Just upload a copy of the parent theme PageLines DMS to the themes folder. The message will disappear. The message appear just because the child theme cannot work without its parent.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
In case it’s helpful, here is the content of the child theme’s style.css file:
/*
Theme Name: PageLines DMS Child
Theme URI: http://www.pagelines.com/tour
Description: Child theme for PageLines DMS
Author: PageLines
Author URI: http://www.pagelines.com/
Template: dms
Version: 1374175685
*/
@import url("../dms/style.css");
The documentation at http://docs.pagelines.com/developer/child-themes specifies
Template: pagelines
but the documentation at http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes specifies just
Template: dms
so I tried both. When I use
Template: pagelines
it breaks the child them (I seem to recall that DMS in beta (I was a beta tester) was in a “Pagelines” directory but was changed mid-stream to “DMS,” so I’m guessing that the article at http://docs.pagelines.com/developer/child-themes needs to be updated/corrected.) But when I use
Template: dms
the child theme looks fine but there is that pesky message I’m asking about in the first posting to this thread.
Hence, my original question. Anyone? 🙂
Krishna, the parent theme is there, in the “dms” folder. I don’t need to upload another copy of the original parent theme, do I? Sorry to be so dense–my first time creating a child theme.
Under what name is the parent theme appearing in the themes directory? pagelines or dms? You have to use that name for the template name.
Just FYI, this message is normal when a child theme is activated.
This child theme requires its parent theme, {parent theme name}.
