Child theming is a safe way to modify a theme. A child theme inherits a "parent themes" styles and then can selectively override. This alternative to "destructive" editing allows for safe updating of the parent theme and provides an easy way to undo theme changes.
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output custom Posts on a Page
I'm trying to write a function that will output a set of posts on a page. Because I want to display more than just the post titles, wp_get_archives() won't do (I think). The function to add the post ...
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WordPress Child Theme - twentyeleven
This is my first attempt at creating a child theme based off the WP twentyeleven theme.
To begin with, I am using MAMP on my mac and have the following directory structure:
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Modify Twentyeleven child theme CSS - How to change body font size?
I've created a twentyeleven-child theme and activated it.
I'm trying to increase the size of the body font on all pages.
Do I do this in style.css of the twentyeleven-child theme?
I can't find the ...
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Best way to add some custom javascript using jquery to a child theme
I use the default TwentyTen theme and I have made a child theme with some CSS adjustments, and that's pretty much it.
Now I'd like to do two things
Make the theme load the latest jQuery, and to ...
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use child theme for mobile version
I have never used the child theme function. so I am curious if it is possible to use this function to create a mobile version or no? I know that there are mobile plugins for this but I was curious if ...
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How to modify theme content in Thematic?
I'm not new to PHP, HTML, CSS, and the like, not at all, but I'm definitely new to creating Wordpress themes. I was recommended to use the Thematic theme as a base theme and modify it using functions ...
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How do you auto-activate plugins from child themes
(repost from Theme Hybrid Community)
Let's assume a plugin or multiple-plugins are hosted on WordPress.org. Can you automatically activate plugins with the functions.php of a child theme? Is there ...
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How to edit background color of only one sidebar?
I'm using Oulipo theme on this site, which has two sidebars.
I'd like to ask how can I change the background color of only the left
sidebar?
Also, how to change the text, hyperlink, hover and ...
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How to remove set_post_thumbnail_size() in child themes?
I'm really stuck on this - this follows on from this post:
How to override parent functions in child themes
I can't figure out how to override Twenty Ten's set_post_thumbnail_size() function. I've ...
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Run two concurrent themes in one installation
I'm trying to add a 'blog' to my established and customized wordpress installation. Goal is to have a blog page that runs a child theme of TwentyTwenty, pulling any post of the category "blog-posts"
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adding navigation to genesis themes
i'm following a tutorial provided here to add navigation menu, but not able to find out set of #nav in my style.css & my theme is eleven40. What we need to replace to get navigation menu?
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How to edit php files in Child Theme?
I created a child theme and i want to edit a php file. So i copy and paste the php file into the child's theme folder and then i edit it. But it seems that nothing changed in the site preview! In the ...
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How do I override a parent theme's language files with a child theme?
I have a parent theme and a child theme, I would like to override the spanish .mo and .po files in the parent theme (or add them if they are not present in the parent theme) with the es_ES ones in my ...
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Child theme only loads on home page
I was having the following problem:
I created a child theme, it was 'correct', technically. It even worked and displayed the proper changes, and when I navigated to sub-pages (ie not the home page), ...
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Extending arrays in parent theme without completely overriding the files
I am new to all child-theming things and trying to override an array value which is declared in one of the php files. I also don't want to override the whole php file, because it has many other ...
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Adding a widget breaks my child theme - *But I'm not calling any widgets!*
I'm trying to design a child theme, based off of twentytwelve, and I'm running into a puzzle I can't even figure out how to troubleshoot.
Basically, my theme explodes when I enable any widgets.
It ...
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Why do some pages on my site use the previous theme?
I have developed a WordPress website using a Child Theme, I started with Twenty Ten as the base, then I created a new and improved version with Twenty Eleven as the base and some new features, now I ...
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Changes in comments.php in the child theme does not show up on the site
I am trying to customize the comments template in the comments.php and so have made some changes to the code, including a call back function in wp_list_comments() (which I have defined in ...
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Child themes, over riding in the parents theme
I understand the following about functions.php:
Unlike style.css, the functions.php of a child theme does not override
its counterpart from the parent. Instead, it is loaded in addition to
the ...
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Custom Post Type in Parent Theme causing 404s [closed]
I'm customizing a theme for a client from a theme they bought off of themeforest.net. I created a child theme, where all the customization is located.
Here is the issue:
There are several custom post ...
