The problem is in the folder structure. The child theme should be in the same directory as the parent theme. That is: E:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\panoramic-child Not: E:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\panoramic\panoramic-child Also you don’t need this line in the header comment of a parent theme’s style.css: Template: panoramic It is used only in a child theme.
changing the theme folder I guess it won’t affect on updates but changing it’s name do. So like you said the best way that every professional company advice is to create a child-theme and modify everything you want on it.
It’s very common for themes to enqueue their stylesheet like this: wp_enqueue_style( ‘notmytheme-style’, get_stylesheet_uri() ); When you activate a child theme for a theme that does this, get_stylesheet_uri() becomes the child theme’s stylesheet URL. This means that the parent theme will enqueue the child theme’s stylesheet (with notmytheme-style as the ID), but not it’s own … Read more
Yes, you can. But you have to be careful, since some special cases may occur. Some of them are: 1. Function may be class method and not a global function: class SomeClass { … function some_function() { … } … } In such case, you can use it only if: – it’s a static function … Read more
get_template_directory_uri() is explicitly for getting the URL to the parent theme, which is why your scripts and styles are being enqueued at that path (in this context the “template” is the parent theme). The equivalent function for getting the child theme path is get_stylesheet_directory_uri(). If you don’t have a child theme then both these functions … Read more
Child themes let you override templates loaded via WordPress’ template loading mechanism, e.g. get_template_part or the main theme templates such as index.php and single.php. But they can’t be used to replace arbitrary PHP files or assets. If a theme loads a template file using require or include, WordPress cannot intercept this and replace it with … Read more
My child theme inlcudes php as well as css files. Whenever I switch to a different theme for mobile browsers it works but the custom post types, cats etc are missing in action. I am kind of lost. Your problem is that you’re doing too much with the theme. Themes are all about presentation, not … Read more
Check the code bellow, I think that should work. add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, ‘remove_default_sidebars’, 11 ); function remove_default_sidebars(){ remove_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘starkers_widgets_init’ ); }
Try get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); which Retrieves stylesheet directory URI for the current theme/child theme /* == Custom Login Logo ==============================*/ function custom_login_logo() { echo ‘<style> .login h1 a { background:url(‘.get_stylesheet_directory_uri().’/images/logo-white.png) 0 0;background-size:218px 32px;height:32px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:20px;padding:0;width:218px } </style>’; } add_action(‘login_head’, ‘custom_login_logo’); You might need to modify the path to your image slightly depending on it’s place in your theme’s folder … Read more
I am not sure what you were expecting but you seem to misunderstand what WordPress is, how it works, and what it is for. WordPress is a web application. If you want to use it you have to run it on a web server. If you want people other than yourself to see the site … Read more