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url: https://docs.youcan.shop/themes/tags/section.md
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# `section`

Renders a [section](/themes/sections/overview) by its file name, without the `.liquid` extension. This is known as *statically rendering* a section.

```liquid
{% section 'header' %}
```

The example above renders `sections/header.liquid`.

Static sections are most often used in [layouts](/themes/layouts) for parts that appear on every page, such as the header, footer, and announcement bar.

## Argument

* `name`: The section file name, without the `.liquid` extension. Must be a quoted string literal.

Variables aren't supported:

```liquid
{% assign name = 'header' %}
{% section name %} {%- comment -%} Doesn't work {%- endcomment -%}
```

If no section file matches the name, the tag renders nothing instead of raising an error.

## Behaviour

A statically rendered section differs from one added through a [JSON template](/themes/templates/json-templates):

* **Fixed placement**: sellers can't add, remove, or reorder it, because its position is set in the Liquid file.
* **Global settings**: its settings and blocks come from the [`config/settings_data.json`](/themes/config/settings_data) file, matched by the section's `type`. The same data is used everywhere the section is rendered.
* **Single configuration**: because that data is global, rendering the section in more than one place shows the same content each time. To place a section more than once with different settings, add it to a JSON template instead.

## Example

```liquid
<body>
  {% section 'announcement-bar' %}
  {% section 'header' %}

  {{ content_for_layout }}

  {% section 'footer' %}
</body>
```