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wordpress every page returning 500 error
I found out I was editing themes wrong, and that I should be using child themes, so I duplicated the theme I was using, and told it to inherit off of its parent. That's about the only thing I did, I ...
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WordPress Multisite Multiple child theme
I have a mulisite setup and I am using one theme for multiple sites in it and each site have a custom layout and design. So for that I need to create a child-theme. But I don't know how to create ...
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Converting a theme to a child theme in a network
I'm converting a few themes to children of another theme. I want the themes to have the same name as before, and I'd like the change to be transparent to the users of my blog network.
When I replace ...
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creating a new child theme
When I create a child theme I have to create it all under the unzipped wordpress/theme file? Will it automatically add itself to my web page or does something have to be done to activate it?
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Standard Way To Do Custom Work Within A Page?
First post here, looking forward to using this community more.
I'm trying to figure out the "standard" way or "proper" way of doing custom HTML work within a particular page.
For example, I'm ...
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Subcategories inheriting category template [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I make all subcategories use the template of its category parent?
Let's say I have a category named foo, now foo has a template file named category-foo.php.
Foo ...
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Finding URI in Child Theme
Which is best way to find URI in child Theme.
<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>
<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>
Below given code works but it has "stylesheet" in it, ...
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Child-theme, deactivate function from parent [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I dequeue a parent theme css file?
I'm working on a child-theme from Starkers.
However, I can not disable wp_enqueue_script(), because I do not want to use the ...
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Custom widget breaking widget section in admin menu
I am building a child theme at http://habitat.erniehigh.com for a client. I need to add custom widget that shows recent posts by category. I have built similar widgets elsewhere using basically the ...
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Override typo in multiple parent theme files?
I'm using the lovely Imbalance theme from WPShower. I am able to make almost all the modifications I need through files and filters in the child theme I created. However, there is a typo that appears ...
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100% Width Footer - Custom Child Theme
I am working on a custom child theme for Wordpress and I can not seem to get a footer width of 100% to be represented.
Live Example Page : http://glustik.com/wordpress/
I have tried multiple things, ...
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CSS in child theme not overriding the parent theme [closed]
I am trying to make a child theme for a premium template.
My css isn't overriding the parent though. I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Other than important the parent theme's css, is there ...
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How to create a second index.php?
I need a duplicate of index.php, but slightly modified. I added a "vote it up" plugin. So, I want the user to select how to display posts - by new or by popular. I know what to add to second ...
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Load template inside a parent template
Inside of my current theme directory, I created a folder called "mobile" which contains a separate set of template files, all optimized for mobile.
Now, say I setup a function that detects a mobile ...
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Customized widget area - how to override or filter class xoxo?
I need some help with restyling my alternate widget areas. I've created some new widget areas, and placed one into the main content of my index.php. This works just fine, however i want to style it ...
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Display Page Meta Description on Child Theme’s Home Page
I’m working on a project. I need to display Custom Document Title & Page Meta Description in the home page. I mean you know that genesis has a custom Theme SEO Box under Post. I want that custom ...
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add function to thematic hooks [closed]
i am newbie with php , i need help to create function to add it in thematic theme content area from this code ?
$term_slug = get_query_var( 'term' );
$taxonomyName = get_query_var( 'taxonomy' );
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Adding a second email address to a completed order in WooCommerce
Before I ask this question, I know there is a (legitimate) hesitation to answer questions here about Woo products since they have their own support and their users should be encouraged to use that. I ...
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Loading Canvas & WooCommerce translation file in child theme
I'm trying to localise a site (Canvas child theme). I already have the translated .po and .mo files.
I uploaded the WooCommerce translation files to child-theme/woocommerce/i18n/languages/ in the ...
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Can I change header.php of current theme through a plugin function?
I need to add some html into the header.php but instead of directly changing the header.php of my theme or creating a child theme, how can I do it with just actions and/or hooks?
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Vague Errors from VIP Scanner Plugin
I am building a site with WordPress 3.4.2, have made a child theme of WooTheme's Canvas 5 (http://www.woothemes.com/2012/06/canvas/) and am now using the VIP Scanner plugin ...
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override #header description in parent theme [closed]
This is the header in the parent theme :
header .title-description {
position: absolute;
top: 40px;
left: 40px;
padding: 30px;
background: rgb(255, 255, 255); /* Fallback */
background: rgba(255, ...
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melville and its child theme
hello guys im making child theme of melville and i wanna make a custom page with a static menu (as in not made with wp ) of my own and under it i wanna display the content and i use this ...
