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# Update Theme

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**Important Note:** If you have installed any app that required changes to the code in theme files or If there are any customization work, you will need to do it again to the new theme version. Theme upgrade will not migrate custom code from old version to new version itself. 
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Please take theme backup of your current theme also in case you need it in future.
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**Step 1:** First download latest package from themeforest. [**https://themeforest.net/downloads**](https://themeforest.net/downloads)

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**Step 2:** Extract all files from theme package.

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**Step 3:** Again extract all files from **vogal-install-me.zip** file to any folder. You can give folder name like **Vogal Latest**

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**Step 4:**  Now go to your online store and download your active theme. Download link will be sent to your email address you are using on your store. Please download current theme from the email you received.

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**Step 5:**  This is your current theme file that you downloaded from your store.

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**Step 6:  E**xtract all files from this zip file to any folder. You can give folder name **Vogal Current or Vogal Old**

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Now all you need to do is&#x20;

* **Copy Templates folder from Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder** - You need to overwrite or remove templates folder in Vogal Latest
* Copy **config-**> **settings\_data.json** file from **Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder -** You need to overwrite or remove settings\_data.json file in Vogal Latest
* Copy **sections -> footer-group.json  file** from **Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder -** You need to overwrite or remove footer-group.json  file in Vogal Latest
* **Copy locales folder from Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder** - You need to overwrite or remove locales folder in Vogal Latest ( **Optional**)
* **Now add all available folder in Vogal Latest folder to any zip file** and upload the zip file to your store. This is updated latest theme version on your store.
* These steps are further elaborated below
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**Step 7:** &#x20;

Copy **Templates folder from Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder** **-** You need to overwrite or remove old templates folder in Vogal Latest

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**Step 8:**&#x20;

Open **config folder** and copy **settings\_data.json** file from **Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder -** You need to overwrite or remove old settings\_data.json file in Vogal Latest

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**Step 9:**&#x20;

Open **sections folder** and Copy **footer-group.json  file** from **Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder -** You need to overwrite or remove footer-group.json  file in Vogal Latest

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**Step 10:** Optional - Follow if you are using other than English language

Copy **locales folder from Vogal current and paste to Vogal Latest folder** - You need to overwrite or remove locales folder in Vogal Latest ( **Optional**)

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**Step 11 :**&#x20;

Now add all available folders from Vogal Latest folder to any zip file. You need to make zip file.

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&#x20;**This is updated latest theme version zip file. Upload this zip file on your store.**

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