Making a child theme

  • Larry34

    (@larry34)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    How do i I properly make a child theme of engrave lite?
    what do I need in Css?
    This is what I have currently:
    /*
    Theme Name: Engrave Lite Child
    Theme URI: http://incrediblekidscircus.com/engrave-lite-child/
    Description: Engrave lite Child Theme
    Author: Larry Rundle
    Author URI: http://incrediblelarry.com
    Template: engrave-lite
    Version: 1.6.0
    License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
    Text Domain: engrave-lite-child
    */

    And my php file has this:
    add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘theme_enqueue_styles’ ); function theme_enqueue_styles() { wp_enqueue_style( ‘parent-style’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/style.css’ ); }

    Basically, I created these files, and they do not give me any of the theme
    I am a noob, so help is greatly appreciated!

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  • Thread Starter Larry34

    (@larry34)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    I even tried using the plugin Child Themify, it gave me similar results- no theme

    stephencottontail

    (@stephencottontail)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Can you post a link to your site with the child theme active? Also, can you clarify what you mean by “they do not give me any of the theme”? When you switch to a child theme, you may need to reassign any custom navigation menus and sidebar widgets, just like you did when you set up the parent theme.

    Thread Starter Larry34

    (@larry34)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    http://www.incrediblekidscircus.com/

    I reloaded the themify theme and it gives me the site looking like this. Making a child theme with themify overwrote the original child theme I tried to make

    stephencottontail

    (@stephencottontail)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    In your functions.php, you’ve forgotten the opening PHP tag: <?php. It should be the very first thing in the file, with no spaces, line breaks, or anything before it. Other than that, your site is loading the parent theme’s stylesheet correctly. Can you clarify what’s wrong?

    Thread Starter Larry34

    (@larry34)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    weird. I made a new child and everything is fine. Thanks for your help, I can’t grasp what went wrong, but it seems to be working fine now. Now I can alter the text color! Thanks again!

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