Child theme: Can't find .php pages

  • I’ve downloaded a child theme (to the Responsive theme) in order to make some custom changes. When I go into Appearance -> Editor, I only see sylesheet.css, and none of the other templates that I could see in Editor for the Responsive theme itself. Is there something I need to click to show these templates, or do I somehow need to add them manually? If so, how?

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  • if you want to customnize the header.php for example, you have to copy it from the parent theme directory to your child theme directory…

    If wordpress find a header.php in your child theme folder, it will make use of this one instead of the original theme file…

    Hope my english is good enough to point out what I mean ??

    Thread Starter neira

    (@neira)

    Thanks egado! I understand perfectly what you mean, but how do I do that? (I am completely new to WordPress, so forgive me if this is a stupid question).

    What I want to edit specifically is home.php.

    I’ve read on several forums that what I need to do is copy the file by ftp server from the parent theme to the child theme, but this is a dead end as well: I downloaded FileZilla and got my FTP access information from Bluehost, so that’s all good; I can even connect to the FTP fine, but that’s as far as I get. Here’s where I get lost: once I’m connected, it says “Empty Directory Listing” on the right hand side for the remote site. So I don’t know what to copy or where to copy it, because there’s nothing there.

    You are on the way ??

    1.
    Everything ok, but that seems to be bluehost/filezilla problem… take a loot at: https://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?23491-Why-Empty-Directory-Listing does it help?

    2.
    After you fight the file listing problem, you will see all the files on your ftp server.

    • Go to your wordpress directory …/wordpress/wp-content/PARENT-THEME/
    • Download the home.php from the ftp server (right) to your harddisk (left) … but chose a folder on your harddisk that you will find after downloading it ?? (e.g. D:\projects\website\my-child-theme)
    • Now you have to decide how or where you want to edit the home.php – locally with a text editor like PS-Pad (not microsoft word) or if you want to edit it from your wordpress admin-area
    • whatever you decide, you will now need to upload the home.php to your childtheme directory on your ftp server (right). (e.g. …/wordpress/wp-content/CHILD-THEME/
    • now this file will be used, you can edit it online with the backend editor or offline on your harddisk… if you edit it offline, you will need to upload it everytime you make a change!

    ??

    Thread Starter neira

    (@neira)

    THANK YOU!!!!! Everything worked and I am back on track!
    ??

    You’re Welcome ??

    great help egado

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