My fabric swatches are not displaying

My fabric swatches are not displaying

bridget47
Excursionist
12 0 5

Hi I desperately need to fix the fabric swatches on my site: smudj.co.za 

 

I just uploaded new products on pre-order but my colours are not showing up. 

Screenshot 2025-03-19 at 21.28.13.png

 

We use the ella theme and we launch this collection tomorrow

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Asad-Mahmood
Shopify Partner
452 80 91

Need to check theme code to debug the issue

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bridget47
Excursionist
12 0 5
It is displaying fabric swatches from previous products though

Laza_Binaery
Shopify Partner
520 85 146

Hi @bridget47 

 

It looks like a strange issue. But check first if those new products use the same product template. Next, check the actual files of the colors mentioned. 

For example https://smudj.co.za/cdn/shop/files/black-pinstripe.png?4848  returns a 404 so it is missing or the link is not correct. But for colors that works link is like https://smudj.co.za/cdn/shop/files/soapstone.png?v=10726325820796464221 so see the end after ? is different. That 4848 does not look good.

Kind regards
Laza
www.binaery.com
bridget47
Excursionist
12 0 5

Definitely the same product template. How would I resolve the actual files?

tim
Shopify Partner
4750 583 1713

You need to go to your Files in admin and ensure that there is a file named black-pinstripe.png. then you click the "copy link" button, paste clipboard content into text editor or browser address field and make sure that it matches whatever the them outputs.

You ca safely ignore whatever is after ?, only the part before ? matters.

 

Screenshot 2025-03-20 at 1.24.19 PM.png

the files on this product are:

  • smudj.co.za/cdn/shop/files/navy-pinstripe.png
  • smudj.co.za/cdn/shop/files/black-pinstripe.png

These files must be uploaded by you, they are not created automatically by the system.

 

See also https://halosoft.gitbook.io/ella-documentation/product-page/product-information/product-variant#the-... 

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bridget47
Excursionist
12 0 5

Hi This is still not solving the issue. All of the swatches have been uploaded with the file name and its still showing all of my new products with plain white colours 

tim
Shopify Partner
4750 583 1713

No, as @Laza_Binaery pointed out, the files are not available where theme code expects them to be.

Can you make a screenshot of your Files screen with navy-pinstripe.png or black-pinstripe.png visible and can you paste here the links to these files as I've instructed above?

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Laza_Binaery
Shopify Partner
520 85 146

Hi @bridget47 

 

You see the issue, right?

You need to rename those files: so try to rename Black_pinstripe.png..png to black-pinstripe.png  ( So nodouble. png, extra . and capital B and no _ but use -) that should match the format needed to show correctly.

And navy-pinstripe.png..png to navy-pinstripe.png but check all other files you uploaded ant not showing.

 

Good luck

Kind regards
Laza
www.binaery.com
tim
Shopify Partner
4750 583 1713

In addition, just to put it side by side:

 

What theme code expectsWhat was uploaded
black-pinstripe.pngBlack_pinstripe.png..png
navy-pinstripe.pngnavy-pinstripe.png..png

 

The theme code does not know what files are available -- it simply takes the option value, converts it as explained here(theme dox) and puts it into your page HTML.

Then it's up to you to name your files to match.

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Easify-Jolie
Shopify Partner
307 11 27

Hi @bridget47 

Looks like your fabric swatches aren’t displaying correctly. If you want a quick fix without any coding, I recommend trying Easify Product Options. It lets you set up and customize swatches effortlessly, so you can get your colors showing properly before launch. Here's how it works:

  • This is the result:

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  • This is the app setting:

EasifyJolie_1-1742436511407.png

 

This app is simple to set up, and I hope you check it out. Let me know or reach out to Easify if you need any support! 🤗

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