Well, you could try a similar plugin:
‘one click childtheme’-plugin
That plugin doesn’t work either.
I guess there is something wrong with my configuration.
The website works excellent though.
My theory is that my theme from Elegant Themes is not compatible with Themify and one click childtheme….
When using Child Themify I am redirected to a very strange and almost impossible URL and there everything goes wrong, see below.
This is what I get. XXXXXX=mydomain
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XXXXXXXXXXXX/wordpress/wp-admin/themes.php?action=child-themify&theme[�WP_Theme�theme_root]=/var/www/vhosts/XXXXXXXXX/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Name]=Aggregate&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][ThemeURI]=http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Description]=2 Column theme from Elegant Themes&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Author]=Elegant Themes&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][AuthorURI]=http://www.elegantthemes.com&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Version]=3.0&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Template]&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Status]&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][Tags]&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][TextDomain]&theme[�WP_Theme�headers][DomainPath]&theme[�WP_Theme�headers_sanitized][Name]=Aggregate&theme[�WP_Theme�headers_sanitized][TextDomain]&theme[�WP_Theme�stylesheet]=Aggregate&theme[�WP_Theme�template]=Aggregate&theme[�WP_Theme�textdomain_loaded]=0&theme[�WP_Theme�cache_hash]=9238ac05fbd9c935c34b017b5853f991&_ctf_nonce=e1832735ce
First check if the [parent]theme you’re using doesnot have a ‘custom CSS’ type functionality; effectively the same as a childtheme. If this is the case, use this theme option to make your adaptations.
== == ==
Technically all you need to create a childtheme, is a folder, a file called `style.css’ with a fixed content at the top of that file.
see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
EXAMPLE
/*
Theme Name: MyNew2012ChildTheme
Theme URI: http://example.com/
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Twelve theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: http://example.com/about/
Template: twentytwelve
Version: 0.1.0
*/
@import url("../twentytwelve/style.css");
<ol>
<li>Use a proper editor [like ‘NOTEPAD++’, not a wordprocessor] to create this file, replacing the data and the name of the original parenttheme.</li>
<li>In the dashboard > appearance > themes </li>
<li>Locate and activate the newly created childtheme</li>
<li>Test the childtheme by putting in some test-code to check if the childtheme functions as expected
/*test childtheme*/
*{color:#99cc66; /*textcolor applegreen*/}
</li>
<li>If the textcolor doesn’t show as green, there is a syntax error in the head of the style.css you created.
- When all is well, replace the test-code with your adaptations.
