Theme crashes when transferring to different server.

  • Hi there!
    Yesterday I’ve started to build my own WordPress theme, which finally worked properly and looks nice. I’ve developed everything locally and wanted to transfer it to a test-server. After some trial and error and forum reading I’ve used Duplicator to transfer.

    However, there is no way I get my theme work properly online. The problems I ran into summarized:

    – When configuring the site online (Duplicator, setting permalinks, site name etc), the Appearance submenu misses the Menu item. The site shows a white screen.
    – I’ve activated wp_debug_log, but that works neither.
    – After conceding, I’ve entered the Theme part, which mentioned “The theme is broke, default Theme will be used” (or similar words)
    – Then, Twenty Fourteen is selected and there is no way for me to select a different theme (the other themes are also not shown…, this occurs also locally)

    To verify my theme style and template, I’ve ran it with Theme Checker, which provides an OK. So my style and template files are ok, but my online server is not willing to show the website..

    Is there someone who can help me out with this problem?
    Is there a way to detect what element of the theme is broken?

    Thanks in advance!!
    (currently online at: https://nsa.fox-creation.nl; admin does work)

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  • Maybe you can set WP_DEBUG to TRUE in wp-config.

    Also, are you sure al your files are succesfully transfered to your testserver?

    Thread Starter Reinier van den Assum

    (@fox_creation)

    Jeffrey thanks for your reply!
    I’ve added
    define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);
    define(‘WP_DEBUG_LOG’, true);
    in my wp-config.php
    But no success..

    And yes, I’ve uploaded all documents and did the test myself to upload it multiple times and overwrite when new..

    That’s weird. Maybe a plugin conflict?
    Have you tried renaming your plugin folder so that all plugins are deactivated? (When you change the folder name back they will be active again btw).

    Thread Starter Reinier van den Assum

    (@fox_creation)

    Yeah it is weird. I’ve deactivated all plugins, no effect.
    I’ve found a solution, although I doubt whether it is really a solution ??
    At my server I’ve used Installatron to install a fresh WordPress site. There I’ve uploaded my theme, which worked perfectly..

    Probably something is invalid in my own wordpress version, wherefore there is a bug in the theme part.. Very confusing this..

    However, I think I have to manually convert all settings made and continue in the online version..

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