In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10871

In addition I added this code

<?php

function graphene_custom_header_width(){

return 1024;

}

add_filter(‘graphene_header_image_width’, ‘graphene_custom_header_width’);

?>

in the functions.php file under the Theme functions (functions.php) ……. however my size of the header width stayed the same ….

is this the right place for the code ?

Thanks again

In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10870

I was able to do this in part at Stuckfrompoker.com/beta …… but some of the items I am having trouble with …. as I stated before I am learning CSS ….

In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10869

Thanks Syahir,

but you didn’t answer any of my questions ….. I’m trying to change the side bar to a rectangle without the grey bars that come across the page …. also change the navigation bar to one that looks like what I’m using on my site at StuckfromPoker.com ….. and manupilate the background so it is completely black …. In addition I want to add a line of grey padding around the page so the black background is separated from the post or entry ……

As I stated before I’m trying to manipulate the CSS so my site uses your theme but looks like the one I have currently at Stuckfrompoker.com

Thanks

In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10867

Hello Syahir,

I have been going thru your support forum (which is a tremendous help by the way) and I’ve found some of the other websites that use your theme ….. in particular the ones you’ve already noted such as

http://www.hervecuisine.com

http://blog.stillworx.com

http://libertythinkers.com/

http://vraagde2ekamer.nl/

http://www.b2bmarketingteam.com/

also kattsby.com

which is a dark background similar to what I’m using currently but cannot

completely get my Graphene theme to look like yet …..

I am questioning how to manipulate the sidebar specifically

so that it looks like some of the examples noted …..

more of a rectangle off in the corner by itself ……

also with the options to change to Comments and Tags

and Articles (much like the Libertythinkers.com)

I am a newbie to CSS editing obviously ……

thanks ….. any help would be appreciated

In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10866

Hello Syahir,

Don’t want you to waste your time …….. I have figured out why I could not get my style.css file to work …. If anyone is taking notes it’s because I had a space in the filename of the child theme (i.e. Graphene Child instead of GrapheneChild) …. turns out directory names don’t like spaces ……

Still have issues with making the whole theme have a black background though ….. Particularly the bars right below the sidebar

Thanks

In reply to: How to modify the theme using a child theme

#10865

I just received this particular error …. In my case I had used an extension on the style.css name something like Graphene Style.css ….. I had to change the name to just style.css ….. Hope that helps …. also you have the programming changes you are trying to make commented out ….. take away the /* and the */ before and after the #rss and }, respectively …..

Hello Syahir …. thanks for an awesome theme …. will be donating soon (as I make some money) …..

I made the changes to the folder and created my style file ….. however when I activated the theme I lose the parent theme and the other info that was on the template page under styles …… so it seems obvious what the problem is however I can’t figure what I did wrong ….. (if the child theme is supposed to have the exact information that the parent does on the template page that is)

my site is StuckfromPoker.com/beta/ ….. I am trying to modify this test site using your theme so it looks like the site I have now at Stuckfrompoker.com ……

that is change the whole theme to a black background …… I only one have one issue that I couldn’t fix in the style sheet using a css editor and that was the right sidebar and the two bars below the navigation bar remain grey

Can U help with my issues ?

Would be much appreciated ….. thanks