Is this actually a WP site? I don’t see any indication of that. All of the content is being dumped into tables which is not normal for a WP site (and is probably why you’re getting so many errors), and all the images are coming from Blogspot.
My old blog is on blogspot and i’m currently in the process of transitioning it to wordpress for better SEO values, that’s why all the images are coming from them.
I used code from the front page on my actual website that way when people go from my site to my wordpress it looks the same. I then inserted this php code on line 192 to include all the posts
`?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php posts_nav_link( ‘ · ‘, ‘previous page’, ‘next page’ ); ?>’
Hope that all makes sense. Here’s a link to a picture that shows all the files i have in my genbu-child theme. I thought if I just found the <p></p> in one of my php files it’d fix the problem.
I certainly can understand wanting your main site page and blog to look the same for visual continuity. But I would highly recommend setting up a proper WP blog and creating a new static page for your home page (if you still want that format). WP is not going to perform the way you might want it to without bringing in its headers, footers, scripts, page-templates, etc. And no one will be able to help you iron out the bugs you encounter if you’re just injecting post content into table cells on a non-WP page. Child-theme functions (and styles) won’t work properly if core- and parent-theme dependencies can’t be found.
Regarding the error messages you’re seeing, they won’t be fixed by altering WP core files. You have some unclosed and some improperly nested (per xhtml specs) elements.
Anyway, since you’re just now re-doing your site, this is a great time to get a fresh start with it, and I think you’ll be very glad you took the time to set up a solid (and secure) foundation for the years to come.
Thank for helping out a WP newbie like myself Bill. I’m a little confused though when you say “Child-theme functions won’t work properly if core- and parent-theme dependencies can’t be found.” because I have the original genbu theme with all the original content on my server. Are you saying all those files should be in my child theme too and then I should customize them accordingly? Thanks for all your help so far.
All of us here are happy to help someone get started with WP. We’ve all been there (and needed help)!
When you go to Appearance > Themes, does your child theme or Genbu show up as the ‘active’ theme? When I look at the Genbu demo, it doesn’t look like your site to me. Similar layout, yes, so I can see why you chose it.
When you set up a child theme, you of course need to install the parent (Genbu) theme alongside the genbu-child in wp-content/themes, but files from the parent do not get added to the child theme. The child theme minimally needs its own style sheet and usually a functions file. Other files are typically altered versions of files from the parent theme, or your own creations (if you even need them). Don’t alter parent-theme files except when importing to the child-theme folder. Likewise don’t alter core WP files. Changes will be lost when WP gets an upgrade.
