Twenty Eleven Customisation Login Time Out Issue

OOps, well, did you have any other files in the child theme folder? (If you had a functions.php file that will crash the site…)

You can just delete that folder using FTP – that should let you access your site again.

ok done that and loaded the child site which works but i still get the same problem as before when trying the customise:

Your session has expired. Please log-in again.

Looks like the style.css file is not correct – it should this in it –

*
Theme Name: Twenty Eleven Child
Theme URI: https://example.com/
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Eleven theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: https://example.com/about/
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 0.1.0
*/ 

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

and NOT a copy of the entire stylesheet.

As to the timing out, I think you need to ask your hosting company about that.

I will speak to my hosting company.

The only bit from the text above I have not included is:

@import url(‘../twentyeleven/style.css’);

does that need including and everything below it on the existing ccs sheet deleting?

does that need including and everything below it on the existing ccs sheet deleting?

Yes, that line imports all the styles from the parent theme – so no need to copy them again – it only duplicates the code and makes it harder to keep track of your changes.

ok cheers. Do I need to include:
@import url('../twentyeleven/style.css');

Yes.

Thanks for your help @wpyogi.