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1. kkrousseau
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Hi, thanks for the good idea which I like a lot. The actual plugin though doesn't seem to work as one would expect.

   I clicked Create Child, in themes I saw the child I created and activated it, but there were no theme options--the source theme has many theme options which are the main asset of the theme. "Theme Options" were listed in Appearance but when clicked did not reveal the page with the selectors as in the source theme. Since nothing was there I looked in my bluehost files and discovered that this plugin had made a style.css as one would expect but it was in the themes folder and not in the folder of the theme I created, which was completely empty. Additionally, as you know, even after I moved the style.css file to the proper folder, it did nothing because it was the only thing in the file. The plugin didn't copy any of the source theme's files.

   How is that supposed to work? Or was Child Themify merely meant to create the style.css sheet and nothing else? Is this a plugin that does not work or is it misnamed. I wonder what the developer had in mind. It was such a good idea. Happy breeding.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/child-themify/

2. John P. Bloch
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Hi,

   The plugin, at this time, does only create the style.css file. I have plans to implement optional creation of overrides for files in the template theme, but I haven't done that yet. To better be able to figure out what's going on, could you please tell me what theme you are trying to extend with a child theme? The solution could be something very straightforward that I can add to Child Themify to fix the issue.

   Also, I'm not sure what you mean when you say "it was in the themes folder and not in the folder of the theme I created, which was completely empty." Did you create a directory and then run "Child Themify"? The plugin determines the name of the folder to put the style.css file in based on the name provided when you create the child theme.

   What you've described sounds to me like the plugin is functioning as intended at this point. The reason it doesn't copy any PHP files is because every theme is different; some themes don't check to see if their functions are already defined; so if I copied those files to the new theme, it would cause a fatal error and bring the site down for everybody. The minimum requirement for a child theme is the style.css file, so that is what my plugin adds. Everything else would be too much of an assumption for me to make.

   -John

3. kkrousseau
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Thank you for your reply. Yes, you deduced everything correctly, except that I created the folder after creating child page.

   I solved my own problem by copying the .js file from parent theme to child. That made the theme options appeared in the dashboard just like in the parent theme.

   It would be useful to give that instruction in the installation notes. Everyone needs to know that coping files in the cpanel is required.

   Good luck with everything!

   Many blessings,

4. John P. Bloch
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   I'm happy to hear you were able to resolve the issue. If you wouldn't mind, could you please let me know which theme you're using? I'd still like to take all look and see if I can't find a way to fix these issues before they happen.

   Thanks!

5. kkrousseau
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   flexibility3.

   I've since replaced it with Catalyst.

6. jennymess99
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #
   

   Hello
   In the section in themes where it says By Anonymous, how can I change that. It never gave me the option to put a name.

   Thanks

7. jennymess99
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #
   

   Hello
   In the section in themes where it says By Anonymous, how can I change that. It never gave me the option to put a name.

   Thanks

8. kato
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #
   

   I suspect the functionality of the parent's control panel has more to do with how well the parent theme is coded, than anything to do with Child Themify.

   After reading this blog post: http://www.wpthemedetector.com/a-wordpress-child-theme-made-easy-and-easier/

   I tried both plugins suggested, and they both do the same thing - create a folder with a new style.css pointing to the parent.

   Even with my new child theme activated, my parent's theme control panel is available and working. I'm using the Lucid theme by Elegant Themes btw. Hope this observation is helpful...

9. SpiritedOne
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #
   

   @jennymess99 - With the child them activated, open Appearances> Editor. The style.css file should open where you can add the line:

   Author: Jenny

   Be sure to Save (bottom of the screen) before closing

10. Luis Alejandre
    Member
    Posted 1 week ago #
    

    jennymess99: Just do what SpiritedOne says, but remember that the line you have to add should go inside the information header of the stylesheet, don´t add the line at the end of the file or anywhere after the closing of the header. You have to add that line before */ and then save the modified style.css file ("Update File" button).

    For example:

    /*
    Theme Name: New Child
    Version: 1.0
    Description: A child theme of Twenty Twelve
    Template: twentytwelve
    Author: Jenny
    */

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