theme is different than one I uploaded into ftp

  • Hello, I have been trying to create a child theme for Pinboard. I went through the steps, using the following:

    /*
    Theme Name: Pinboard Child
    Theme URI: https://idahoorange.com/
    Description: Child Theme for Pinboard theme
    Author: Joe
    Author URI: https://idahoorange.com/
    Template: pinboard
    Version: 1.0.5
    */

    @import url(“../pinboard/style.css”);

    When I log into my temporary URL, I see Pinboard (though very stripped down than the one I thought I was uploading)–

    But when I click on the style.css in Firezilla, the source page says it is “Journalist,” an entirely different theme.

    Now I can’t even get to Meta and a login to get to the dashboard in WP.

    Anyone have any ideas? Thanks very much.

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  • Hi Narvel99,

    I was having a similar issue just the other day with this theme. I’ll warn you that I’m pretty new to WordPress so I can’t explain in great technical detail what I did, but here’s what worked for me:

    – access your web site through an ftp program and make a copy of the theme’s folder (ie: make a copy of pinboard in the themes directory).
    – rename the theme (I named mine “pinboard2”)
    – Log in to your WordPress dashboard. You should see the copied pinboard theme (in my case, “pinboard2”). Activate this theme.
    – Edit style.css to include this stuff (copied from your post):
    “/*
    Theme Name: Pinboard Child
    Theme URI: https://idahoorange.com/
    Description: Child Theme for Pinboard theme
    Author: Joe
    Author URI: https://idahoorange.com/
    Template: pinboard
    Version: 1.0.5
    */

    @import url(“../pinboard/style.css”);”

    At this point you should be good to go! I hope this helps. Good luck! ??

    Thread Starter Narvel99

    (@narvel99)

    Sleece, Thanks for this, I appreciate the information. I’m learning as I go along, which I have a feeling most people are who are trying to create a website. I can resolve this question now.

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