Where to find wp-content/themes

  • New to this and not a code person. Trying to set up a child theme and can see the doc section on it but it is not for newbies.

    My books and your writeup for example say to start setting up a child theme style sheet in wp-content/themes directory. I haven’t the slightest idea where that directory is located and can find no files in my current theme that suggest there is a directory with that name. I have instructions from a WP book that tell me how I have to name it etc., and how to construct it, etc. but where is that “themes directory?”

    Thanks/I know this is probably a simplistic question for most of you but not for beginners. Any help would be appreciated. thanks much

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  • Thread Starter Frank in Creedmoor

    (@frank-in-creedmoor)

    I’m probably misinterpreting the instructions in my WP “learning” books and the instructions on this support site. I can go to my twentytwelve theme dashboard and go to the “themes” section under “APPEARANCE.” When I go into that themes section (now I see its called the themes management section). It gives me the opportunity to download other themes for viewing which I have already done for general reasons.

    But now I see I can select the “Add new theme” in that section and have the choice of adding my own file. So I assume I just follow instructions from my books and the WP child theme topic and create my own style.css file in plain text and upload it to this location? My book on creating a child theme also state I just need to use a line of code such as: @import url”…/twentytwelve/style.css”);

    But I think I’ve seen that this last line of code is incorrect or poor. Please advise. thanks I’m trying to learn fast but this might help others also.

    thebigtine

    (@josephbydesign)

    OK, so you need to have ftp access or some other form of access to your server so you can upload files to your server not your dashboard.

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