child theme/custom header problems….

  • Resolved Nettleague

    (@nettleague)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    I have a problem with my child theme for twenty eleven. It is a mess as of a few days ago…this is my child theme:
    /*
    Theme Name: TwentyelevenChild
    Description: Child theme for the twentyeleven theme
    Author: Kelly
    Template: twentyeleven
    */

    @import url(“../twentyeleven/style.css”);

    when I activate this theme, it looks a mess…all content to one side of the page (left)…the parent theme is fine…when I activate it..which it is currently..site looks just the way it is suppose to.

    What am I missing? I did read a support thread support/topic/child-themecustome-header travails…but still confused as to what the them above is missing. can you please provide some feedback? (Note: I am new to this) thank you for your help. Kelly

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  • Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    site is nettleague.org

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    when I activate this theme, it looks a mess…all content to one side of the page (left)…the parent theme is fine…when I activate it..which it is currently..site looks just the way it is suppose to.

    I might be wrong, but you might only need to go to Appearance > Themes > Customize and change the template and pages settings to what you had before.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    your posted child theme style.css code looks normal.

    possibly try and clear the broser cache once the child theme is activated – press ‘ctrl f5’ or ‘reload’…

    what code are you using for the custom header?

    however, without the child theme activated, there is no way to help with troubleshooting.

    Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Ok, I activated my child theme so you can see it…thanks for the prompt response.

    Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    my header image is just a logo for the site…actually it is not a custom header. No code for the header.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    it seems that the browser cannot find style.css of the child theme at this url:
    http://nettleague.org/wp-content/themes/twentyelevenchild/style.css

    double check the child theme folder name, spelling, capitalisation, etc.

    i.e. double-check where the style.css of the child theme is saved.

    Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    html
    [Apache Logs]
    [Error Logs]
    cgi
    wp-admin
    wp-content
    plugins
    themes
    responsive
    twentyeleven
    twentyelevenchild
    upgrade
    uploads
    wp-includes

    thats a copy of my directory files at godaddy…its spelled the same as the parent directory…the child theme is located in the twentyelevenchild directory. The directories are in the order as above…

    Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild and the file when I click on twentyelevenchild style.css file is under twentyelevenchild.

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild and the file when I click on twentyelevenchild style.css file is under twentyelevenchild.

    Place twentyelevenchild inside your Themes folder and you should be good-to-go. You can have as many Themes and/or Child Themes as you wish inside Themes, and they will then each-and-all be available at your Dashboard. I have three versions of my Child Theme in my Themes folder (along with Twenty Twelve as Parent, of course), then use each at-will.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    it is under content >themes>twentyeleven>twentyelevenchild

    as @leejosepho already mentioned, the child theme has to be located at wp-content>themes>twentyelevenchild i.e. directly in the /themes folder

    Thread Starter Nettleague

    (@nettleague)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Its working!! Thank you! Spent rediculous amount of time on that! Thank you!

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