A store using the Modular theme (version 4.1.2) experienced unexpected design resets after a December 2024 update. Text reverted to placeholder “Lorem ipsum” and unwanted pop-ups appeared.
Current Situation:
The team lacks budget to hire a developer due to poor 2024 sales
Theme developer requires payment for support, contrary to expected after-sales assistance
The owner wants to manually transfer code from the old version to fix issues
Technical Challenge:
Custom code must be transferred file-by-file using Liquid (Shopify’s templating language)
The original poster has no Liquid coding experience and only made changes through the theme customizer interface
Outcome:
The discussion remains unresolved. A community member confirmed that without Liquid knowledge, hiring a Shopify expert is the only viable option—which conflicts with the budget constraints mentioned.
Summarized with AI on November 2.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
I need some help because our current Shopify theme was updated last December 2024, and we didn’t notice that some design elements reset to default.
Some text reverted to “Lorem ipsum,” and there are unnecessary pop-ups. Our team can’t hire a web developer, so the owner is asking if there’s a way to transfer the code from the old version to the new version to minimize the changes needed. We’re using Modular 4.1.2.
From the old version to 4.1.2, is it possible to transfer the code to the new version?
We reached out to the theme developer, but they want us to pay. We were expecting after-sales assistance, but we didn’t get any. However, we are hopeful because there haven’t been any sales lately, so there’s no budget for a web developer…
Hello @ol13
If there is custom code in your theme, it must be transferred manually. If you are familiar with Liquid, you can handle this process on a file-by-file basis.
Hello, Niraj, to be honest, I don’t have any experience with Liquid coding. Most of the updates and changes we’ve made have been done manually through the customize section…
Although we would like to, our sales have been quite low in 2024. However, the owner remains hopeful that the website can be salvaged. That’s why we are looking for a solution to migrate the theme liquid to the new version without incurring additional costs, even if it means doing it manually. (if possible)
