Child theme after parent theme has been customized?

  • 1flychicken

    (@1flychicken)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    I am sooooo new to this, so you have my apologies in advance.

    I realized shortly after creating my site that I should have done customizations on a Child Theme. I’ve already created my site and everything is on point, so I’m not sure what to do when it comes to fixing this.

    What I’ve done so far:

    -Downloaded Make’s Child Theme zip file
    -Uploaded the Child Theme zip file
    -Opened two windows: one with my current site’s Customize panel, the other under Live Preview of the Child Theme
    -I went through and adjusted all of my settings under the Child Theme to match the parent

    But next… I have to click Save & Activate. I’m scared to! From there, not even sure what I need to do. Any advice would be such a help. Thank you so much!

    Best,
    Meghan

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  • Melissa

    (@emdashing)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Meghan,

    So WordPress sees the parent and child themes as separate, so customizer settings are what would be lost. If you’ve recreated them, you should be fine!

    Good luck!

    Melissa

    (@emdashing)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Also, wow!! I love your blog!

    Thread Starter 1flychicken

    (@1flychicken)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Melissa:

    Thanks for the quick response. (And for saying such nice words about my blog, geez. <3!)

    I did change things manually, maybe a few. I’ll have to figure that out. I think it was the footer and maybe something else small. So basically, I can leave it as is? I mean, updating the theme should be ok now?

    Sorry for being so seemingly dense, just learning.

    Thanks again!
    (:
    mt

    Melissa

    (@emdashing)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    If you’ve made changes to the footer.php file or any of the style.css you can simply make a copy of those into the child theme folder and you won’t lose any edits.

    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter 1flychicken

    (@1flychicken)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    It helps a lot! Thank you! (:

    mt

    Melissa

    (@emdashing)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    You’re so welcome. Let us know if you have any other questions!

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