Update a theme or go back to an earlier version

Each theme keeps a list of its versions. When EcomWeb releases a new major version of a ready-made theme, you upgrade on a copy, so your store does not change until you publish.

If the new version has a problem, you switch back to the old theme or pick an earlier version again. The settings you changed are kept.

See the versions of a theme

1. In the sidebar, click Online Store.
2. Click the theme’s name, on the image of the current theme or in the Theme library.

The Versions card lists the versions, with the one in use at the top, marked In use. A theme you add from the Theme store usually has one version, of type Ready-made.

Upgrade to a new major version

When a theme has a new major version, the theme’s page shows a notice about the new version, with a button to upgrade to it. You only see this notice on ready-made themes from the Theme store.

1. In the notice about the new version, click the button to upgrade, for example Upgrade to v2.
2. Read the confirmation box. EcomWeb makes a copy named after the theme with the new version number, with your settings moved over.
3. Click Upgrade.
4. Read the list of settings that were renamed, moved or could not be moved.
5. Click Open in editor to check the copy.

The original theme stays as it is and is still the theme customers see. When the copy looks right, publish it from the Theme library. See Choose and change your theme.

Go back to the theme from before the upgrade

After you publish the copy, the old theme is in your Theme library.

1. Go to Online Store.
2. On the old theme’s row in the Theme library, click Publish.
3. In the Publish this theme? box, click Publish.

Pick an earlier version again

Use this when a theme has several versions, for example after a few deploys of your own code.

1. Open the theme’s page.
2. In the Versions card, on the version you want, click Use this version. If the theme is not published, the version changes right away and you can stop here.
3. If it is the current theme, the confirmation box tells you what customers will see. To try it on a copy first, select Copy before switching. This box is already selected when the new version is a different type from the one in use.
4. Click Use this version, or Copy and use if you chose to copy.

With a copy, the current theme stays as it is and the copy opens so you can preview it.

On a phone, the Use this version button does not show. Change the version on a computer.

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