MyMamaAdventure

Thank you!!! Deactivated Jetpack and all is right in blogging world.

It was the only way to get it to work so I didn’t have to re-code all the formatting. I’m just glad I got it working! Thank you for your help!

Try adding this coding into your CSS, it worked for the Twenty Twelve theme anyway:

.entry-content img,
.comment-content img,
.widget img,
img.header-image,
.author-avatar img,
img.wp-post-image{box-shadow: none;}

I think I have it figured out! I re-watched the video and realized I was missing the @import… section in the style.css file. It’s not entirely pulling forward all my current widgets, which is weird, but that’s an easy fix. Thank you for putting up with me this afternoon!

Also says:
Destination folder already exists. /home1/mymamaad/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentytwelvechild/

I deleted the original twentytwelvechild theme that I uploaded before from my dashboard though.

That’s what I had originally done and you saw what the format looked like when I uploaded it into the dashboard. I just moved information around in the Cpanel and tried re-uploading the zip drive into my dashboard and now it’s saying “Theme install failed.” I’m not even sure what to do at this point. I feel like you’ve given me all the steps and I’m just not getting it for some reason. Maybe I should try contacting BH again?

EDITED: Is there a way to delete unused themes within my dashboard on WP?

**Nevermind!

I reactivated the parent theme for now, until I can figure out the Cpanel. I think that I put the folder in the wrong section of the Cpanel.

It is in a folder. I saved the text files in a folder called twentytwelvechild. Through the Cpanel I could only upload specific files. I just uploaded the zipped twentytwelvechild folder into the Cpanel but it still doesn’t list everything. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be so dense about this. Maybe I’m trying to do it wrong within the Cpanel?

No, all I see is the

style.css
functions.php

So, I definitely messed something up!

Follow up, my widgets are all showing up on the bottom, how do I move those to a sidebar? Can you tell I’m used to Blogger? I know I’ll LOVE WP once I get used to, I already love all the plugin features of WP, it’s just getting used to how WP works.

It’s activated now.

Okay, so by using the Cpanel I’ve been able to upload the child-theme into WP. At least I think I have. I created a file called twentytwelvechild into the Cpanel and then added the 2 text files. I zipped the file on the computer and uploaded to WP. It showed up in my themes (YAY!) but then while looking at the live preview I’ve realized that it no longer has some of the preset features that the Twenty Twelve theme had. As in, the text is basic text, my menu (even after choosing my menu option) is just text going up and down and not the pretty drop down menu. I figured I’d have to re-add all my widgets and such and redo the formatting, but I have no idea how to fix the menu issue. Did I do something wrong? I have never felt so computer illiterate before! ??

Okay, my host is being useless in helping me. I use Bluehost. I asked in the live chat about uploading the folder, I even copy and pasted what WPyogi posted above as the final step, and all they did was send me to links that I’ve already read about creating a child-theme and then tried to get me to purchase a program to get my site up and running. As you can see, my site is up and running, just need the child-theme part figured out. I’m confused about the FTP part. I went into the FTP section of my account and it has a section to Add FTP Account, is that what I want? I know once I do it, I’ll be fine to do it again and again if I need to.

Okay, so I’ve followed all the steps, have gotten in touch with my host about the FTP. If I were to change to a different theme, would I just need to follow the same steps again? Are all WP themes able to be put into a child-theme? Example, I originally had the Pinboard theme and I loved it! But the codex had mentioned used the Twenty- themes for creating a child theme, so I switched. Can I do this same process with the Pinboard theme?

Thank you! You have both been VERY helpful! I knew this would be easier than I was making it out to be.