How to Edit Shopify Code So It’s Easy to Update Your Theme Later

How to safely customize your Shopify theme and keep it update-friendly. Professional developers have tools like Git that can track code changes, and make it easier to move customizations to an updated theme. However, these tools are difficult to use and usually not worth learning for the casual coder - store owners or designers who just want to modify their theme. Instead, you can try to keep your code changes separate from the theme code. 1. Keep your code in theme settings 2. Create separate files for your CSS and JS 3. Use Snippets 4. Use smart file naming 5. Use CSS when possible to …