Thank you for all the insets with this question. Here is what I come up with working from 1fixdotio’s answer above. I first had to unset the full-width body class and then register a new body class to incorporate my new sidebar. Here is the code // Remove body class and register new body class … Read more
Just add a functions.php in your child theme folder and put your code in it.
hopefully I’m understanding correctly, if not, please explain. Usually, with a child theme, it’s inheriting the functionality of the parent theme, so that means you should be able to use the parent theme’s page builder. I would copy the extra lines of css you added into an external file for safekeeping, as, with some themes, … Read more
All the information you need can be found here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes The important parts to get it up and running would be to: Make sure the parent theme exists (the complete accesspress-lite theme in your case) Create a unique folder name for your child theme. Create a style.css file in your child theme folder. /* Theme … Read more
If you’re attempting to develop your own child theme, these links should be useful. WordPress Codex (Child Themes) Child Themes Basics and Creating Child Themes in WordPress If you’re trying to install a child theme that someone else created, this link should be useful. How to Install a WordPress Child Theme
You have a PHP error in your child theme which is causing that. If you don’t see an error in the apache log, it might be that you PHP errors are stored at some other location, or just not being reported at all. Check your PHP error settings in your php.ini file. Anyway, most likely … Read more
I scoured the code in the parent theme for any clues, I found none. The one clue I found was that the 404 page worked as expected, which tipped me off that something was up with the page-templates. To resolve the issue, I opened a post, changed the page template to another one (for example … Read more
While not impossible, juggling themes like that is quite fragile and rarely used out of special contexts (development, theme demo’s, etc). In your situation I would probably just consolidate it on one theme and conditionally output different stylesheet for the section of the site that needs it. It would not be hugely different in result, … Read more
You could use is_child_theme() in the parent theme’s functions.php file: if ( ! is_child_theme() ) { require( ‘path/to/ads/file.php’ ); } Update If you don’t want to edit the parent theme — for instance, so that any updates to the parent theme won’t overwrite what you’ve done — you could do something like this in the … Read more
If the parent theme’s non-standard location was correctly added with register_theme_directory, and I am pretty sure it must have been, then functions like get_stylesheet_directory_uri and get_template_directory_uri should work. Reference http://codex.wordpress.org/Determining_Plugin_and_Content_Directories#Themes