# How to Add Editorial Story to the Dawn Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/dawn/add-editorial-story/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

A magazine-style spread: a large heading with an italic accent beside one picture or clip. The image can link anywhere, and you choose its side on desktop and its position on mobile independently. This guide shows how to add the Editorial Story 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 image with text like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Editorial Story fits Dawn

Story-telling layouts pairing visuals with copy — splits, overlays, zigzags and card grids for brand and product stories. On Dawn, Editorial Story 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.

## Steps

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. **Find “Editorial Story” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Image with Text category — or use search.
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. **Open the Dawn theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Editorial Story” in the picker.
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.

## FAQ

### Does Editorial Story work with the Dawn theme?

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

### Will Editorial Story 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 Editorial Story free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Editorial Story 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.