Theme integration
Check and change which theme the app is active on, and see the status of its embed and app blocks.
The Theme integration page is where you check what the app has switched on, per theme. It’s the page to open when countdowns work on one theme and not another, or after you’ve installed or duplicated a theme.
Select theme
Section titled “Select theme”A theme selector at the top of the page chooses which theme you’re looking at. Everything below it — statuses, buttons — applies to that theme.
This matters because the app’s settings are per theme. Turn the embed on for your live theme and it’s still off on the draft you’re preparing, and vice versa.
App embed
Section titled “App embed”The page reports whether the app embed is Actived or Deactivated on the selected theme, with a button to open the theme editor and change it.
As the page puts it: to display the countdown timer on your online store, you need to enable the app embed on your theme.
The embed is the single switch behind every countdown and every sale popup. Without it, nothing the app does reaches your storefront. Full walkthrough: Turn on the app embed.
App blocks
Section titled “App blocks”Alongside the embed, the app reports whether its app blocks are Installed or Not installed on the theme.
App blocks are the mechanism behind shortcode placement — the Samita Countdown block you add in the theme editor. The app describes them as “Needed only for countdowns placed at a custom position.”
If you only use automatic placement on product pages, you don’t need them. If you use shortcodes, you do. See Place a countdown with a shortcode.
Go to theme editor
Section titled “Go to theme editor”Opens the Shopify theme editor for the selected theme, in a new tab, so you can turn the embed on or add a block without navigating there yourself.
Test on a backup theme first
Section titled “Test on a backup theme first”The page recommends it directly: the app applies a few changes to your theme, and it’s safer to set things up on a backup theme and check the result before publishing.
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Duplicate your live theme
Section titled “Duplicate your live theme”In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes, open the … menu on your live theme, and choose Duplicate.
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Turn the app embed on for the duplicate
Section titled “Turn the app embed on for the duplicate”Open the duplicate’s theme editor and enable the Samita Countdown Timer Bar embed there. See Turn on the app embed.
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Preview and check
Section titled “Preview and check”Preview the duplicate theme and check your countdowns render where and how you expect.
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Publish when you’re happy
Section titled “Publish when you’re happy”Publish the duplicate, or make the same changes on your live theme now that you know what they do.
When you change theme
Section titled “When you change theme”A new theme starts with the app embed off. After publishing a new theme — or installing one from the Theme Store — come back here, select it, and turn the embed on.
Removing the app from a theme
Section titled “Removing the app from a theme”The page offers an Uninstall action to remove the app’s integration from the selected theme, alongside links explaining how to create a backup theme, how to integrate the app, and how to remove it completely.
Uninstalling from a theme stops countdowns rendering there but leaves your countdowns intact in the app — re-enable the embed later and they come back.