Twentyeleven child theme does not load properly

Should I have added some other files or folders for it to work.

No. You can download a bare bones Twenty Eleven child theme from Quirm.net if you want to try that out.

This works! Thank you!
But, I would like to understand why:

The new style.css file contains:

/*
Theme Name:Twenty Eleven Child
Version: 1.0
Theme URI: https://quirm.net/themes
Description: A basic starter child theme for Twenty Eleven
Author: Mel Pedley
Author URI: https://blackwidows.co.uk
Template: twentyeleven
License: GNU General Public License v2
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/

/* Copyright 2009-2010 Mel P. (email : [email protected])

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
as published by the Free Software Foundation.

You may NOT assume that you can use any other version of the GPL.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA

The license for this software can also likely be found here:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/

/* Import layout */
@import url(../twentyeleven/style.css);

AND the childtheme folder also contains a functions.php file with just one line of code:
<?php

Why does this work and not the one I had made?

Thank you!!

NO!!! IT DOES NOT WORK YET!

When I use the “Twenty Eleven Child 1.0 by Mel Pedley” everything looks fine in the Theme preview, but when I activate it, it has another Header picture and the custom menu I had made comes out completely wrong, with all the sub-entries in my menu being listed in rows….

Why is the Theme fine in the preview and not working properly when activated???

when I activate it, it has another Header picture

You have to upload a new custom header. Header images are saved on a per-theme basis. Other than that, can we see the theme in use on the site?

Here’s the test site: https://asknreceive.com/test/

Um – that site is using a modified Twenty Eleven theme – not a child theme.

Yes, this is the parent theme, which I had to modify a little bit, as the child theme did not work. I’m activating the child theme now, for you to see the difference.

The child theme is working. What’s the problem?

Yes, it works! I’m learning, slowly, but steadily. I uploaded the new header picture and reactivated the custom menu…

But I still don’t get why the child theme I made from the file I downloaded from https://quirm.net/themes/twenty-eleven-child/ does not work when I modify it. I removed all the unnecessary info, put my theme name, my name etc in it and removed all their info:

/*
Theme Name:Telstar
Version: 1.0
Theme URI:
Description: Twenty Eleven childtheme for BBC Telstar
Author: Christian Sarti
Author URI:
Template: twentyeleven
License:
License URI:
*/

/* Import layout */

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

Why does that one not work, as it contains all the necessary code?

Sorry to keep at it, I really don’t like when I don’t understand….

Thank you for any enlightening ))))o(((((

I just copied and pasted your child theme style.css and activated it and it showed up, ativated and worked fine.

What do you mean when you say it is not working, how are you testing it?

/*
Theme Name:Telstar
Version: 1.0
Theme URI:
Description: Twenty Eleven childtheme for BBC Telstar
Author: Christian Sarti
Author URI:
Template: twentyeleven
License:
License URI:
*/

/* Import layout */

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

#site-title{
	display: none;
}

This worked just fine, I see you have it activated what changes are not working?

HTH

David

It works now… I guess something weird happened, or I did a thinking mistake which I cant figure out in retrospect. Anyway THANK YOU for this great help! I love the responsiveness of this forum!