Shopify Theme Missing "layout/theme.liquid"

Envato Customers Web Design and Development
#1

Hi there,

I downloaded a few themes from Envato Elements and uploaded the zipped files to Shopify, but they all have the same error:

"zip does not contain a valid theme: missing template “layout/theme.liquid”

Anyone have some advice to solve this problem?

Thanks!
Lisa

#2

Are you sure it’s a Shopify theme? What is the item link?

If it is then make sure you are only trying to install the theme folder and not the entire download

#3

This is an example theme: https://elements.envato.com/lapras-responsive-shopify-theme-AZCDN4G

Shopify says I must upload the zip file of the theme so I tried to upload the theme I downloaded and it has the same error;

zip does not contain a valid theme: missing template “layout/theme.liquid”

#4

Seems that you are uploading wrong .zip file. You should unzip package you downloaded from themeforest/elements and you will find another .zip in it, which should be called like your THEM-NAME.zip. Please try to install that .zip

#5

Thanks so much, that worked great!

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