basic child theme functionality is not working

  • Resolved kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I would like to make a child theme but it keeps breaking. So I dumbed it down to two files, style.css and functions.php. The files are shown below. They actually add no functionality at all. Unfortunately, they break the css. The css from the parent style does not show up. These two files are in wp-content/themes/spacious-child/ and the parent theme is in wp-content/themes/spacious/. What am I doing wrong?

    style.css

    /*
Theme Name: Spacious Child
Theme URI: https://themegrill.com/themes/spacious
Description: Spacious Child
Author: Kenneth Vogt
Author URI: https://themegrill.com
Template: spacious
Version: 1.0.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: light, white, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, fluid-layout, responsive-layout, custom-header, custom-background, custom-menu, custom-colors, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, featured-images, theme-options
Text Domain: spacious-child
*/

    functions.php

    <?php

function theme_enqueue_styles() {
	wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );

?>

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  • Can you temporarily enable debugging and see if any errors appear? Your code works for me.

    Thread Starter kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)

    Ok, I changed functions.php to:

    <?php

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );

function theme_enqueue_styles() {
	wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );

?>

    When I load the page I see no errors in the console and variously I see these messages:
    …
    “JQMIGRATE: Logging is active”
    …
    “JQMIGRATE: Logging is active”
    …

    Can you post a link to your site with the child theme active?

    Thread Starter kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)

    Here you go: https://observehiscommandments.org/

    Your site appears fine to me. Both the parent and child theme’s stylesheets are loading correctly and WP is reading CSS from both of them. Are you using a caching plugin or is your host caching your site?

    In your original post, you mentioned that you “dumbed it down to two files”; were there any errors prior to doing so?

    Thread Starter kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)

    No, there were no errors prior. I have been purging all the caches at my host and clearing my local cache. While it doesn’t look ugly, it is not using the theme. The header image is gone, elements are showing up that are hidden in the theme and it is not using the menuing css.

    When you switch to the child theme, it’s like switching to a new theme. You usually have to reassign any custom header images, navigation menus, widgets, etc., just like you did when you originally set up the parent theme.

    Thread Starter kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)

    Yes of course, that makes sense. Thanks!

    Thread Starter kenvogt

    (@kenvogt)

    That was it, thanks Stephen.

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