[dramajan]

dramajan

#5608

MY SITE: http://janprobst.com/

PROBLEM: Having difficulty installing child theme for Graphene theme.

THE STEPS I’VE TAKEN:


1. created a new directory called “GrapheneChild” in “wp-content/themes”

2. I uploaded a file named “style.css.rtf” which contains the following code:

/*
Theme Name: Graphene Child


Description: Child theme for the Graphene theme


Author: Jan Probst


Template: graphene
*/

3. Renamed this file: style.css

4. In my dashboard, went to Appearance/Themes to activate the child theme. The child theme is not there, and at the bottom of the page under “Broken Themes” is the following message:

“The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.
Name Description
Graphene Child The parent theme is missing. Please install the “graphene” parent theme.”

I have read numerous forum posts on this topic and just cannot figure out where I went wrong.

Please advise. Thanks!

[Kenneth John Odle]

Kenneth John Odle

#32299

Quote:

2. I uploaded a file named “style.css.rtf” which contains the following code:

This should be style.css not style.css.rtf. Don’t use a word processor to edit text files; always use a text editor. Notepad++ on Windows is good.

Quote:

which contains the following code:

You are missing the @import statement. See this: http://docs.graphene-theme.com/Customisation_using_a_child_theme

You can just copy and paste from that page into your style.css and make changes as needed.

[Kenneth John Odle]

Kenneth John Odle

#32300

Oops, just noticed this:

Quote:

3. Renamed this file: style.css

Did you rename that via ftp? If so, then your only problem is the @import statement.

[dramajan]

dramajan

#32301

Hi Kenneth,

Thanks for your help. I renamed the file via the rename function in my Cpanel.

I just uploaded a style.css.rtf file with this code:

/*

Theme Name: Graphene Child

Description: Child theme for the Graphene theme

Author: Jan Probst

Template: graphene

Version: 1.8.1

*/

@import url(“../graphene/style.css”);

/* Your modification goes here */

THEN renamed the file as above.

Same problem. Same error coming up.

Maybe the problem is uploading a file with that extra .rtf and then renaming it. I’m using the text editor on a mac (not a word processing program) and it will not save the file without that extension.

I feel really stuck. Any other suggestions?

[dramajan]

dramajan

#32302

Yep, that was it. Used a different text editor and created a style.css file. Uploaded it to wp-content/themes/GrapheneChild

Bingo! I have a child theme to activate!

Now I’ve got that nasty background back and can’t remember how I got rid of it!