Spun Theme questions

  • mlml4

    (@mlml4)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    I just downloaded Caroline Moore’s Spun theme and love it. Just have a few questions about customizing it…

    1) Is it possible to change the font for the header? How and where do I do that?

    2) Can you increase the opacity on the text so that it is just slightly darker and a little easier to see, even when it’s not highlighted? On some monitors, like my work desktop, it’s very difficult to see the menus and info under the posts if it is not highlighted.

    3) Is it possible to use icons for the menu on the top right side vs words? For example, I have menu icons from my old blog that I would like to use with this template, if possible. Right now I have it set to say “Pinterest” and link to my pinterest account, but would like to use the icon instead of the actual word.

    4) Is it possible to have the widgets at the bottom always show up vs. needing to open it up at the bottom of the page?

    Thank you in advance for any help anyone can offer! I’m new to WordPress and customizing blogs, but excited about this theme and trying to make it my own.

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  • WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Pretty much anything is possible, but you should first make a Child Theme so that your changes are not overwritten when the theme is updated – see:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    You’ll find at least some of these questions have been asked and answered on the Spun forum here:

    http://wordpress.org/support/theme/spun

    Thread Starter mlml4

    (@mlml4)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @wpyogi, thank you for your response and the link to the Spun forum. I think this will be very helpful.

    I followed the instructions for making a child theme, but when I go to preview or activate the child theme, it’s just a list of the elements from the home page like this:

    my site name
    Menu
    Skip to Content
    -Home
    (the image from a test post)
    (image from test #2)
    +
    (the widgets I added)

    No formatting or design shows up.

    Here’s a copy of the css file I created for the child theme:

    /*
    Theme Name: Spun Child
    Theme URI: *my site*
    Description: This is a custom child theme I have created.
    Author: mlml4
    Author URI: http: *my site*
    Template: spun
    Version: 0.1
    */
    @import url(“../spun/style.css”);

    I have this saved in the spun child folder I created, under wp-content/themes

    Any advice on what I may be doing wronging would be really helpful!

    Thank you!

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Can you activate the child theme? Is the file structure correct:

    wp-content
   themes
       spun
       spunchild

    Also make sure there is a space between the semi-color and “spun” here:

    Template: spun

    Thread Starter mlml4

    (@mlml4)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, I can activate the child theme but only the content shows up, no design.

    The file structure is the same as you listed (except I named the directory Spun Child, not spunchild; is the space and capitalization a problem?)

    And yes, there is a space between the semi-colon and “spun” after Template.

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Sometimes the directory name seems to cause problems. Also, did you create the file using a plain text editor and upload via FTP?

    Thread Starter mlml4

    (@mlml4)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Ok just changed the directory name to spunchild, and then changed it in the style.css file, reloaded it into filezilla and still having trouble. I used the Text Editor on my macbook to create the file.

    Do I need the quotes around (“../spun/style.css”); ?

    Thanks for your patience!

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    This is what shows up in the file:

    @import url("http://wwww.enjoyingeverafter.com/wp-content/themes/spun/style.css");

    That’s not what you want – it should be:

    @import url("../spun/style.css");

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Also, after making any changes to that line, you need to switch to another theme and then back to the child.

    Thread Starter mlml4

    (@mlml4)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you! I went back and switched the line (I had changed it based on comments in the article on creating child themes) and it worked but I have to re-do some of the things I had customized on the parent theme, like the background colors, my header image, etc. Does that seem right? I just want to make sure before I go in and make changes!

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Yay, and yep, you have to redo settings/options in a new theme (child or otherwise). But now you’re all set to make changes and not lose them when the theme is updated :)!

    Thread Starter mlml4

    (@mlml4)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Great!! Thanks so much for all your help!

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