I will collaborate with you to choose a new Shopify theme and then update your Shopify store with the new theme. While I do the update your store will remain live and functional. I will work on a duplicate version of the store and then launch when complete.

First The client and I have a collaborative meeting to pick out a new theme, we settled on the Parallax theme.

My approach to this project was to duplicate the existing store/theme and work on the duplicate while the store remains live with the old theme.

I then look at all the apps that the store uses and determine which apps were theme independent and would automatically work with the new theme and also figure out which themes had embedded code that needed to be transferred with the theme. In this situation I may transfer the code myself, and also the app developers sometimes want to transfer the code themselves, which works too.

When working on a Shopify Theme update, depending on the theme there is sometimes a theme updater tool that can assist with the update and sometimes I complete the update manually. It is important to always check that all the settings have carried over. At this point I will upload the logo and adjust the colors and typography to the stores branded colors and fonts. When the header and footer design is complete, then I will work on other areas of the store.

Once all the code has been moved over and the design and branding is complete, then it is time to get final approval from my client.

Once the update is approved I will launch the new theme.