What folder is your parent theme in? The Template: line needs to contain the folder name of your parent theme, and capitalization matters.
Also, bear in mind that using @import is no longer considered best practice and it’s now recommended to use the functions.php method as detailed in the Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes If you do continue to use it, though, you’ll probably need to change that line as well, to point towards the correct folder.
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vi32
(@vi32)
My parent theme is in the under “This PC” > “Downloads” and under “spectrum” folder. Is that what you’re referring to? Or did you mean my File Manager in my host?
I just realized I have it capitalized in Template… but the folder is not capitalized… so I will change it to lower case.
For the functions.php, are you referring to this? (taken from the site your provided)
<?php // Opening PHP tag – nothing should be before this, not even whitespace
// Custom Function to Include
function favicon_link() {echo ‘<link rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon” href=”/favicon.ico” />’ . “\n”;}
add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘favicon_link’ );
How do I customize it for my parent theme?
Thank you so much for your help, Stephen.
The bare minimum you need in your functions.php is:
<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
That’s the function that takes care of adding the parent theme’s stylesheet. Since you’ve already got some code in your functions.php, you can just add that function to what you’ve already entered:
<?php // Opening PHP tag - nothing should be before this, not even whitespace
// Custom Function to Include
function favicon_link() {echo '<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />' . "\n";}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'favicon_link' );
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
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vi32
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<?php
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’
Is the above what I should enter in its entirety and verbatim?
Thanks!
Yes, you can copy-and-paste exactly what I posted.
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vi32
(@vi32)
This is the message I got:
Unpacking the package…
Installing the theme…
The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.
Theme install failed.
After I tried to upload the following zip file entitled style.css:
/*
Theme Name: Spectrum Child
Theme URI: http://healthylifewithvi.com/
Description: Child Theme for Spectrum by Vi
Author: Vi
Template: spectrum
Version: 2.1.2
*/
<?php
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’
What did I do wrong now? Thank you!
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vi32
(@vi32)
Never mind! I figured it out! My child theme is active now!
Thank you so much for your help, Stephen!!! 🙂
