What is the code in your new style.css file?
/*
Theme Name: spun child
Theme URI: http://example.com/
Description: Child theme for spun theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: http://example.com/about/
Template: spun
Version: 0.1.0
*/
@import url (“../spun/style.css);
You’re missing a closing quotation mark here and also remove the space between “url” and “(“
@import url ("../spun/style.css);
But also, is your files structure correct?
themes
spun
spunchild
What is the name on the child theme folder?
Hi
It was spun-child which meant it appeared higher up than spun.
I have changed the name to spunchild and refreshed and it now appears under spun
also added the closing quotation mark (“../spun/style.css”);
Still cant see it in Appearance, themes. Im assuming it will come up with the other templates Twnety Twelve, Twenty Eleven etc.
Did you remove the space after “url” in the @import line?
No I hadn’t… I have now
/*
Theme Name: spun child
Theme URI: http://example.com/
Description: Child theme for spun theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: http://example.com/about/
Template: spun
Version: 0.1.0
*/
@import url(“../spun/style.css”);
still not working
How did you create that file? Using a plain text editor and then uploaded?
I created a new text file, but copy and pasted the info from the codex and then edited it.
Which I thought would be ok in a text editor?? I am v new to this
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Can you link a webpage with your Child Theme theme activated? Edit NVM didn’t read.
Hi Andrew
The problem is that I cant activate the child theme from the dashboard, its not visible to be selected.
Edit NVM ??
Do you have any caching on your site? Also clear your browser cache.
Hi
I cleared google caching yesterday when I had difficulty making the site live through my Hosts FTP manager.
Is there another cache I need to look at and how would I get there?
I’ve cleared the cache again
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Just to clarify, in which directory is your Child Theme?
C:\Program Files\wordpress-3.6\wordpress\wp-content\themes
then within themes
spun
spunchild
twentythirteen
twentytwelve
index.php
The wordpress 3.6 had been sitting in downloads and accessed via my desktop. One of the things I thought might help rectify was to move it to Program Files. The Spun compressed files are still in the Download file I think, but the spun files were extracted to the above file path.
