Thread by Melissa Smith (26 replies)

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AntonReply 1Aug 12, 2025 4:06 PM

Hey <@U7BQUDTEJ>, worked on "pre-themes" template-packs(how they were called back then) before. Tried migrating some, but to be honest - most times it...

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Melissa SmithReply 2Aug 12, 2025 4:08 PM

we built this “pre-theme” site for the client, so we know that everything on there is pretty up-to-date. they just want the drag and drop between sect...

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Melissa SmithReply 3Aug 12, 2025 4:09 PM

we planned on testing before doing it. just wanted to reach out and see if anyone has experience and what their experience was like.

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chadadesignlReply 4Aug 12, 2025 6:45 PM

It wont get wiped but the site will need to be built using the new theme and modules. And I do this all of the time.

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chadadesignlReply 5Aug 12, 2025 6:46 PM

working on a site now that is still on the old “Drag and Drop” templates

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Melissa SmithReply 6Aug 12, 2025 6:46 PM

awesome thanks Chad. so you just add the theme.json, and all other necessary files. then go through and rebuild all the pages using the new templates?

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Melissa SmithReply 7Aug 12, 2025 6:47 PM

modules would stay exactly the same with the way we build.

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chadadesignlReply 8Aug 12, 2025 6:50 PM

eh.. kinda. you will ahve to make sure the theme templates have the dnd areas and the theme.json yes.

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chadadesignlReply 9Aug 12, 2025 6:51 PM

Are there lots of custom modules being used?

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Melissa SmithReply 10Aug 12, 2025 6:52 PM

entire site is all custom modules. we build each section as a custom module. so all the modules would still work. we just have flex columns, and not d...

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chadadesignlReply 11Aug 12, 2025 6:53 PM

yep.

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AntonReply 12Aug 12, 2025 6:53 PM

I think what Chad means it's that you need to have {% dnd_area %} in your templates

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chadadesignlReply 13Aug 12, 2025 6:55 PM

understood. what you are attempting I have never attempted. Not sure of the damage it would cause which brings us back to the original question but to...

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chadadesignlReply 14Aug 12, 2025 6:55 PM

the in staging rebuild the site.

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Melissa SmithReply 15Aug 12, 2025 6:56 PM

i was even thinking of just making a net new dnd template. and not touch the ones that the site is live on.

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Melissa SmithReply 16Aug 12, 2025 6:56 PM

obviously the pages would need to be rebuilt but could be rebuilt over time.

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chadadesignlReply 17Aug 12, 2025 6:57 PM

it isnt required, but the old flexible column is not the same and im pretty sure isnt supprted in themes but i may be wrong

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AntonReply 18Aug 12, 2025 6:58 PM

New template would make the most sense tbh. But if you're considering doing this, creating a theme from scratch is not far away :sweat_smile:

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chadadesignlReply 19Aug 12, 2025 6:58 PM

agreed

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Melissa SmithReply 20Aug 12, 2025 6:59 PM

yeah i know, was trying to avoid the client from having to completely rebuild the site, and only use the new dnd template when building new pages, and...

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chadadesignlReply 21Aug 12, 2025 7:00 PM

It easy. You make a change its an auto migration to the new dnd theme.

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Melissa SmithReply 22Aug 12, 2025 7:00 PM

this is all for the saved sections feature and being able to easily drag between dnd areas since you can’t drag between different flexible columns.

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chadadesignlReply 23Aug 12, 2025 7:00 PM

that way the old one eventually phases out

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chadadesignlReply 24Aug 12, 2025 7:00 PM

yep.

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chadadesignlReply 25Aug 12, 2025 7:00 PM

that was a game changer

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Melissa SmithReply 26Aug 12, 2025 7:03 PM

Chad. what do you mean by this? “It easy. You make a change its an auto migration to the new dnd theme.”

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