2011 Child Theme Problems When Running Under MAMP on Mac

  • I tried creating a child theme for 2011 using the following style.css and following the directions on the site:
    /*
    Theme Name: Twenty Eleven Child
    Theme URI: My URL
    Description: My own Twenty Eleven Copy for purposes of reducing vertical space
    Author: Robert Lott
    Template: twentyeleven
    */

    I get the following error message:
    Twenty Eleven Child\ The parent theme is missing. Please install the “twentyeleven\” parent theme.

    I tried activating another theme and then back to twentyeleven, but it did not solve the problem.

    The directory structure when running under MAMP is:
    applications/mamp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/MyTwentyEleven/style.css

    Help

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  • is the original twentyeleven actually in place in the themes directory?

    Thread Starter lottrr

    (@lottrr)

    Yes. That is what I am normally using on the site.

    That’s peculiar…. your header looks like mine

    /*
Theme Name:     Voodoo Child 2011
Theme URI:      http: www.rvoodoo.com/projects/wordpress/wordpress-tip-stop-editing-twentyten-theme-use-a-child-theme
Description:    Child theme for the Twenty Eleven theme
Author:         Rev. Voodoo
Author URI:     http: //www.rvoodoo.com
Template:       twentyeleven
Version:        0.1.0
*/

    Thread Starter lottrr

    (@lottrr)

    Is is possible that my problem is related to running under a simulated server (MAMP on my Mac) rather than a live server?

    I don’t know much about MAMP specifically, or what configuration issues there could be.

    I run WAMP on my windows machine, and work with child themes all the time….. maybe permissions issues or something, but I’ll have to defer to someone more knowledgeable

    Thread Starter lottrr

    (@lottrr)

    !!Problem Solved!!

    My TwentyEleven child theme was created using TextEdit on the mac, which creates an RTF file. This does not work as a css file. I had to create the child file using a true text editor and the problem was solved.

    Cool, good job!

    lottrr,

    what text editor did you use for Mac?

    ahhh, i think i am also having this problem, what are you using now? Thanks..

    Thread Starter lottrr

    (@lottrr)

    I used TextWrangler to successfully edit the files.

    JustBob

    Lottrr:

    /*
Theme Name: Twentyeleven Child
Description: Child theme for the twentyeleven theme
Author: Your name here
Template: twentyeleven
*/

@import url("../twentyeleven/style.css");

    Don’t forget to import the css from twentyeleven

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