WordPress stopped detecting parent theme, but my files are present & correct.

  • toddhaney1

    (@toddhaney1maccom)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    I was just finishing up building my first WP site with my modified Enfold Theme purchased through Envato, when I returned from a break to open my file the parent theme was disconnected and WordPress now has stated in the Theme page of my dashboard:

    Broken Themes

    The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

    Name Description
    enfold Stylesheet is missing.

    What concerns me is that I hadn’t been into my files prior to this seemingly spontaneous change other than using the Advanced Layout Builder that comes with the theme.

    [ BTW – the support forum for enfold is closed for the holidays?? But was no more useful when open. Moderators would skim the question and reply, (I’m not sure I understand what you are trying to ask.) a day later. Anyone reading this can tell I don’t have a problem being succinct or compendious (beside this point, lol)]

    My child theme is there and has all my modifications saved, but WordPress automatically disconnects it and reverts to the default theme. I’ve made a new install of WP with new Theme install which works fine except that it doesn’t have my 50+ hours of design work on the original. I then replaced the old Child theme style.css and functions php on the broken file with the new files on my working fresh copy of WP with Theme but that didn’t fix it.
    I could use help with one of two options: 1) Obviously troubleshoot the problem file. or 2) Move my modifications over to the new working copy of WP&Theme. Hopefully this doesn’t require some familiarity with the Enfold Theme. I’d just like to know where my modifications would be stored of any safe and/or preferred method of moving them into the new install.

    Either way, I’ll need to find out what happened and why – and how to prevent it. I’m scheduled to be up and running tomorrow with a new client but I cannot pass him off something as spotty as what I have been experiencing.

    Here’s a link to dashboard:
    https://skybluepreviews.com/LDG/wp-admin/themes.php

    Link to Child Theme preview:
    https://skybluepreviews.com/LDG/wp-admin/customize.php?theme=enfold-child&return=%2FLDG%2Fwp-admin%2Fthemes.php

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  • Would it help to open my directory and pertinent filepaths and take a screenshot of it. For reference?

    okay… send me screenshot and if you can, a link to the actual site we are working on – your development site

    I’m hoping to streamline it, once finished. I used Chrome Dev tools to convert my site into a one page html file. I’m not sure if I should go that route though.

    get it working as it should first, then consider html later.

    Thread Starter toddhaney1

    (@toddhaney1maccom)

    you want to just log on to my server?

    not really a good practice… kind of against forum rules
    so you know who I am first, here’s my site [ redacted ] – my email (at bottom) linkedin, twitter and fb links are there

    So create a temp admin (which you will delete after we are done) with a real good password and send to the email at bottom

    (…mods are gonna shake their fingers at me for this)

    Thread Starter toddhaney1

    (@toddhaney1maccom)

    A link to the site would just open the content in the 2015 theme. My Site with my mods are trapped by WP.

    I somehow relinked the child theme to have it open on my URL this morning, but s soon a I opened my dashboard, it did its job of interfering and disconnected.

    hmmm… strange
    We’ll figure it out.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    @neotechnomad, please don’t negotiate any direct access details on these forums. I’m sorry, but as you figured, we can’t allow that here.

    @toddhaney1, if you’d like to give someone direct access to your site, please try https://jobs.wordpress.net/ or https://directory.codepoet.com/ and do not accept any hire or direct access offers posted to these forums.

    Thread Starter toddhaney1

    (@toddhaney1maccom)

    Hey Neo – Thanks for holding. I’ve gotta get running, but you given me a good start. Sorry about asking about looking at my server, I can see why you said no. And there is someone from WP backing up your point so I don’t blame you for not being able to.

    Liability, I get it. Anyway. I am late. Thank you for the help.

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