Mouad Ahtchaou
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Premium commerce storefront · 2026

Arij Maison

A refined French-first Shopify storefront for a Moroccan fashion and accessories brand, localized without fragile theme hacks.

Role
Shopify developer & storefront designer
Status
Live storefront
Live site
SYS / 04arij-maisonLive storefront
Arij Maison storefront home page
Arij Maison storefront home page
01

Project snapshot

Role
Shopify developer & storefront designer
Status
Live storefront
Platform
Shopify storefront
Deployment
Shopify-managed commerce
Scope
French localization, navigation and merchandising
Repository
No public repository
02 / The problem

The problem

The store needed a coherent French customer experience while Shopify still separated theme source strings from the translations displayed publicly.

03 / The solution

The solution

I configured French as the storefront default, published native translations across theme and navigation resources, removed unnecessary language switching, and refined the merchandising hierarchy.

04

Technical system

Verified components and boundaries found in the project source and documentation.

  1. 01Shopify commerce

    Products, collections and checkout

  2. 02Horizon theme

    Maintainable storefront presentation

  3. 03Markets

    Morocco market and MAD currency

  4. 04Native localization

    Published French resource translations

  5. 05Merchandising

    Focused navigation and collections

FRprimary storefront
MADmarket currency
NativeShopify localization
05

What it does

01

French-first storefront localization

02

Native Shopify translation resources

03

Cleaner navigation and merchandising

04

Maintainable merchant-managed structure

Product walkthrough02
Arij Maison product collection
Arij Maison product collection
06

Engineering decisions

01

Source text vs public translation

Shopify separates theme source strings from the translated resources shown to visitors.

Decision
Keep source content stable and publish French through Shopify’s native translation resources.
Engineering effect
The public storefront is localized without fragile edits to the active theme.
02

Reduce interface noise

An unnecessary alternate language added a switcher without serving the storefront’s primary market.

Decision
Publish French as the storefront default and remove English from visible alternate locales.
Engineering effect
Navigation stays focused on products, collections, and purchase paths.
07

Ownership map

Shopify developer & storefront designer

  1. 01

    Configured storefront language and market experience

  2. 02

    Localized theme, menus, and home content

  3. 03

    Refined navigation, product emphasis, and maintainability

08

Outcome

Arij Maison now presents a focused French storefront in MAD with cleaner navigation, strong visual merchandising, and a structure the merchant can continue managing natively.

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