All theme formatting disappeared from site

  • sgfsarah

    (@sgfsarah)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I have just started building a site using the Edin theme. All was going well until yesterday when the formatting disappeared.

    http://stgregorysfoundation.org.uk/test/

    The day before, I had added something to the Editor files, but then took it out when it didn’t work. The CSS should have been unchanged by the time I deleted my changes, and I don’t think the formatting problems were immediate.

    Can you advise on what has gone wrong and what I can do about it. Should I re-upload some of the original WP files. I’ve tried the ones I thought looked obvious with no joy, but I am a novice, so need pointing in the right direction.

    Thank you.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Try downloading a fresh copy of the theme.

    Thread Starter sgfsarah

    (@sgfsarah)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    I have tried deleting and re-installing the theme twice, but with no change to what I can see. Do I need to start again from scratch installing WP?

    Siobhan

    (@siobhyb)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hi @sgfsarah,

    I visited your site and all appears OK now. Were you able to resolve this issue?

    As a heads up: You should never edit your theme’s files directly. Any changes will be lost when it comes time to update your theme and it also makes it harder to revert changes.

    Instead, changes should be made via a child theme. You can read a little more about child themes, including how to set one up, in the following resources:

    https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    If you’re only making changes to CSS then you could activate Jetpack’s CSS module or a standalone CSS plugin.

    Let me know if you’d like any extra information on the above or if you’re still having trouble with your site’s formatting.

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