Child theme troubles

  • Resolved encorepaint@gmail.com

    (@encorepaintgmailcom)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    I have been trying to create a child theme for a few days but it will not show up as an option to activate in themes.

    The directory path is as follows:

    .wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve
    .wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve-firstchild

    I named the style sheet style.css and uploaded it to the child theme directory. It is formatted as follows:

    /*
    Theme Name: Firstchild Twenty Twelve
    Theme URI: http://encorepainting.org
    Description: Experimental child theme
    Author: MarkW
    Author URI: http://encorepainting.org
    Template: twentytwelve
    Version: 0.1.0
    */

    @import url(“../twentytwelve/style.css”);

    I am using TextWrangler for the style sheet. I have read through many of the forums regarding child themes and so far I have not succeeded in the child theme even showing up as an option to activate.

    Any suggestions?

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  • Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Have you followed this tutorial?

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    It seems plausable that when you changed the theme name in the header to

    Theme Name: Firstchild Twenty Twelve

    It isn’t able to recognize it as a child since the theme name is different from the parent. Try changing it to:

    Theme Name: Twenty Twelve Firstchild

    Thread Starter encorepaint@gmail.com

    (@encorepaintgmailcom)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you for your reply Evan. I actually just resolved the issue. It was a problem with my ftp client.

    Thanks again!

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