How to Duplicate Shopify Theme in 5 Easy Steps
Duplicating a Shopify theme, or rather creating a backup of your Shopify theme has never been more important. The idea of introducing breaking changes by editing a live Shopify theme is a scary prospect, You should never edit a live theme without creating a duplicate first - especially if a Shopify store is generating revenue.
What could go wrong you ask:
- Broken navigational points (links)
- Broken CSS
- Broken liquid functionality
- JS bugs
- Lost revenue
- Loss of trust
In the world of code, the slightest mistake could have the biggest impact! And this is where you should always create a duplicate for code changes. This will allow you to test all changes thoroughly before publishing your duplicate theme to replace the live theme.
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Can you Edit a Live Shopify Store?
Yes, absolutely. But it doesn't mean you should! You can run across a busy road with oncoming cars, but would you?
With the ability to create a duplicate of a Shopify theme to make changes, you don’t need to edit a live Shopify store.
Below we’ll cover how to duplicate your Shopify theme in 5 steps.
How to Duplicate a Shopify Theme
Steps:
Step 1: Login
Navigate to your admin login page and log in.
Step 2: Go to online
Find and click the "online store" button.
Step 3: Go to Themes
Locate and click the themes button.
Step 4: Go to actions > duplicate
Find and click "actions" on the desired theme, then click duplicate.
Step 5: Confirm theme duplicated
After clicking duplicate, confirm the theme has successfully duplicated.
The Takeaway
Because you can make edits to a live Shopify theme, it doesn't me you should! Always take the time to create a change flow. Never underestimate the need to create backups of your Shopify theme.
Introducing breaking changes to a revenue-generating Shopify store will have dire consequences - from losing trust to losing a sale.
Always create a backup of your Shopify theme, edit the code in the duplicate, test, do some more testing, and then finally publish the duplicate.
To summarize we've briefly covered:
- Can you edit a live Shopify theme
- How to duplicate a Shopify theme
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