Need to copy a child theme to a new site

  • iamcaliban

    (@iamcaliban)


    10 years, 11 months ago

    I am a complete newbie here so I am sorry if this question has already been answered or, indeed, if the question doesn’t really make sense.

    I have created a site for work which is using a child theme based on twenty eleven. Now, I have to make another site (with another domain name) and I would like to copy my theme settings over to the second site, while preserving all content on the old site. Is there an easy way to do this? Could I make my child theme available and just select it from the new site?

    For information, I am using Bluehost as my hosting service for both sites.

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  • Niko Vittaniemi

    (@nikov)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    Sure you can if the old site uses wordpress also.. Just move your theme files to the other server “Parent theme & Child Theme” then activate the child theme.

    You can move content like text, images and such with the export function in wordpress and import them to the new site. Take into account that if the old site uses custom post types they may not appear on the new theme if there isn’t a same post type.

    Safest and guickiest way if there is oddities is to export just images and use copy/paste magic with the content.

    Here is also more information about moving wordpress sites:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    Hope it helps!

    Thread Starter iamcaliban

    (@iamcaliban)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Niko, many thanks for your help.

    I am sorry to be so slow, but I am not sure how to move the theme files to the other server “Parent theme & Child theme” – I have successfully exported all content, but the theme preferences, widgets etc. have not moved. Help?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    You can move themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides. all theme preferences & widgets will have to be set up again on the new site as these are stored on a per-theme & site basis.

    Niko Vittaniemi

    (@nikov)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    You can follow this video also how to do it on Bluehost if your not familiar with FTP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtiQOgNiIg

    You can also just upload the theme folders you have already to the new server /themes/. You don’t nessecarily need them as a .zip file.

    If you wan’t to do excatly like in the video. Move the parent theme and the child theme to your computer and make 2 separate .zip files with right clicking your mouse (If your using windows 7). Then just use the video as a guide.

    As @esmi said you have to set the theme setting again if there isn’t export/import option IN the theme settings. Same goes with the widgets.

    Simple to just use copy paste with using 2 browser windows 😉

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