# Update Opulent theme

## Create a backup of your current theme

"Make sure to create a duplicate of your work before attempting any theme updates. In case any errors occur, you can utilize the duplicated (backup) version to revert to the original design and functionality."

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**Steps**

1. In your Shopify admin > **Online store**, click **Actions**.
2. Select **Duplicate**.
3. Rename the copied file.
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## Get the latest Opulent theme

Check and download the latest version of Opulent from Etsy.

To know how to find and download the theme package

## Upload the new version of Shopify store

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After preparing the theme file, proceed to upload it to your Shopify store.

Here are the steps:

1. Navigate to your Shopify dashboard and select Online Store.
2. Within the Theme library, choose Add theme > Upload zip file.
3. In the Upload theme window, click on Add file and select the desired file for upload.
4. Finally, hit Upload file to complete the process.
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## Move the theme settings

"Follow the steps below to transfer the theme settings to your updated version."

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**Steps:**

1. Locate your old theme > select **Actions** > **Edit code.**
2. Open the file **Config/settings\_data.json** & copy the entire code on this file.
3. Paste the copied content into the same file of the updated theme version.
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4\. Do the same with the **Templates/index.json** file. Copy the entire code from the old theme and migrate it to the updated one.
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## Move the translation file

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

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Steps:

1. Find your previous theme, then choose Actions > Edit code.
2. Within the Edit code section, locate the Locales folder. Select the desired language for your translation file and make a copy of it.
3. In your updated version, navigate to Actions > Edit code. Add a new locale corresponding to the language you copied earlier.
4. Paste the content from your copied file into the new one.
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## Move your pages

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**Steps:**

1. Locate your old theme > select **Actions** > **Edit code.**
2. In the **Templates** folder, copy the **.json** files with **a green dot** and move them to the new updated theme.

Tip: Files with the green dot are the files you have changed.
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