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1. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi,

   Okay this is all very very strange. I installed and activated a child theme directory. When I go into Appearance/Theme editor, the theme is there, When I go into Appearance/Theme Manage, its there also. But, when i go into the wp-content/themes folder and look for the Twentyten-child directory everything is GONE! Poof!

   By everything gone, I mean the Twentyten-child. The parent directory Twentyten is still there.

   Is this a bug or something? Kind of hard to copy a folder later if I can't see it.

   I guess I should also tell you I was having a hard time when I wrote a child theme (style.css) myself earlier. I couldn't find it anywhere to activate it. So I received some fantastic help on here, and thats how I got the Twentyten-child activated in the first place.

   How can a folder just disappear!!!!

   Scratching my head about this one.

2. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Oh one more thing, I don't think I want to work on the Child Theme pages and styles when there is a problem with the folder (directory) disappearing do I? I'd hate to add everything and then lose that also.

3. Krishna
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Post your site URL.

4. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   http://testing.innerdesign.us/

5. Krishna
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Your currently running theme is /twentyten-child/. It has not disappeared.

6. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Yes. The theme /twentyten-child/ is in the Dashboard/Appearances/Themes.

   It is running, but, the folder directory / style.css / functions.php are missing from the /themes folder/ and are no longer seen on the Web server via the FTP.

   The parent /twentyten/ is there in the /themes folder/

   /twentyten-child/ itself is gone.

   Not sure how the /twentyten-child/ is running when the folder and everything is gone from the /Themes/ folder.

   I don't think I want to write on the /style.css/functions.php/ in the Appearances Editor when the directory and the css and php are invisible.

   This looks like a foreseeable problem to me if I start to use the CSS when there is no folder seen on the Web Server.

7. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   And yes, I have also refreshed the connection several times for my Web Server via FTP. I even used another form of FTP to check the Web Server and the child directory is still missing.

   I'm totally dumbfounded by the whole thing. As I said above I think it might be invisible, since it is running. But what the heck???????

   Have any ideas about what I should do next?

8. Krishna
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   /twentyten-child/ itself is gone.

   How do you know? Set your FTP to show hidden files or login to your hosting account and verify. If it is NOT there, how do I state the exact name?

   Not sure how the /twentyten-child/ is running

   Simple. If it is not there, it cannot run. A child theme can have only CSS in its directory.

   Anyway, it IS IN ITS DIRECTORY (I will give you proof).

   Any other problem?

9. melinner
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   I have used your suggestions.

   Sad to say, FTP did not show it as hidden.

   Logged into my hosting account /twentyten/ is there but still no /twentyten-child/

   Obviously, I realize it couldn't run without it being somewhere.

10. Krishna
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 11 months ago #
    

    http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftesting.innerdesign.us%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1&group=1&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3

    I think you can see it here. It is at line 7, if you go and check your URL at the above URL.

    I have conducted a few more tests and it shows the theme is corrupt/badly coded. That can be the reason you cannot see it.

    What you need to do is to upload a fresh copy of twentyten (it is updated now) and make a correct/ valid CSS file and upload it to your child directory.

    I hope you understand.

11. melinner
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #
    

    I finally found it! It is in the /testing/ folder which for whatever reason I do not have access to it through my FTP from my web hosting.

    Thanks so much for you help.

12. Krishna
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 11 months ago #
    

    Please mark the page as resolved.
    Glad that you found it.

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