Child Theme does not appear in wp-admin

  • Resolved carmeneckert

    (@carmeneckert)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    I installed a childtheme for twentyeleven but the child theme does not appear in my wp-admin.
    What I did:

    >created a new folder in wp-content/themes named “twentyeleven-child”
    >style.css inside “twentyeleven-child” with the following code in it:

    /*
    Theme Name: twentyeleven-child
    Description: Child theme for the twentyeleven theme
    Template: twentyeleven
    Version: 1.3
    */
    @import url(“../twentyeleven/style.css”);
    @import url(“../twentyeleven/rtl.css”);

    Did I miss something? Thank you for your help.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Not that I can see but you can download a pre-made Twenty Eleven child theme from here if that helps.

    Thread Starter carmeneckert

    (@carmeneckert)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Esmi
    it did not work.

    But there seems to be a general disconnection between my wp-admin and ftp.
    If I install new themes from wp-admin I can apply them to my website and also customize them. But in my ftp directory they do not appear…
    …and yes: I have only one wordpress folder on my server…

    Any other hints?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    How, exactly, are you uploading themes via FTP?

    MaluC

    (@maluc)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Was looking for the same information and I downloaded the twenty eleven child theme as Esmi suggested. Then uploaded it via FTP, installed and it worked fine for installation.
    Thank you Esmi.
    I went to the editor and when I went to style css I don’t see anything but a long long text with no options to change 🙁
    At the bottom of this text I see this:
    You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information.

    malucouttolencphotography.com

    MaluC

    (@maluc)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hi again esmi
    Do I have to edit under twenty eleven?
    because under twenty eleven child theme I only see 36 lines there and it is only the text I mentioned above

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Do I have to edit under twenty eleven?

    No – you must edit the child theme’s files. You need to make the child’s files writeable. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    MaluC

    (@maluc)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Esmi,

    I did go to change file permissions but the instructions don’t look so clear so I closed my panel and gave up about changing font size, at least for now 🙁
    I don’t want to mess up the codes

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    Thread Starter carmeneckert

    (@carmeneckert)

    14 years, 4 months ago

    Thank you Esmi
    I checked with my hostingprovider and re-installed WordPress. Now it works.

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