Activating a child theme after editing only the basics of parent theme

  • TheNHA

    (@thenha)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    I recently started a wordpress site and right away I started customizing the look and feel of the site.

    I had a problem with my theme and it was suggested that I use a child theme to edit the issue.

    When I installed the child theme many of my changes were gone.

    Is there a way to get my settings back to what I edited on the parent theme with out starting over?

    I have not edited any actual code or files just plugins and options so hopefully I can avaoid some of the pitfalls that other people have had due to editing files/code

    I am a noob so simplicity will help

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  • Anna1615

    (@anna1615)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi there,

    When you change to a different theme or a child theme — you lose most, if not all, the customization.

    So you need to start over with the child-theme.

    Thread Starter TheNHA

    (@thenha)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Ok that sucks but what about the files I have uploaded or image path ways will those need to be fixed? I am running buddy press and we had some test users. Will their files still be available?

    Thread Starter TheNHA

    (@thenha)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Also how do I get the settings back from my plug ins? Deactivate then reactivate or delete and re-install?

    Anna1615

    (@anna1615)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    The path to your images and plugins don’t change when you switch to a child theme. — It’s hard for me to visualize your situation. Try activating your plugins and then configuring them. Then try inserting an image from the media library.

    Anna1615

    (@anna1615)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    The path to your images and plugins don’t change when you switch to a child theme. — It’s hard for me to visualize your situation. Try activating your plugins and then configuring them. Then try inserting an image from the media library.

    Thread Starter TheNHA

    (@thenha)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    I am going through everything now so I will let you know if that works for me. It seems like my plug ins retained their settings and all of my image files are still available. I will check on the uploads and user profile information next.

    Thank you for your help kind stranger your are amazing!

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