Developing child themes

  • Resolved preso

    (@preso)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I initially edited the Coraline theme’s files in order to build a site better suited to my needs. Now, I am trying to transfer these changes to a child theme so that my design will not be lost with the next upgrade. I have tried copying and pasting these modified files into a new directory. While most of the changes have been translated in the preview version, some haven’t: The home button still appears and there are multiple links back to a previous story within a post’s footer.

    I would post a link to the site, but I’m not going to apply my child theme until these issues have been resolved.

    That being said, can anybody help me resolve these glitches?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Have you reviewed Child_Themes?

    Thread Starter preso

    (@preso)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Yes, I’ve reviewed “Child Themes”. At this point, I’m going to ditch Coraline (since there’s so much I had to remove), and move over to Simplest.

    I would like to change the home page so that it only displays the post titles (not the content). Do you know how I could do that in the child theme? I have a decent grasp of CSS, but not of PHP.

    Thanks for your help.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Yes – you can do that. The child theme will need it’s own style.css file but can then impiort the stylesheet(s) of the parent theme. If your home page is a posts page, you’ll also need a copy of the parent’s index.php template file in the child theme so you can customise it.

    Thread Starter preso

    (@preso)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Do you know what markup I’d have to add after importing the parent’s index page? I’m looking for the specific PHP coding. I know I should learn PHP before tampering with it, but I’m in a hurry to get this up.

    Thanks.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    I’d suggest removing <?php the_content();?> if you want to get rid of the main post content.

    Thread Starter preso

    (@preso)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    If I do that the content doesn’t appear anywhere. I would like my post to appear when a user selects the title (on the single page). I just don’t want the content on the landing page.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Yes – so remove <?php the_content();?> from your child theme’s index.php file. Your parent does have a single.php file, yes?

    Thread Starter preso

    (@preso)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Since I’m using the Simplest theme it only has a stylesheet, main index, theme functions, and comments page. I figure that I will have to add specifications to the main index page under the content div, but I’m not sure how to specify that I only want the content to be displayed on single pages, not the main page. Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Here is a pastebin link that shows the entire contents of the main index php file : http://pastebin.com/YAtWCSpB

    Digital Raindrops

    (@adeptris)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    If I am reading right you just want a list of titles on the home page?

    Line 25 change:
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    try
    <?php if(!is_front_page()) the_content(); ?>
    or
    <?php if(!is_front_page() || !is_home()) the_content(); ?>

    HTH

    David

    Thread Starter preso

    (@preso)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Great! Worked like a charm. Thank you.

    Digital Raindrops

    (@adeptris)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Great, can you mark this topic resolved please!

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