In a nutshell it is going to affect things, which has configuration specific to the current theme. Out of native functionality that would be most prominently: menus (which are assigned to theme locations) widgets (which are assigned to sidebars) This can go further if theme provides sidebars and custom widgets for example. Overall there are … Read more
Adding a post thumbnail is pretty easy, open content.php, if you’re using excerpts on your homepage find this <?php the_excerpt(); ?> then add this just above that line <?php the_post_thumbnail(‘thumbnail’, ‘class=alignleft’); ?> If you’re not using excerpts add it above <?php the_content( __( ‘Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>→</span>’, ‘twentyeleven’ ) ); ?> If you’d like a … Read more
Just replace the default header image, under images/headers/path.jpg in your theme folder.
It looks like twenty ten displays the excerpt on category archives. If you’re using manual excerpts, this is an easy fix. Just add this line of code to your theme’s functions.php file. It tells wordpress to run the excerpt through the do_shortcode function/filter. add_filter( ‘the_excerpt’, ‘do_shortcode’ ); If you’re not using manual excerpts, we have … Read more
You can update the theme via cPanel by: Browse wp-content/themes/ using the file manager Rename the folder named ‘TwentyEleven’ to ‘TwentyEleven.Backup’ Download a fresh upgrade copy of T11 from WordPress.org theme repository Upload the .zip theme file (what you just downloaded) Extract the .zip file (it will make the folder ‘TwentyEleven’ again) Your upgraded theme … Read more
I usually use a custom menu, which lets me take move any menu item around that I want. Twenty Eleven does support a custom menu in the primary navigation area, so perhaps that would be your quickest solution.
style.css is the one and only required file in a child theme. It provides the information header by which WordPress recognizes the child theme, and it replaces the style.css of the parent. As with any WordPress theme, the information header must be at the top of the file, the only difference being that in a … Read more
The variable $count is accessible in the scope of the current function only. So whatever happens inside get_template_part() cannot know that variable. You could use a global variable, which is accessible everywhere as $GLOBALS[‘count’]. But then you risk collisions with plugins and maybe other code. I recommend a helper function for the functions.php: /** * … Read more
Login to the admin, go to appearance then click on header link (will be shown if the theme is currently activated). After that click ‘Remove Header Image’ button there. If you want to remove this in the code. Then, go to the theme folder, open header.php. Find and delete this code: <?php // Check to … Read more
This code didn’t change since Twenty Eleven’s initial release. Navigation is only printed if your query has more than one page. Could that be it? Since you are calling $wp_query->have_posts() rather than have_posts(), this suggests you are modifying or overriding the query, which may be confusing WordPress (and it’s not WP’s fault). (See When should … Read more