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Floyd Orr
11,723 Pointsstyle.css will overwrite other one that is in the file when we copy and past it.
I've spend all day and having problems with this step.I Downloaded cyber duck for FTP. I did one click install for wp. Then I extracted the wordpress on my desktop. Then I extract the course download. Then I make a copy of twentythirteen and extract it and rename the copied one twentythirteenchild.
When I try to put the files from the course download (style.css and screenshot) in to the twentythirteenchild file I get a message if I want to replace the original file because there is a file in there with he same name as style.css. The instructor didn't have to do that. What should I do? Should I replace the file and I'm supposed to extract the twentythirteenchild right?
2 Answers
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsWhen you make the child theme directory it should not be a copy of the parent theme with all the files from it. You only want to have the parent theme files you are overriding in the child theme directory. So your child theme directory should start out empty. To make the child theme work, you add a style.css file to it which points to the parent theme. You also should have a functions.php file in your child theme to properly enqueue your child theme's styles after the parent theme's files when the page is loaded.
The Child Themes section of the WordPress Codex is something you might want to read for more info on child themes and how they work.
Floyd Orr
11,723 PointsI my problem was I was copying everything. Thank you very much I almost paid for a code mentor because i was so frustrated.
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsNo problem! You can almost always find an answer to any question you have about web development by googling, or by posing the question to an online community that is relevant to your problem. There is no need to hire somebody for a general question such as this one, unless you are under a strict deadline and you can't wait for the community to answer your question. Strangers are surprisingly helpful in this industry :)
Floyd Orr
11,723 PointsFloyd Orr
11,723 PointsNow I get error message : Fatal error: Cannot redeclare twentythirteen_setup() (previously declared in /home/naturala/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentythirteenchild/functions.php:69) in /home/naturala/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/functions.php on line 108
Earlier I kept having problems when I first tried I did 5 minute install. Then uninstalled it. Then did a one click install and uninstalled it again. Maybe it's not completly uninsstalled. It looks like it in cpanel maybe the FTP keeps a copy. I'm just all messed up. Everything was great until this section.