Sure, just upload them to their directories with ftp. After all, updating themes is not much more than copying the files. If you update the active theme in this way, some unexpected results may occur for pages that are generated halway the uploading, part by the old theme, part by the new theme.
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.
Yes, you have total control over custom themes. The caveat is, many plugins add JavaScript using hooks, so you’ll also have to determine what JS your plugins add and then dequeue them (remove the JS they’re trying to add). This may prevent many plugins from working, so you’ll have to determine what is critical and … Read more
No. You don’t have to worry about updates. The reason you need to worry about updates erasing changes to a theme is because when a theme is updated to a new version in WordPress the entire theme directory is replaced. This means that all files are replaced with fresh copies which won’t have any of … Read more
You also need to create header.php, sidebar.php, footer.php for custom theme.
Twenty Ten modifications will be overwritten with upgrades so you should be using a Child Theme of Twenty Ten instead of modifying it directly. There really is no way to stop the upgrade/overwrite without renaming the theme and putting it in a different folder with a different name.
Edit the header.php file and modify the following lines (probably around line 78-82): Before <?php // Check to see if the header image has been removed $header_image = get_header_image(); if ( ! empty( $header_image ) ) : ?> After <?php // Check to see if the header image has been removed $header_image = get_header_image(); if … Read more
For custom installation you should search for the theme on wordpress.org site. The WordPress.com hosts themes that are available for use only on wordpress.com blogs and they do not provide download link there. – See @markratledge’s answer below. Here’s the link to download that theme – http://www.wpexplorer.com/fresh-clean-wordpress-theme-by-wpexplorer
Within the code, can you see any syntax like either of the following? __( ‘Hello, dear user!’, ‘my-text-domain’ ) _e( ‘Your Ad here’, ‘my-text-domain’ ) That is, strings starting with __ (double underscores) or _e. If so, where the above says my-text-domain, you should find the name of your text domain.