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How to add Collection Circles to the Dawn theme

Circular category links in a row that scrolls or wraps, each framed by a gradient or solid ring. Pick a collection to make the whole circle clickable, or point it anywhere with a link. Captions fall back to the collection title, discs hide individually, and everything — ring style, sizes, colors, spacing — is set in the theme editor. This guide shows how to add the Collection Circles section to the Dawn theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Dawn's code. Dawn is a free theme by Shopify, known for speed, minimalism, being the Online Store 2.0 reference — and collection showcases like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

Collection Circles

Free
Preview of the Collection Circles section installed on a Shopify store

Full section details, tags and related sections: Collection Circles →

Why Collection Circles works on Dawn

Collection cards, circles and editorial grids to help shoppers find their next favorite. On Dawn, Collection Circles slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Dawn's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

Theme
Dawn (free)
Section category
Collection Showcases
Merchant installs
26
Shows in editor as
SShop:Collection Circles
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How to add Collection Circles to Dawn, step by step

  1. 1

    Install Section Shop (free)

    Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Dawn setup until you add a section.

  2. 2

    Find “Collection Circles” in the library

    Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Collection Showcases category — or use search.

  3. 3

    Click “Add to theme”

    Section Shop writes the section into your Dawn theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Dawn uses for its own sections.

  4. 4

    Open the Dawn theme editor

    In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Collection Circles” in the picker.

  5. 5

    Customize and save

    Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Dawn font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

Collection Circles on Dawn — FAQ

Does Collection Circles work with the Dawn theme?

Yes. Dawn is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Collection Circles installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Dawn's theme editor as “SShop:Collection Circles”, alongside the theme's own sections.

Will Collection Circles match Dawn's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Dawn's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

Is Collection Circles free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Collection Circles is free, like every section in the 164-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Dawn theme and keeps working.

Pairs well with Collection Circles

Preview of the Collection Grid Shopify section Free

Collection Grid

Collection Showcases

Replaces your theme's own product grid on a collection page: products, sorting and pagination, with the caption rows built from blocks you can reorder or remove. Every card in a row shares an identical height, photo bottom, name top and button top, because the vendor and rating rows are decided once for the whole grid rather than card by card.

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Preview of the Shop Collections 7 Shopify section Free

Shop Collections 7

29 installs

Collection Showcases

A rail of full-bleed collection cards with the copy laid over the photo, positioned in any of nine spots — set separately for desktop and phones. Optional autoplay, dots and arrows, each toggled per screen size.

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Preview of the Shop Collections 6 Shopify section Free

Shop Collections 6

19 installs

Collection Showcases

An editorial rail of collection cards with a numbered index, a badge, a kicker, a title and a meta line over a graded photo. One grade across mismatched photography makes the set read as one. Optional autoplay with a real pause control.

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Add “Collection Circles” to your Dawn store today

Install free, customize in your theme editor and preview before publishing.

Built for Shopify · Free to install · For Online Store 2.0 themes · No code