Have a look at the last post in this topic:
I was checking the website for “Graph Paper Press” where F8 Lite originates from… None of their free themes allow child themes
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/f8-lite-child-theme-problem?replies=4
In the future, we will be releasing “child themes” to provide design alternative and additional applications (apps) that will work with F8 Lite.
http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/amys-portfolio/1.3/INSTALL.html
HTH
David
None of their free themes allow child themes
There is no practical way for a Theme to prevent itself from being used as a template (i.e. as a Parent Theme). Something else must be the issue.
I’ve created the style.css doc according to the codex page about creating child themes and put it in a different map in the themes map of the site.
What does this mean? What is a “map”, and what is the “themes map of the site”?
Note: f8-lite is not Child Theme “friendly”.
For instance, in functions.php:
// Load theme options
require_once ( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/theme-options.php' );
// Load Post Images
require_once ( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/images.php');
The call to get_stylesheet_directory() should instead be get_template_directory(), so that, if a Child Theme is in use, WordPress looks for the theme-options.php and images.php files in the Parent Theme, rather than in the Child Theme.
For any such call, you will need to do one of the following:
1) Copy the template file into the Child Theme, or
2) Add a template file with the specified name, e.g. theme-options.php, which includes an appropriate include call, e.g.:
require_once ( get_template_directory() . '/theme-options.php' );
Which will then cause your Child Theme to include the specified file, and will prevent the include_once() calls in the Parent Theme from faulting.
So if I understand it correctly, the theme itself doesn’t allow child themes, but it is possible the way you described. I’m gonna try it tomorrow, thanks 🙂
So if I understand it correctly, the theme itself doesn’t allow child themes…
You’re looking at it a bit backwards.
A Theme can neither allow nor disallow Child Themes. A Child Theme is utterly outside of the control of any given Theme.
Chris has got it right – and his solution is the best from what I can gather – create two files in your child theme, one called theme-options.php that looks like this:
<?php
require_once ( get_template_directory() . '/theme-options.php' );
?>
and one called images.php that looks like this:
<?php
require_once ( get_template_directory() . '/images.php' );
?>
and the f8-lite child theme works.
Am having similar issues for the last 2 days…
Have read so many almost solutions but this looks closest to my issue.
The code from my theme -executive-wp- follows. Would anyone be able to tell me if this needs modifying as I have practically exhausted every other avenue including changing my text editor! Thanks in advance lovely peeps.
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