Update Theme

Instructions for updating theme from Themeforest.

Note : You should duplicate your work before attempting any theme update. If errors are encountered, you can use the duplicated (backup) version to restore to the original function and styling. If you still don’t know how to duplicate View a guide

Get the latest version and upload to the store.

- Firstly, go to ThemeForest to Downloads the latest version.

- Then you must extract the download package and follow this guide to install and public the new theme to your store.

Move the theme configuration.

Follow the steps below to move the theme configuration to your updated version.

Step 1 - Open the Old theme. Click Actions -> Edit code -> Open config/settings_data.json file -> Copy the entire code on this file. Then paste it into the same file of the new theme.

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Move settings_data.json file content from old version to new version

Step 2 - On Edit code of Old theme. Open templates/index.json file -> Copy the entire code on this file. Then paste it into the same file of the new theme.

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Move index.json file content from old version to new version

Step 3 - On Edit code of Old theme. Open folder templates You need to copy all the *.json files with a dot in templates folder. These are changed files and you will paste them to the new theme.

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Move the contents of json files that have changed from the old version to the new version

Step 4 - Move layout templates

If the layouts of product template, collection template, blog, article etc... you are using are different from the default layout, you also need to move them. The move method is similar to step 3.

Move the translation file.

If your store has multilingual languages and you configured the translation files, follow the steps below.

Step 1 - Open the Old theme. Click Actions -> Edit code Open the locales folder. Opening the language file you are using and copy the translation file.

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Copy the contents of translation packages

Step 2 - Open the New theme. Click Actions -> Edit code Open the locales folder. and then Add a new locale with the language you copied it. You will paste it into the locale file.

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Create a new translation package and paste the content from the old theme into the new theme

Step 3 - Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have completed migrating the remaining language packs if any.

Move custom file.

If you have any modified liquid,css,js... files that are different from the code we provide, you will also need to migrate them. Because it is not in the scope of the theme, we cannot give specific instructions. This reminder from us will hopefully help the theme upgrade go smoothly.

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