ToniLlordes

many thanks, Kharis, but I must be doing something wrong because I can’t even make my child theme work. I don’t have any idea of php or any other code so it must be a very simple thing I’m missing.

I’ve tried to follow the instructions to make the child theme by creating a solon-child folder in the themes folder. (I’ve created the style.css and functions.php files as specified. Afterwards, in the functions.php file I’ve added the code you have posted and finally I have uploaded both files to the solon-child folder.)

The solon child theme appears in the wordpress backend among the rest.
However when I try to preview or activate the child theme the screen goes blank.

Even though I’ve been over it a couple of times, I can’t see what I’m doing wrong.

I’m posting both files, in case you can help. Thanks in advance.

style.css

/*
 Theme Name:   Solon Child
 Theme URI:    http://example.com/twenty-fifteen-child/
 Description:  Solon Child Theme
 Author:       John Doe
 Author URI:   http://example.com
 Template:     solon
 Version:      1.0.0
 License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
 License URI:  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:         light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready
 Text Domain:  solon-child
*/

And functions.php:

<?php

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
function theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );

}

function solon_posted_on() {
	$time_string = '<time class=&quot;entry-date published&quot; datetime=&quot;%1$s&quot;>%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string .= '<time class=&quot;updated&quot; datetime=&quot;%3$s&quot;>%4$s</time>';
	}

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);

 if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' ) ) :

   printf( __( '<span class=&quot;posted-on&quot;><i class=&quot;fa fa-calendar&quot;></i> %1$s</span><span class=&quot;byline&quot;><i class=&quot;fa fa-user&quot;></i> %2$s</span>', 'solon' ),
 		sprintf( '<a href=&quot;%1$s&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot;>%2$s</a>',
 			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
 			$time_string
 		),
 		coauthors_posts_links( null, null, null, null, false )
 	);

 else:

	printf( __( '<span class=&quot;posted-on&quot;><i class=&quot;fa fa-calendar&quot;></i> %1$s</span><span class=&quot;byline&quot;><i class=&quot;fa fa-user&quot;></i> %2$s</span>', 'solon' ),
		sprintf( '<a href=&quot;%1$s&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot;>%2$s</a>',
			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
			$time_string
		),
		sprintf( '<span class=&quot;author vcard&quot;><a class=&quot;url fn n&quot; href=&quot;%1$s&quot;>%2$s</a></span>',
			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
			esc_html( get_the_author() )
		)
	);

 endif;

}

Thanks. It would really be fantastic to have that choice so that visitors can see the latest post completely at a glance.

Meanwhile, I’ll have a go at the child theme. Again, thank you very much for your quick answer. I thought I was doing something incorrectly