt-issues.md) - [My featured collections on my home page only show one product.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/my-featured-collections-on-my-home-page-only-show-one-product..md) - [My infinite scrolling doesn't show all of my products.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/my-infinite-scrolling-doesnt-show-all-of-my-products..md) - [My customers have to enter their e-mail address into the Mailchimp key every time they visit.](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/my-customers-have-to-enter-their-e-mail-address-into-the-mailchimp-key-every-time-they-visit..md) - [How do I know which customers have used a certain key?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/how-do-i-know-which-customers-have-used-a-certain-key.md): How to see which key was used, or how many times a passcode has been used to access your locked content. - [Why is Locksmith adding information to my orders?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/why-is-locksmith-adding-information-to-my-orders.md) - [Locksmith isn't installing correctly!](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/locksmith-isnt-installing-correctly.md) - [Locksmith is not uninstalling correctly!](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/locksmith-is-not-uninstalling-correctly.md): What to do when you're having issues uninstalling Locksmith from your theme - [How does Locksmith affect search engines and SEO?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/how-does-locksmith-affect-search-engines-and-seo.md): How Locksmith helps hide your locked products/content from Google and other search engines - [How do I change where customers are redirected to after registration on Shopify](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/how-do-i-change-where-customers-are-redirected-to-after-registration-on-shopify.md) - [The thing I want to lock isn't showing up in the Locksmith search](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/the-thing-i-want-to-lock-isnt-showing-up-in-the-locksmith-search.md) - [I am getting an "already taken" error when trying to create a metafield definition for seo.hidden](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/i-am-getting-an-already-taken-error-when-trying-to-create-a-metafield-definition-for-seo.hidden.md): How to get past this Shopify error when attempting to create the seo.hidden metafield definition for products - [How do I add a hero banner image to Locksmith's access messages](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/how-do-i-add-a-hero-banner-image-to-locksmiths-access-messages.md): This guide provides an example of how to add a banner image above your access message content in your Shopify online store. - [What order are different types of key conditions evaluated in?](https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/more/what-order-are-key-conditions-evaluated-in.md) - [Usage agreement](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/usage-agreement.md): The annotated edition! - [Locksmith's pricing policy: Pay what feels good](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/pricing.md) - [Privacy policy](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/privacy.md) - [Data policy](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/data.md) - [Data Processing Agreement](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/data-processing-agreement.md): Lightward Data Processing Addendum (Locksmith) - [Contact us](https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/contact.md): How to contact the Locksmith support team - [Locksmith Admin API](https://www.locksmith.guide/developer-tools/locksmith-admin-api.md) - [Locksmith Storefront API](https://www.locksmith.guide/developer-tools/locksmith-storefront-api.md) - [Locksmith variables](https://www.locksmith.guide/developer-tools/locksmith-variables.md) - [Unsupported functionality](https://www.locksmith.guide/developer-tools/unsupported-functionality.md): Here's a list of interesting ways to interact with Locksmith. None of these are officially supported. We can't troubleshoot your custom code. :) - [Requests from Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/developer-tools/requests-from-locksmith.md) - [More developer docs...](https://www.locksmith.guide/more-developer-docs.md): Check the following or simply use the search bar in the header to quickly find the topic that you're looking for! - [Using the Admin API with Locks](https://www.locksmith.guide/more-developer-docs/using-the-admin-api-with-locks.md) - [Easy Appointment Booking](https://www.locksmith.guide/app-integrations/easy-appointment-booking.md): Use Locksmith to sell services with Easy Appointment Booking - [Shopify's New Customer Accounts and Locksmith](https://www.locksmith.guide/shopifys-new-customer-accounts-and-locksmith.md): Things to know about switching to New Customer Accounts in your Shopify store. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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