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Installation guide

This article provides easy-to-follow instructions to help you set up quickly and efficiently. Get started with Pandectes using our detailed installation guide.


Introduction


The installation of the app is automatic after adding it to your store and is straightforward.


Pandectes GDPR Compliance offers the following features for your storefront:


  1. Cookie consent banner

Inform your visitors about your store’s cookie policy.


  1. Customer data requests

Enables customers to manage their data requests, including consent review and revocation.


  1. Cookie declaration

Displays a detailed table of cookies used on your store, including their purposes (available in paid plans).


Visit our demo store here to see what the banner looks like and also how the customer data requests and cookie declaration block work on pages.


The steps to follow are five and listed below.


The following guide will take you through the setup process step-by-step.


Steps


Step 1: Install the app


From our website


Go to the Pandectes.io homepage and click Start Your Free Trial. app listing page on the Shopify app store as described in the next option.



From the app store


From the Shopify app store, click Add app and fill in your Shopify store URL. Then click the Install app to start the automatic installation.



Step 2


Now you need to follow the wizard to activate the app embed inside the theme customizer, activate the banner and optionally check your compliance with our experts.


When you finish or even before you finish you are free to dismiss this guide. All the steps of the guide are also available as warnings after you dismiss it.


On the top of the dashboard, you will find a box from which you are able to deactivate the banner or activate it and you can directly click on the customize link to make any changes you want to the banner.



If you check your store now we will be able to see your cookie banner with the default settings about the layout and the content available on your store.


If you click the Deactivate banner button in the notice, then another notice will appear that informs you that the banner is not activated, and by clicking Activate banner you can enable the banner again.



Admin Mode


if you don’t feel ready to open the banner to the world yet, you can easily set it to be displayed to admin only while working on it, meaning you will be the only one to see it live.

Simply select Admins only in the Banner settings, and you’re good to go! You can turn it off later in order to make it visible to the public.



Note: Admin Mode is available only on Premium & Enterprise plans. Check out the comparison here.


Customer data requests


In this step, you can see how to add the Customer data requests widget on a page of your store.


The Customer data requests code snippet helps you display the following:


  • The current consent status with the option to revoke it
  • The Customer data requests form for customers or guest visitors


There are two methods to do this. Read the guide here.


Cookies declaration


In this step, you can see how to add the Cookie Declaration page on your store. The Cookies declaration helps you display a structured table with all cookies used in your store together with some basic info about them.


There are two methods to do this. Read the guide here.


Updated on: 15/07/2025

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