How do I add custom theme files to a network site?

  • Michelle Langston

    (@chellycat)


    15 years, 7 months ago

    I have a theme installed on my multisite network that uses Child Themes to make changes. I want to create my own version of a file on one of the sites in my network (let’s call it Site #2) and add it to the Child Theme in use on Site 2. For example, I want to create a custom “comments.php” in the Child Theme for Site #2.

    However, since Site #2 is “virtual”, it does not not have an actual folder on the server. So is it impossible to create a custom template file for that site?

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  • David Sader

    (@dsader)

    15 years, 7 months ago

    global $blog_id;
if( $blog_id == '2' ) {
//do some comment stuff for blog 2
}
    Thread Starter Michelle Langston

    (@chellycat)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, thanks for the reply and sorry it took so long for me to respond, got sidetracked in a major way, lol! So would I put that code in functions.php? What if the owner of Site 2 was a client? Where would he/she put that code?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    15 years, 5 months ago

    You’d put it in your comments.php.

    global $blog_id;
if( $blog_id == '2' ) {
// do some comment stuff for blog 2
}
else {
// The rest of your normal comments.php stuff
}

    Option 2 would be to make a second child theme JUST for Site 2. Depends on what kind of changes you’re talking about though.

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