Broke your store? - How to Find Coding Errors & Fix Your Shopify Theme (For Non-developers)

Did you break your store by messing around with the theme code? It happens to everyone. Here's what you should do next to get your theme fixed and your store back to normal.

🔗 LINKS
- Heycarson (Developers with quick turnaround): https://www.heycarson.com/?ref=6ee858...
- Theme Updater App (auto backup your theme): https://partners.pixelunion.net/log8j...
- Rewind App (auto backup entire store): https://apps.shopify.com/backup

Key points:

1. Duplicate Your Theme: It's best practice to duplicate your theme before editing code so that you have a backup in case anything goes wrong. Tip: If something does go wrong, don't publish the backup, rather just copy & paste the code from the backup over the file you changed.

2. Find Changed Files: Look for files marked with a dot in the sidebar (ignore JSON files) to find the changed files.

3. Syntax Errors: Carefully check the code for simple syntax errors like unclosed Liquid or HTML tags. This is the most common issue.

4. Recent Changes Dropdown: Usually you will have the recent changes dropdown that you can restore from. However, this is not always the case if you are working on a copy that already had the errors you are trying to fix.

5. Comparing Changes: Compare the changes you’ve made using diffchecker to see all the changes you've ever made to a file. Go through each added line carefully.

6. Replacing Files: Grab a copy of the theme with the same version. For free themes find this on github. For premium themes, contact support for help.

7. Professional Help: If you need quick help, services like HeyCarson offer fast developer support.

8. Future Precautions: Backup your files before working on them and consider using an app like the Theme Updater App or Rewind for automatic backups and easy restoration.

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- Shopify Coding 101:    • Shopify Coding 101 for Store Owners &...  

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⏭ CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:02 See changed files
02:51 Go back to original
03:55 Using recent changes (version history)
05:27 Find edited lines of code
08:24 No recent changes history?
10:11 Restore from a fresh copy of your theme
11:33 Where to redownload your theme in the correct version
13:03 Get professional help
13:38 Tips for backing up & restoring
14:37 Like & subscribe!

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