How To Copy Theme Settings To Your Updated Theme

Once you've updated to a newer version of Solodrop, you'll need to get your current theme settings over to your new theme. There are two ways to do this. This can either be done by manually inputting your theme settings from your current theme, or copying over the settings data file.

When you configure your theme settings, all of your theme data is saved into a file named settings_data.json. It's as simple as copying over that file's contents to your new theme.

**Please note that Solodrop is not responsible for any loss of data. Proceed only if you are comfortable copying and pasting file contents from the theme code**

1. First, it's best to make a copy of your theme to backup your data. Do this by clicking "Actions" then "Duplicate" next to your live theme.
2. Once complete, click "Actions" next to your duplicate theme and then click "Edit code".
   
   Within the code editor, look for the search bar on the top left panel. Search and click on the file settings_data.json. This will be under the folder Config.
3. Copy the contents of the settings_data.json file from your duplicate theme. 
4. Next, visit the code editor for your newly installed Solodrop theme (the one that you received as an update). From here, find the same file named settings_data.json. Replace all of this file's contents with the content that you just copied from the duplicate theme. Hit "Save".
5. Preview your newly updated theme to make sure all of your data has been copied over. If all looks good, you can now publish your new theme. 

In summary, you are simply just copying the file settings_data.json contents from your currently live or duplicated theme and pasting that (replacing) into the settings_data.json found within your newly installed theme. 

Please note that this will ONLY work when copying settings over from another Solodrop theme. This method is not compatible with other Shopify themes as the data structure is unique to each theme.