Total Newbie-Help with Child Theme please?

  • Resolved Andy Woggle

    (@andy-woggle)


    12 years, 11 months ago

    Hello people..I’m a total newbie to W by the way.Please bear with me..(But I learn very quicky)

    My first outing into WordPress-entirely different to using Dreamweaver which I am used to- and I thought all was going well.It took a bit of getting used to but I’ve sussed it..Or so I thought..

    I’ve made a schoolboy error.. I have only just found out about not editing the “Twentyeleven” theme and to make it into a “Child Theme” first..

    Now I realise why,and have read a couple of posts as to how to create a child theme,but before I cause chaos with what I have already done,I have a question.Forgive me if it’s a stupid one-

    Can I convert my edited 2011 theme into a “Child” theme or must I start from scratch?

    *Please say yes you can?*If so,how would I go about this?

    Sorry if this question sounds stupid by the way.I’m panicking that I’ve lost all my editing

    Thanks for reading

    Andy

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  • WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    All hope is not lost :). Do you know which files you’ve changed? For style.css, you can use a file comparison program to find your changes (or much less ideal, you can keep your current version in the child theme – after the @ import line). For .php files, just put the modified ones in the child theme, except for functions.php – if you’ve changed that, it’s more complicated.

    So the best way to go about this is to download the existing theme folder to your local computer using FTP. Then delete it from your site, and install a new copy of twentyeleven. Then make the child them, and use the modified files from the copy on your local computer.

    Thread Starter Andy Woggle

    (@andy-woggle)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for your reply!! I’ve just cracked it now.(I do have an understanding of CSS,just not the way WordPress operates-it’s all a whole new learning curve!!(and one I’m enjoying so far.No more Dreamweaver!!)

    I’ve managed to create the child theme with minimal fuss (it didn’t like textedit on Mac,but that was the only real hitch),I lost a bit of formatting in the process,but only a small bit!!So all is good

    Thanks for getting back to me!!

    Andy

    Thread Starter Andy Woggle

    (@andy-woggle)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    Forgot to say “SOLVED”:D

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