Update from Ella 7.0 to a higher version

Update from Ella 7.0 to a higher version

Things to know before you update the theme:

The Logic of Updating a theme in Shopify platform:

  • Ella is the same as any other Shopify themes in Shopify platform. That is when a new update version released, it will be a core theme source, independent from the previous ones you are using. Thus, your changes on the previous versions will not be included in the update.

  • To update the theme to the latest version, you can follow our next instructions. We will guide you how to update theme and help you save your settings.

  • Any custom works/ customizations/ changes which are not available from theme core default will be lost and needs customization from the starting point.

Remember: The instructions below are applied to update the theme without losing default settings in Theme Editor (Not including the customization and app's code). All custom works which were changed in our theme files will not be updated and have to be redone manually.

About the apps you installed, you might need to install them again. We recommend you contact the app provider to have support because we're not able to handle the app's code.

Starting your update:

If your store is using from Ella 7.0 version and you would like to update to the latest version, please follow below instruction:

You should duplicate your current theme to avoid issues (if any) when updating the theme.

  1. Download the package from themeforest.net (the package is in zip format)

  2. Unzip the package you've just downloaded.

  3. Find this file: ella-7.x.x-theme-source.zip in the folder Ella Shopify 7.0, then you just need to upload ella-7.x.x-theme-source.zip file to your Shopify store.

There are some files that need to be copied to maintain your modifications in the latest theme source:

01: Update for Theme Settings:

  1. Go to the old theme source → Edit code → Open this file settings_data.json and COPY ALL codes.

  2. Go to the new theme source which you just installed into your site → Edit code → Open this file settings_data.json, delete and PASTE codes you just copied into this file.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

02: Update for Home Page:

  1. Go to the old theme source → Edit code → Open this file index.json and COPY ALL codes.

  2. Go to the new theme source which you just installed into your site → Edit code → Open this file index.json, delete and PASTE codes you just copied into this file.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

03: Update for Header:

  1. Go to the old theme source → Edit Code → Open this file header-group.json and COPY ALL codes.

  2. Go to the new theme source which you just installed into your site → Edit Code → Open this file header-group.json, delete and PASTE codes you just copied into this file.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

04: Update for Footer:

  1. Go to the old theme source → Edit Code → Open this file footer-group.json and COPY ALL codes.

  2. Go to the new theme source which you just installed into your site → Edit Code → Open this file footer-group.json, delete and PASTE codes you just copied into this file.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

05: Update for other Pages:

Repeat the procedure: Copy codes in file from old theme source, go to the corresponding file in new theme source, delete and PASTE codes you just copied for other pages:

  • Collection List Page => list-collections.json

  • Collection Page => collection.json

  • Product Page => product.json

  • Popup group => popup-group.json

  • General group => general-group.json

  • Blog Page => blog.json

  • Blog Detail Page => article.json

  • For Inner pages such as: About us, Contact us... => Search "page.template" to see the corresponding files

For any other pages you have created yourself, they are not included in the newer theme sources.

To keep the same layout + settings of pages, please go to Edit code → Templates → Search .json to see all files of page template.

Copy codes in file from the old theme source, go to the corresponding file in new theme source, delete and PASTE codes you just copied.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

06: Update for Language files:

  1. Go to the old theme source → Edit code → Locales

2. Open the file of your languages. Example we are using German, we will open de.json file

3. Copy all codes in the language file from the old theme source and go to the corresponding language file in new theme source, delete and PASTE codes you just copied.

Note:

⚠️ Important Notice When Updating Theme Versions

If you are updating from an older theme version (e.g., 7.0.0) to a newer release (e.g., 7.0.1), please read the following carefully:

Why This Matters

Theme updates may include changes to the settings structure. Because of this, copying the entire JSON settings file (*.json) from an older version to a newer one can cause errors, such as:

  • Missing or broken sections

  • Layout inconsistencies

  • “Invalid settings type” or similar errors

  • The theme failing to load or rendering incorrectly

📩 Need Help?

If you run into issues or are unsure how to proceed, feel free to contact our support team through our Ticket System — we’ll get back to you within 24 hours. We’re here to ensure your theme update goes smoothly.

07: Update Custom CSS + Custom JS

Note:

  • This instruction only applies in case you (yourself) make any changes, custom code/ customizations in these 2 files: custom.css or custom.js

  • If you make changes not only on these 2 files, but also on other files (such as liquid, Json), you have to do by yourself again.

If you don't make any changes in these 2 files, please skip this instruction below.

01: Custom CSS

Step 1: Copy CSS from the custom.css file:

  1. Select the theme source with previous version before updating.

  2. Go to Edit code → Open this file custom.css and COPY ALL.

Step 2: Paste CSS to the custom.css file:

  1. Select the newest theme source after updating.

  2. Go to Edit code → Open this file custom.css, delete and PASTE code you just copied into this file.

  3. Click Save.

02: Custom JS

Step 1: Copy JS from the custom.js file:

  1. Select the theme source with previous version before updating.

  2. Go to Edit code → Open this file custom.js and COPY ALL.

Step 2: Paste JS to the custom.js file:

  1. Select the newest theme source after updating.

  2. Go to Edit code → Open this file custom.js, delete and PASTE code you just copied into this file.

  3. Click Save.

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  • Keeping your custom code modifications from the previous theme source (need our separate estimation).

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