Child Theme

Have you reviewed child themes?

yes, and I still don’t understand where to make the folder destination for a new theme. unless its an imported theme from one I exported as .xml .

Child themes have absolutely nothing to do with importing .xml files. A child theme’s folder should be in wp-content/themes.

Is that a domin? like “myblog.wordpress.wp-contnet/themes” ? how do i access that?

Using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

Zip your Child Theme and name it something like “childtheme.zip”

In you Dashboard, go to Appearance -> Themes and click on Add New and then click on Upload.

For example,
https://example.com/wp-admin/theme-install.php?tab=upload
replace example.com with your domain name.

Upload the zipped Child Theme and activate it!

I guess the problem I am having is how to create a zip file from my current theme, to create the child. I donno how to birth it.

I found out how to make a zip. still can’t get my child theme to work. I put a few different files in the folder “style.css” , such as “theme.php”folder name> text doc inside of that holding html from the original theme. What am I doing wrong? Will somebody make a child theme for me to use?
my site: https://www.auxcinema.com

If you cannot manage this yourself, you may want to consider hiring someone instead.

Test this:

Create a folder “mytheme”.
Create a file “style.css” inside mytheme folder.

Add this text inside style.css:

/*
 Theme Name:   Twenty Twelve Child
 Theme URI:    https://example.com/
 Description:  Child Theme
 Author:       John Doe
 Author URI:   https://example.com
 Template:     twentytwelve
 Version:      1.0.0
*/

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

/* =Theme customization starts here
----------------------------------------------------- */
p { font-size: 50px;}

Now zip the folder “mytheme” -> name it mytheme.zip (or something else)

Upload and activate – Open your site and check if it works.
If it works, then everything is alright.

**You just have to add only those files from parent theme (original theme) – which you want to make changes.

thank you @daxserver.

WPBeginner has a lot of resources regarding WordPress. This will give you a better idea.

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-a-wordpress-child-theme-video/

it says “The package could not be installed. The style.css stylesheet doesn’t contain a valid theme header.”

I copied the original code, into the same zip “style.css” folder, in a new file, “header.php” . was that not the right thing to do?