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The Bar widget is an app embed. You can use it with any theme version, including vintage themes. Learn about app embeds in Shopify.

Activate the app in a theme

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To use the bar, you need to first activate it in the theme.

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Hit Activate in the app admin notification to quickly access the GSC Timer Widgets app embed of your published theme.

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This notification disappears once you activate the app. Don’t forget to Save the changes in the theme editor.

Alternatively, you can activate the app in a theme manually:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
  2. Choose the theme, and click Customize to open the theme editor.
  3. On the sidebar of the theme editor, click the App embeds icon.
  4. Find the GSC Timer Widgets in the list of installed apps.
  5. Click the toggle beside GSC Timer Widgets to activate it.
  6. Save the changes in the theme editor.

Add the widget to a theme

  1. In the app admin, create a new Bar widget or choose it from the list.