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."
Steps
In your Shopify admin > Online store, click Actions.
Select Duplicate.
Rename the copied file.
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
After preparing the theme file, proceed to upload it to your Shopify store.
Here are the steps:
Navigate to your Shopify dashboard and select Online Store.
Within the Theme library, choose Add theme > Upload zip file.
In the Upload theme window, click on Add file and select the desired file for upload.
Finally, hit Upload file to complete the process.
Move the theme settings
"Follow the steps below to transfer the theme settings to your updated version."
Steps:
Locate your old theme > select Actions > Edit code.
Open the file Config/settings_data.json & copy the entire code on this file.
Paste the copied content into the same file of the updated theme version.
Do the same with the Templates/index.json file. Copy the entire code from the old theme and migrate it to the updated one.
Move the translation file
If your store has multilingual languages and you configured the translation files, follow the steps below.
Steps:
Find your previous theme, then choose Actions > Edit code.
Within the Edit code section, locate the Locales folder. Select the desired language for your translation file and make a copy of it.
In your updated version, navigate to Actions > Edit code. Add a new locale corresponding to the language you copied earlier.
Paste the content from your copied file into the new one.
Move your pages
Steps:
Locate your old theme > select Actions > Edit code.
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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