Child Themes vs. Skins

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1. 

   Iguazu67
   Member

   I tried using an @import command so that I could create a lightweight child theme of the legacy_blue, inFocus theme. Then I tried to select my new child theme as the "skin" while referencing the legacy_blue.css file. It didn't work.

   Is this possible to do, or does the skin logic of the theme somehow override the @import command?

   Is there a Child Theme development tutorial somewhere that I've missed?

   Posted 7 months ago #
2. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello Iguazu67,

   What you'll want to do is import the main stylesheet of the theme. In this case it's the "style.css" file.

   After that just activate the child theme and select the legacy_blue skin.

   Posted 7 months ago #
3. 

   Iguazu67
   Member

   Thanks!

   I'll give this a try, and I just saw the Child Theme tutorial over in the Documentation.

   Posted 7 months ago #
4. 

   Iguazu67
   Member

   Not sure why it is doing this, but when I follow the tutorial instructions, my new child theme does not appear in the Theme Admin Panel.

   Only if I mislabel the "Template" in the CSS file (say with inFocus as opposed to infocus) can I get something to show up, in which case, I get the following, which isn't what I want.

   Broken Themes

   The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.
   Name Description
   inFocus-child The parent theme is missing. Please install the "inFocus" parent theme.

   Could the skin somehow be messing with WP's ability to recognize the presence of the new child theme?

   Posted 7 months ago #
5. 

   Iguazu67
   Member

   I just figured out why it wasn't appearing.

   I have multi-site enabled, and I had to activate it in my Network Admin panel fist.

   You can ignore the questions. So sorry.

   Posted 7 months ago #
6. 

   helmar
   Member

   How do I get a child theme skin to show up in the skins selector of Awake?

   PS: "Managed" to load the skin via the child theme's style.css using an @import. Is that the way to go?

   Helmar

   Posted 5 months ago #
7. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello helmar,

   If your wanting to upload a skin see here, http://mysitemyway.com/docs/index.php?title=Uploading_and_Downloading_Skins#Uploading_your_new_skin.

   If your wanting to create a child theme see here, http://mysitemyway.com/docs/index.php/Using_Child_Themes.

   Posted 5 months ago #

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