Every time there is a new update, we will release it on Theme Forest and will send an email to our customers. Similar to Install theme, you will also follow the same steps to upload the latest theme.
Firstly, go to ThemeForest to download the latest version of the theme: https://themeforest.net/downloads. Then you must extract the download package and follow this guide to install the new theme to your store.
Important note:
Updating the theme will retain the settings and data from the old version to the new one. However, the customized code and apps are not. After updating, you need to rebuild the custom code and integrate the apps again to the new theme.
You can follow all the steps below to update theme:
1. Move the theme configuration
Please follow the steps below to move the theme configuration:
Step 1: Open the old theme. Click Theme actions -> Edit code -> Open settings_data.json file -> Copy the entire code on this file.
Then paste it into the same file of the new theme.
Step 2: Move index.json file. You can do the same as you did with settings_data.json file.
Step 3: You also need to copy all the .json files with a green dot in Templates folder. These are changed files and you will paste them to the new theme.
This step will move the settings and data of other pages: product, collection, blog, etc... to the new theme.
2. Move the translation file
If your store Multilingual Languages and you configured the translation files. You can copy it to the new store, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Open the old theme version. Click Edit code -> Open the Locales folder. Opening the language file you are using and copy the translation file.
Step 2: Open Edit code -> Locales Folder and then Add a new locale with the language you copied it. You will paste it into the locale file.
3. Move the Custom Color
If you updated the Swatch color, Label menu color, and Label product custom in the Custom color.
To update elements into the new theme, you will access: Edit code -> Find colors.css -> Copy code from the old theme and then paste it into the new theme.
4. Move custom templates
If you have some extra templates like: product template, collection template, etc... (NOT the 'Default template') that you created in the old theme before.
For example, if you have a custom product template, please follow steps:
From the old version > find the template file and open it
From the new version > go to Edit code > 'Templates' folder > create a new template with the same type and file name as your old template. (Choose JSON type)
Copy template code from the old version to the new one > SAVE
You can follow the video below, it is an example of 'Product template'. But it will be similar to other templates too.
