Why can't I convert Minimal theme SCSS to CSS on Shopify?

I’ve seen the notice about SCSS being depricated on Shopify for a while now, and as I’m staring a new shop, I wanted to use a simple theme that was compatible. I downloaded Minimal theme from Shopify only to find that it has not been updated and still uses SCSS. I then tried to use an online converter to change the SCSS to CSS and then put it in a new file and link to that in the header, but that isn’t working either. Every converter I put it in throws multiple “Invalid CSS” errors. I even tried removing the code snippet that seemed to be causing the initial error, only to get a new one further down.

Please advise and thank you in advance.

@DiamondStudios

Using SCSS won’t cause any issues to your store. However, if you’d like to convert SCSS to CSS you can use an online tool like such.

As you mentioned yourself, you may need to edit some pieces of the code manually otherwise the converter will throw you errors (like mixings or variables not being found).

Kind regards,
Diego

Okay I’ll give that a try and in the meantime cross my fingers about the scss breaking down.

Hello Diego,

I am also facing the same issue. Since we are not developers, we cannot just edit it manually because there is an error in your code, It would be appreciated if you update the code from the errors or help us to fix it, I don’t have time and knowledge to check 2000 lines of code to find an error.

Thank you

I keep waiting for your reply

Best regards

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